MC Yogi is my true home boy from out in the cuts of West Marin where we grew up. For the past decade or so he’s been serving as a yoga teacher (with his amazing wife Amanda), all the while cultivating the persona of MC Yogi, Bhakti lyricist and new-school kirtanwalla. One day he came at me with this strong energy and focus to bust out an album, so we got together and envisioned the sound: beyond hip-hop, beyond kirtan, beyond yoga music – a new incarnation of world-centric devotional music for the modern-day seekers out there. Ganesh is Fresh, Rock On Hanuman, the title track Elephant Power, and Om Namah Shivaya sprouted out of a pile of dusty breakbeats and tablas, and then we met up with the extremely talented Sean Dinsmore (“Don”) of the Dum Dum Project and created Elephant Power.
Everyone blessed this album. The generous people of our home town contributed money at a dinner held at Yoga Toes. Jai Uttal, Krishna Das, Bhagavan Das, Sukhawat Ali Khan, Rita Sahai, Manose, Geoffrey Gordon, Sharon Gannon, Niraj Chag, Parmita and Joel at White Swan, and many others brought their magic, and the results are something so unique and beautiful and accessible that almost anyone will love this album. And this is just the first one!
Get it at iTunes and watch us get from #9 to #1 on the Top Albums in the world category!