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Music by Mediums

As many of you know.... I've been working on instigating new ventures into an concept I call the "Urban Teahouse."

The urban teahouse is intended to cultivate a movement through which we meld together relevant aspects of different cultures & ways of thinking--drawing upon the insights of traditional wisdom and interweaving it with progressive modern ideals in order to create new paradigms and models for social change and interaction. This effort has drawn largely upon the concept of a "teahouse" as an ideal environment for social interaction, ideological exchange, and entertainment.

In working toward this concept, I've spent years cultivating connections with other artists, healers, educators, researchers, business owners, etc..... And we're finally on the verge of making our next small step in this monumental journey of bridging cultures and communities, which is why I'm reaching out to you all now!

Almost everyone of you that is mentioned in this not has helped contribute to the movement of bringing together arts or community involvmenet in one way or another--whether directly or indirectly--and I'm sharing this track with you now as a way to express that appreciation and simply to share a few subtle works of art with those of you who I think would appreciate it and would like to help this new "urban teahouse" movement to grow.

The movement... is as many of you know.... coming together through our efforts as "The Tea Syndicate"

and our next step is to continue cultivating community through events, education, and interaction

I'm sharing this track with you now as an expression of appreciation for all of you & your respective efforts through art, community interaction, global travels, and cross-cultural interaction.

This track is a very subtle work by Travis Austin {aka Mediums} sourced from a 20yr old Chinese er'hu sample by our good friend Alex Peng from Taiwan. The accompanying artwork is by Raul Pizarro of Chile from a collaboration in Andong Korea 2010.

I hope you all enjoy the track & I look forward to any feedback or potential collaboration through art, music, tea, education, events, etc. in the future

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http://soundcloud.com/syndicatedtea/mediums-abridged-music-for

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Synergy Presents: Transfermotion

We're very excited to be doing one more Synergy event!! This is one of the collaborations that helped get things going with the Tea Syndicate back in the day and we're doing one of their last events--at least for a long while! The lowdown is as follows:

"Now is the time to Dream Awake friends and what better way to do so than to "Synergize" with Y(Our) community.

Join us once more (or for your first time) for Austin's original "Synergy: Intentional Dance Experience...where we come together in peace and creative expression to dance and unite all night long.

Our next installment shall be on February 18th, 2012 and the theme is- "Transfermotion: Dream Awake! We invite you to reflect on what conscious gathering means to you, and how the gift of dance allows us the space, time, and opportunity to transfermotion. If all we are is vibration (movement), from what place does our conscious dance originate, and what are we dancing for? What are we taking from the dream state that we may transfer into lucidity? Your body is strong, your heart beat powerful, and your spirit courageous. The dance floor can take it, so lets dish it out! Transfer the motion of y(our) being into our waking dream.

For those of you who know us...you can know what to expect: great electronic dance music, creative and open minded people, healthy and yummy treats to nourish (y)our bodies, a space to relax, connect and enjoy tea service, a space for healing sessions, and YES! Yes! YeSsss- heaps of fun!

Lot's of good artists & musicians, and tea by The Tea Syndicate

This gathering shall be at our usual space "Thrive Fitness" (formerly known as Nia Space) located @ 3212 South Congress in Austin Texas. Our doors open at 9 and close around 6am.

Monetary Exchange for the entire evening is $15- $20 sliding scale...

For more exciting information check out the Dancing Freedom website:www.dancingfreedom.com

Chinese Gong Fu Tea & Ecstatic Movement Session

@ Guari Movement Studio

{{On Barton Springs Road, behind Juiceland}}

We're very excited to be back in Austin with this awesome opportunity to kick-off a new series of tea events in our community at Guari Movement Studio!!

This workshop represents the first step in setting an intention to foster a community of tea enthusiasts in our community and will involve...

An introduction to concepts and basic methodology of various Asian tea ceremonies, tea processing, and tea culture in general. This will be accompanied by a Chinese/Taiwanese "gong fu" tea session.

Following our tea session, and anticipated subtle "tea high," we'll move into some sounds & basic QiGong exercises, and then into an "urban teahouse" soundscape and some ecstatic movement & DANCING to some floor thumpin global grooves finish things off!!

The cost of this workshop is $15

{{but will most definitely consider sliding scale if you really want to participate & just can't contribute this much}}

All proceeds will go to benefit an effort to foster a community of experiential teaism and the creation of a tea collective here in Austin!!

Please spread the word to any tea//ecstatic movement enthusiasts out there who you think would be interested.....

and we'll see ya soon for tea & ecstatic movement at Guari!!

~~The Tea Syndicate

The PeshaWar Sessions miXtape vOl.A/xyz

This mix is part 1 of a several hour session held at Peshawar Cafe in Taipei. The mix in it's entirety was chosen to compliment the unique ambiance that is 'Peshawar Cafe.' Ambient sounds, subtle beats, uniquely obscure, and slightly jazzy at times.

Permaliinkk:

http://syndicatedtea.podomatic.com/entry/2010-04-06T09_15_14-07_00

"Creatures of Habit"

The latest installation of Urban Teahouse is going down on Wednesday April 7th at Jay Gallery in Insadong Seoul as part of the "Creatures of Habit" Exhibition opening. We will be running a traditional Korean Tea Service from our good friend Ms. Kim~in full traditional Hanbok~and creating a live soundscape of Eastern and ambient sounds.
http://mstewartprintmaker.com/iac.htm
Seoul International Artists Community (on Facebook)

While in Korea Vol.1

As the latest installment of urban teahouse mixtapes, While in Korea Vol.1 is the first in a series of soundscapes created with the intention of blending traditional Korean music with subtle beats and ambient sounds.

What follows is a downbeat mix of traditional Korean & Buddhist music, glitchy beats, and ambient sounds~

as always, you can download it here: http://syndicatedtea.podomatic.com/