Listening to the music of Simrit Kaur is like journeying through the vast depths of inner space: the humanness keeps you grounded and the mystical resonance marks your ascension. This is world music with discernment and vision. There are psychedelic angles to it, funk bits and spiritual layers, and a haunting warmth that opens your heart. Your mind escapes, but is resonant. There’s meaning and freedom here.
The talented musician, producer, yoga and Reiki practitioner is a force of positivity. Her energy, like her voice, is all lighting and smiles, authentic and infectious.
“I feel like a walking recording studio,” Simrit recently mused. “I’ll hear a song in my head or some sort of orchestration, and I’ll quickly record it. Music is a constant force, and it’s one of the most crucial things in the world right now. It has the power to unite people under a universal language, and we all need that special connection right now.”
Simrit’s music is pure feeling: a sensuous nature rules its divinity. It’s technically and structurally rigid as well, and this is where the magic takes place. Music has been part of Simrit’s totality since childhood. A classically and modern trained musician, she’s developed a sound and radius unique unto itself. You won’t mistake this stuff for your typical new age beat. There are infinite shadows at work here.
“When I hear the term new-age, I walk the other way,” Simrit explained. “Our music is actually progressive and filled with a lot of different forms of world, fusion and spiritual music. The ancient Byzantine music I studied as a kid has been really fundamental as well. There’s a real darkness to that stuff. Not a negative darkness, just this really intense mystical vibe.”
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The musician and producer Simrit
The musician and producer Simrit
(Photo: the artist's website)
Typically cloaked in an acute white veil, and sparkling with a direct intensity, Simrit is amazingly down to earth and transparent. The positivity of her demeanor is honest and true, and this comes across tenfold in her musical output. As a student and certified teacher of Kundalini and Naad Yoga, her imaging is really grounded. You get the sense she could warm anybody’s disillusioned spirit.
“My lifestyle has a big role in my music,” she explained. “Yoga in general keeps me clear and grounded, it gives me vital energy, and exercises the brain. It’s like doing push-ups and jumping jacks for the mind. We all experience an exquisite reality, and music is something that exists positively in everyone.”
As a world traveler and truly modern individual, Simrit’s take on duality and separatism, particularly here in the United States, is both encouraging and logical. Born in Greece, and raised in a rich Greek culture in South Carolina, her mindfulness sows her direct resonance: open and insightful.
“One thing about traveling the word is that you really get the sense that the world is full of kind people,” she noted. “The majority of the people in this world want to love and be loved. And when you travel you really see this. Everybody wants to be a part of something, and that’s what culture accomplishes: it gives people a sense of an eternal home. I think all the political stuff that’s going on right now is actually a blessing in disguise. You see people actually coming together all over the world, in amazing ways right now. Sometimes it takes a lot of pain to reach a higher and more meaningful place. Culture takes a long time to build, and the US is still very young in this sense.”
Simrit’s music is in many ways like that infinite family of togetherness and culture. Healing and soaring, it has a special power to it. There are layers of absolution that fuse each bubble of tone, each melody and jaunt. It calms and attunes like yoga, and redirects. The happiness is real in every space and every corner, and the experience is transforming. •