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Between 2019 and 2022, the newly minted trio of Jimi Prasad, Avishai Cohen and Yuvi Havkin assembled a small army of musicians from their home base in Tel Aviv and around the world to form Jimi Prasad Orchestra. Slowly but surely, the sound of the Orchestra came into focus: timeless, cosmic and classical-influenced; rooted in ambient jazz; meditation music for the masses sleeping through their waking lives. With time on their side, the Orchestra “put so much effort behind each note,” says Havkin. “If a note is higher than the previous note, or if it’s the same note, or if it’s a half step up, we always asked why.” In writing sessions and then in the studio, “the whole atmosphere was ceremonial,” says Cohen. “The search for the right sounds took real concentration. We didn’t need substances, or candles; Jimi provided everything we needed.” A slow, deliberate process birthed “Help With Your Heart,” the first album from Jimi Prasad Orchestra. 12 tracks of gorgeous, mesmerizing music unlike anything these three had created before.