Gabrielle Roth was internationally recognized as the first woman to create tribal ambient music, and she did so for over two decades. Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors were also singled out as the first-ever group to bring drums into new age music, a truly innovative development at the time, thanks in part to Roth s teaching of experimental theater in New York based on The Roth 5 Rhythms and training others to use shamanic methods within artistic, education, and healing contexts.
An internationally renowned theater and music director, philosopher and movement innovator who created her own form of ecstatic dance, Gabrielle Roth was the best-selling author of Maps To Ecstasy (Nataraj), Sweat your Prayers (Tarcher/Penguin) and Connections (Tarcher/Penguin). Featured in Self, Elle, New York Magazine, Mademoiselle, New Age Journal, Body Mind Spirit, Shape and many other national publications, Gabrielle Roth s workshops and retreats had an electric intensity that fused contemporary music, modern theater and poetry to the ancient pulse of tribalism.
In the mid 1980s, she formed the New York City-based Raven Recording with her husband and co-producer Robert Ansell. Raven Recordings released over two dozen internationally-distributed albums (including 5 label compilations and 13 recordings by Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors) and six DVDs. Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors received an Association for Independent Music Indie Award nomination in 1994 for their recording, Luna.
Gabrielle Roth died on October 22, 2012.
Discography:
Totem (Raven Recording, 1982)
Initiation (Raven, 1984)
Bones (Raven, 1989)
Ritual (Raven Recording, 1990)
Waves (Raven Recording, 1991)
Trance (Raven Recording, 1993)
Dancing Toward the One (Raven, 1994)
Luna (Raven Recording, 1994)
Tongues (Raven Recording, 1995)
Stillpoint (Raven Recording, 1996)
Zone Unknown (Raven Recording, 1997)
Refuge, with Boris Grebenshikov (Raven Recording, 1998)
Tribe (Raven Recording, 2000)
Endless Wave, Vol. 2 (Raven Recording, 2000)
Bardo, with Boris Grebenshikov (Raven Recording, 2002)
Yogafit: Music for Slow Flow Yoga (Raven Recording, 2002)
Yogafit: Music for Slow Flow Yoga, Vol. 2 (Raven Recording, 2003)
Still Chillin’ (Raven Recording, 2005)
Jhoom: The Intoxication of Surrender (Raven Recording, 2009)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
