What do you get when you mix some bossa nova flavor, an urban griot, an electric guitar, a flautist, a warm Los Angeles night and the secret ingredient? You get a mighty recipe. You get the "Hidden Treasure," the first single off of Baraka Blue's new album Majnun's Lost Memoirs.
"I was inspired to write this piece after reading a book called "The Knowing Heart" by Kabir Helminski. There is a chapter called Love's Universe in the book that really hit me. Helminski has a line where he says, "Love's substitutes are running the world." As I was reading it the lines to the song kept coming to me so I would read a few lines and then write a few lines, then read a few more, then write a few more... It went on like that until I had pages and pages of lyrics. When I got into the studio Anas and Fred were messing around with some chord changes and as they started to work out the groove I knew right away it was perfect for the piece I had written. Of course I had to edit down the lyrics or the song would have been like 10 minutes long! So I carved what I had written into three verses. I love the live instrumentation in this song. I also love how the song borrows from so many musical genres, including hip hop, to create a new, original sound." -Baraka Blue
But what is this "Hidden Treasure" Blue speaks of? Listen & learn . . .
