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Bobby Beausoleil

Robert Kenneth "Bobby" Beausoleil (born November 6, 1947) is a former associate of the Charles Manson "Family" (he denied ever being a member) who is serving a life sentence in prison for the murder of music teacher and associate Gary Hinman on July 27, 1969. He was a promising musician in addition to being an aspiring poet and actor at the time of the Hinman murder. In the late 1970s, with the permission of the prison, he composed and recorded the soundtrack for Kenneth Anger's movie Lucifer Rising after Anger's first choice, Jimmy Page, could not manage to deliver enough music for the film after three years of waiting, according to Anger. 

Robert Kenneth "Bobby" Beausoleil (born November 6, 1947) is a former associate of the Charles Manson "Family" (he denied ever being a member) who is serving a life sentence in prison for the murder of music teacher and associate Gary Hinman on July 27, 1969. He was a promising musician in addition to being an aspiring poet and actor at the time of the Hinman murder. In the late 1970s, with the permission of the prison, he composed and recorded the soundtrack for Kenneth Anger's movie Lucifer Rising after Anger's first choice, Jimmy Page, could not manage to deliver enough music for the film after three years of waiting, according to Anger. 

Lucifer Rising Ost
*2024 repress!!* Forty years or so ago Bobby BeauSoleil conceived of the music for Lucifer Rising as a single continuous piece of music, a 45-minute rock symphony. Despite the rigors and challenges imposed by his imprisonment, he delivered his psychedelic opus, fully realized, and presented it as a complete work on LP in 1979. “Ultra rare and precious material composed almost in secret during the 70’s. “Lucifer Rising” is also the soundtrack of Kenneth Anger’s experimental, acid and metaphysical…
Voodoo Shivaya
** 2021 Stock ** Recorded at Oregon State Penitentiary in the earlu 2000. A deeply personal musical statement from the enigmatic Bobby BeauSoleil, a 2-disk concept album featuring a mix of vocal and instrumental tracks tracking the meandering path of his journey to spiritual understanding. Among the vocal tracks performed by BeauSoleil are both covers and original songs, some with guest performances by Annabel Lee Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Robert Ferbrache, and Mike Behrenhausen. A lavish trip…
The Lucifer Rising Suite
4xCD Box. Includes a 24-page booklet, 2 posters and color printed inner sleeves. “Robert Kenneth Beausoleil was born under the sign of the scorpion on November 6th, 1947 in Santa Barbara, California. Roughly translated, Beausoleil means “Beautiful Sun”and Bobby has seized this meaning in more recent years by capitalizing the ‘s’ for emphasis. The name itself betrays certain artistic and spiritual coordinates. At the age of 16, he packed his guitar and headed south for Los Angeles wh…
Orb
Originally released as private press limited cdr in 2001, 'Orb' is now available for the first time on vinyl. Second full length after the classic Kenneth Anger's 'Lucifer Rising' cult soundtrack, 'Orb' is a mystic and psychedelic rock opera influenced by Indian imagery. The perfect soundtrack to listen to while reading traditional epic Indian literature. 'Orb' is a perfect fusion between ethereal synth, ethnic ritual percussions that remind Dead Can Dance's atmospheres and the evolution …
Dancing hearts afire
Hand-made splatter vinyl and labels, limited edition of only 99 numbered copies. Recorded 2011/12. The recipe (looks very futuristic, never done before): basic colors: black + metallic gold, variations (six): with yellow & white/violet, yellow & white/azul, yellow & green/ blue/green, yellow and white/red, yellow & white. Labels design: Bobby BeauSoleil. "A very subtle two sides long piece of music which grows on you... Bobby's guitar solos are particulary evocative, especially if heard a…
Mantra
Limited picture disc LP release. "I composed Mantra: soundscapes for meditation in response to several requests from some of my fellow prisoners. I was asked to create some gentle music that they could listen to on their personal cassette players as an aid in practicing meditation and relaxation techniques widely accepted as valuable tools in the process of healing mind, body and spirit. The challenge was to produce a musical composition that would help to mask the noise of the environment witho…
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