Final Beginning, by Eki Shola

Final Beginning

by Eki Shola

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1.	Fractionated 02:40	buy track
2.	Fitz 01:04	buy track
3.	Crazed 03:27	buy track
4.	Tympanic Struggle 01:32	buy track
5.	Exploration 01:35	buy track
6.	Midweek Blues 03:58	buy track
7.	Unknown Dub 00:58	buy track
8.	Sunrise 02:43	buy track
9.	Quantify 03:35	buy track
10.	Ascending 01:00	buy track
11.	Drunken Stars 02:42	buy track
12.	Classical Prayer 01:53	buy track
13.	Experimental Abyss 01:07	buy track
14.	Warm up 05:54	buy track
15.	Final Beginning C U Soon 02:00	buy track

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Eki Shola is a musical healer, composing music that allows listeners to relax and ease the daily stressors of life. Her debut album “Final Beginning” mixes ambient piano, syncopated beats, unexpected effects, and jazz organ riffs, compelling listeners to engage with her music in the here and now. As a musical memoir, “Final Beginning” unifies creative and pragmatic forces with the power of grief, personal challenges for healing, acceptance – and hope. Her creation is a mystical, funky, electro soul journey to which all can emotionally relate. “Final Beginning,” defines Eki Shola as a messenger of inner awareness and reflects her gratitude to a higher and her fellow being.

Eki Shola grew up in a family of healers of both mind and body. Her parents were multi-instrumentalists and her sibling uses his musical talents in his mental health practice. Eki Shola herself began classical piano lessons at the age of 5. In college, she played vibes for the Cornell University Lab Ensemble (CULE) a jazz band; performing with jazz trumpeter Steve Turre and Dr. Donald Byrd under the direction of Dr. Karlton Hester of Hesterian Musicism.

“Final Beginning” draws on diverse and often unpredictable influences including Mary Lou Williams, Rachmaninoff, Robert Glasper, Go Go Penguins, Aphex Twin, Bonobo, Taylor McFerrin and Zero 7. “Music can be therapeutic on many levels,” says Eki Shola. As a musician, Eki Shola knows the benefits of a creative outlet in developing and facilitating a more balanced lifestyle. As a practicing physician, Eki Shola has witnessed how physical and emotional manifestations of stress, fatigue and spiritual disconnection can adversely impact the ability to live an enriched, purposeful and fulfilled life. She has played her songs at cardiovascular health presentations to illustrate the healing power of music in terms of stress reduction and its importance in relation to physical movement which is integral to one’s overall health.

“Final Beginning” reflects a journey triggered by grief and spurned by motivation for healing and spiritual growth. This musical venture concludes with the audible realization that life is about inner reflections and improvisational healing.

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released August 20, 2016

Written, produced and performed by Eki Shola

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Featured in PBS, NPR Tiny Desk Contest, and more, Eki Shola’s music transcends genre, as she seamlessly draws from jazz, electronica, and soul to create a sonic landscape all her own. A vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, & physician, Eki Shola uses her music as a conduit for healing. ASCAP Plus awardee, Eki Shola will embark on a Japan tour in October after releasing her 5th album, 還 (Kaeru). ... more

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discography

還 (Kaeru)

Oct 2023
BHMEM

Mar 2022
Talks of 21

Oct 2021
Believe

Aug 2021
Garden of Light

Oct 2020
Jubilee

Oct 2020
Essential

Aug 2020
Drift

Nov 2019
Possible

Feb 2019
Marching On

Jan 2019
Dreaming

Jan 2019
Final Beginning

Aug 2016

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