Children Beyond is the second Beyond album, featuring twelve prayers and mantras from the religions Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Sikhism, performed by thirty children from different cultures and nations, Tina, Regula and Dechen. For promotion, the song Unity was released as a ditigal download and the three singers together with the children performed the special mix When You Sing at TV-Shows in Germany and Switzerland as well as at a Press Conference in Zurich, Switzerland.
In 2016, the album was repackaged with a new cover and booklet for the soundtrack of the movie Planting Seeds Of Mindfulness, featuring the additional track Breathing In Breathing Out. In 2018, it was re-issued together with all other Beyond releases as a Collector’s Box for the occasion of Tina's book My Love Story.
Producer: Roland Frei
Photographer: Nathan Beck, Alberto Venzago
Release: October 2011 / 2016 (Repackage) / November 2018 (Collector’s Box)
Label: Universal
Format: CD / Digital
Charts: Switzerland: #21 / Germany: #78
Tracks
- Calling 3:20 *
- Oh Ah Hum 4:30
- Allah Hu 4:22
- Kol Ha Olam Kulo 4:38
- Halleluja 3:55
- Sa Ta Na Ma 5:26
- Ganesha Sharanam 4:58
- Buddham Saranam Gaccami 4:25
- Jai Da Da 4:35
- Sallallah Ala Muhammad 4:38
- Veni Sancte Spiritus 4:51
- Ra Ma Da Sa 3:46
- Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu 4:56 *
- Unity 3:20 *
- Breathing In Breathing Out 4:14
- Breathing In Breathing Out (Instrumental) 4:13
Single
Unity was a single to promote the album. On Prayer of Unity, Regula, Dechen and Tina are all prominently represented with their unique voices in front of a chorus of 30 children. Tina starts and ends the song with her very powerful interpretation of Amen. It was released on September 23, 2011 digitally.
Promotion
Tina, Regula and Dechen, together with a group of 30 children presented the new album at a Press Conference on September 28 in Zurich, Switzerland. It started with the screening of the promotional movie, directed by Xaver Walser and narrated by Tina Turner, which explains the message behind the Beyond project. Tina explained in the Q&A session because the music is so modern, even people who are not religious will take over the message through the music. She also explained, that she will always continue to record music when something interesting comes along, like this project. At the end, all three ladies together with the children performed the song When You Sing on stage.
This song was also performed at two TV-Shows: On December 11 at the Swiss Sports Awards in Zurich, Switzerland and on December 17 at the Ein Herz für Kinder Gala in Berlin, Germany.