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Alice Coltrane<\/a>\u2019s ashram tapes will soon be released via Matador. Turiya Sings<\/em>, Divine Songs<\/em>, Infinite Chants<\/em>, and Glorious Chants<\/em> were recorded at the late jazz musician\u2019s ashram outside of Los Angeles in the \u201880s and \u201890s, where the cassettes were distributed among members. Matador will debut the tapes\u2014which draw on jazz, new age, gospel, and electronic music\u2014on all formats for the first time, complete with full mixes and artwork. A release date has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n Although the complete tapes have never been released to the public, several songs off Divine Songs<\/em>, Infinite Chants<\/em>, and Glorious Chants<\/em>, were featured in 2017\u2019s The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda<\/em>, while Impulse! released an altered version of Turiya Sings<\/em> without synthesizers in 2021.<\/p>\n \u201c\ufeffMusically, it\u2019s a pure reflection of the life journey my mother was on at the time,\u201d Michelle Coltrane said in a press statement. \u201cShe was seeking, in every, most authentic way, a life of devotion, transcendence, and spiritual elevation. The music was an inspired offering to the sanctity and feeling of this spiritual path.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more about Alice Coltrane in Transfiguration and Transcendence: The Music of Alice Coltrane<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n