Lyrics & Chords On Tour Downloads   Back to ALL CDs	Reviews: Songs for the Inner Lover Buy Now   “Songs for the Inner Lover is a powerful and passionate work of love. The beautiful music of Miten and Deva Premal truly speaks to the heart and will move your soul. Both Sage and I have been blessed to have the music touch our lives.” - ANTHONY ROBBINS - Author, Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power     "...An album of spiritually inspired compositions themed after inner healing and self-acceptance... a very thought-provoking, energizing release..."   - Music Design In Review     "With Miten in the forefront and Premal singing gorgeous harmonies, this is one beautiful, expansive, soothing and inspired CD. By my estimation, Miten is a Paul Simon caliber songwriter with an extensive catalog of releases that date back a dozen years or more; here he mixes songs, chants & personal themes that are not only very universal but speak directly to right now, right here.   "This CD is worth the price of admission for the 1st song alone... So Much Magnificence, but that is only the beginning of a beautiful journey through words, chant and music of the divine. The long keyboard intro on the opening track uncovers a soaring "Hallelujah" chant that frames the simple theme of "near the ocean - waves are coming in." Other highlights include Til I Was Loved by You, Ishq' Allah,and the forgiving Second Chance.   “Premal's voice sounds more expressive, sensitive and absolutely pure and beautiful than ever, while Miten clearly has developed these songs over a period of maturation that displays growth, settling and rediscovery. With superb musical help from Maneesh, Rupesh, Kamal, Praful, Martyn Phillips and more, this is a timely, topical and truly magnificent CD of songs that will be treasured and played for years to come."   - Lloyd Barde, Backroads Music   "Miten and Deva Premal rose to international fame by singing the names of God. Their extraordinary collaboration has produced a number of CDs (Embrace, Satsang, The Essence) well-beloved among the yoga and meditation crowd.   “This newest CD, largely Miten's, is a heartful, sweet, serene collection of songs, most with Premal on background vocals. The autobiographical Second Chance is an honest reckoning of a wish fulfilled: 'Here comes your second chance/You'd better believe it/Open up and receive it.' Miten's wistful vocals and simple instrumentation bring the listener straight to the heart of his celebration of a life transformation. Till I Was Loved By You is a soulful, rhythm-and-bluesey love song, replete with spirited harmonies and the keyboard magic of Maneesh De Moor.   “These are songs for going inward and honoring love."   - Susan Dobra, Natural Beauty And Health (USA)   “It has been six years since Miten last released a recording featuring his own songs and lead vocals.  Six years in which he has played supporting partner to a trio of beautiful Deva Premal albums, performed for the Dalai Lama, and had seen his and Deva Premal's arrangement of the Gayatri Mantra covered by Cher.    “As he sings on one of the tracks on his new album, Songs For The Inner Lover, he has "seen a lot of road."  His albums with Deva Premal, his musical and life partner, are a tough act to follow but Songs For The Inner Lover emerges as a natural companion to The Essence, Love Is Space, and Embrace, sharing their lush soundscapes and emotional swoops.    “Yet Inner Lover is as singular a work as Miten has ever released and also his most intimate, full of a touching honesty and vulnerability. It starts sublimely with a cover of So Much Magnificence.  The popular sing-along is transformed here into an elegiac hymn to nature and Spirit, slowed down and rebuilt around the vocal interplay between Miten and Premal.  The moment when the wash of synths and piano give way to Miten's vocal is an extraordinary one, the sort of magical moment that happens all the time when Miten and Premal play live but is difficult to capture in the studio.   “The two mantras on the disc, Sat Patim and Ishq' Allah, will be familiar to those who have attended the duo's voice celebrations. Sat Patim is a mantra for women to chant when looking for a life partner, and incorporates the mantra Om Shreem Shriyei Namaha, chanted by men to ask for more Shakti energy in their lives.   “Ishq' Allah is the ancient Sufi chant [God is Love, The Lover, and The Beloved] transformed by Maneesh de Moor's arrangement into a silky contemporary testament to love and faith. Each feel like companions to Premal's mantra albums, sharing the same tapestry of harmony and rhythm.   “However Inner Lover's finest moments come during Miten's originals.  Vertical Reality features a terse bass line, adroit lyricism and the sort of chorus that reminds you that above all else Miten is a songwriter, a man who understands how to find a melody that embeds itself in your consciousness.  Music to dance and feel to.   “A pair of acoustic songs, Second Chance and Connection, find Miten at his most intimate.  Recorded spontaneously in the studio one morning, they feature just him and guitar.  They are honest, modest songs full of forgiveness and joy.  When he sings during Second Chance to ‘forgive yourself for the things you tried and failed to do’ the listener feels as if they are intruding on a performance almost too personal to commit to tape.   “However the most powerful vocals come during Heartbeat, a simple song of thanks to his Master that is transformed by some remarkable singing.  Here he reaches deep into himself for a performance as potent as anything he has ever recorded.  When he sings of traveling ‘this winding road’ you feel every inch of the way, the joy and, yes, even the need, for the gift he's received.   “Miten has indeed seen a lot of musical road.  His journey has taken him from the pared down acoustics of Strength Of A Rose, the dance rhythms of Global Heart Native Soul, the joyful funk-reggae of Dance Of Life and the singer-songwriter lyricism of Blown Away.  However Songs For The Inner Lover brings together all four into a exhilarating whole.   “When Miten advises on Second Chance to ‘pick up a musical instrument or plant a seed’ you have to be glad that he chose to let someone else tend the garden, while he picked up his guitar and came forth with such beautiful, joyful and moving music.”     - Paul Blake-editor at the new media company, 3.    “Miten's newest CD, Songs For The Inner Lover, is simply magnificent, possibly his best ever.    “This is pure vintage Miten - heartful, passionate, deep, devotional and soaring.  Each song is a treat.  We are now using the first song of the CD, Waves Are Coming In, in the final meditation of our workshops and his incredible love song, I Never Was Loved to inspire participants throughout the workshop to what is possible in love.”   - Krishnananda, author of the best-seller Face To Face With Fear and founder of personal growth and relationship seminars: Beyond Co-Dependency) Listener’s Comments:   "Just want to let you know that we used Waves Are Coming In to end our group with some sixty folks and it was just amazing. This CD is just awesome!!"     "Thank you sooooo much for the amazing music. It is beautiful. As always. Beautiful. I love particularly Second Chance."     "I absolutely love the new CD. It's been on repeat in the office ever since we got it. Many melting moments listening to it."     "Thanks for your always-inspiring music first, always makes me feel good! I just listened to the new CD and I like it just as much as all the others. Great! I'm already looking forward for new music of the both of you. And so are a lot of my friends."     This morning after the dynamic meditation they play your music..the song ending with allelujah...my heart has been totally full.. tears and the music still is playing inside me.. I love you, I love you, hugely..strongly...absolutely..."     "Wow! Wow! We love Songs For The Inner Lover! So glad you recorded some of the favourite English songs from the concerts."     "...everybody loves the new cd... it is the anthem of this moment"     "We were all deeply blessed with the CD and experienced so much love, and tears when we heard it, especially with ‘There is so much magnificence,  waves are coming in’. I was crying so hard I couldn't see!"     "I just received your new album today, and although I had a coaching client a few minutes after I opened it, I gave myself the gift of one song.....I was stunned by the clarity...the sound of the recording....and then not only your voice Miten, but the hallelujahs.....oh my....I listened to just that one song before each one of my clients so that I would be in a big space of Love."     "This last cd makes me really feel so relaxed, joyful and free..."     "Beloved friend Miten, precious Premal, thank you both so much for the CD that we got just before we left to Australia. It is so beautiful! I listened to it with Trinda just yesterday again and we both were feeling you and the love that the music carries so clearly. Thank you for the gifts you bring to me, my friends and all the people that I can share this music with. I already used some of the pieces in my women's work and can't wait to listen to it again."     "The new album just gets better & better, we all love it here, word perfect already!...it's really interesting the reaction it's getting from everyone we play it to. I was out with a guy I used to work with last week and played it in his car, didn't say who it was just banged it in the CD player, and he didn't say anything to start with just went quiet which was pretty unique in itself, then he said who's this then, it's beautiful...from then on he was knocked out and kept playing it over and over. I gave him the web details and he said he would order a copy. What I liked was his real genuine reaction.. he wanted to go to Virgin Records store and get a copy right there and then!"     "And just now.....I sat and listened to the complete cd. Dharshan....... It's amazing to me how listening to your voices is like being in front of Osho. What Blessed Beings you are.......and your voices, especially in Til I was Loved By You.....the feeling of Oneness......"     "Once again we are in tears opened by the heartbeat of the universe. Listening to Ishq' Allah made me cry in gratefulness again and again. It is my secret dream to have a CD by you with just Sufi Mantras..... We played the song to B and R mentioning you saying this song is for them. I could feel them being very silent. R said, "it touches something so deep I can't say... And your wonderful love song....in our heart's forever, a great gift for our Tantra Courses and all the wonderful lovers we meet.... Yes, and all the other wonderful echos so familiar and eternally embroidered in our souls, beautiful gentle new rhythms... we love it all together... We could clearly recognise Manneesh's heartfelt swing and lightness of being in the orchestral music...pure delight."     Thank you for the latest jewel in the lotus..."