New Earth Records

New Earth Records is an independent record label focusing primarily on new age and world music. It was founded in 1990 in Munich, Germany, by European entrepreneurs Bhikkhu Schober and Waduda Paradiso. Initially called Tao Music, Schober and Paradiso opted to change the name to New Earth Records. New Earth is one of the first labels to pioneer the introduction of meditation, yoga, and world music to a worldwide audience.
During the early nineties, New Earth began to expand its scope, signing a number of recording artists who produce eastern-influenced, meditative music. Among the first were Prem Joshua, Al Gromer Khan, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and James Asher.
Since its founding, New Earth has signed over 50 artists and released more than 280 albums distributed across 92 countries. Their catalog receives hundreds of millions of streams per year across various platforms.
New Earth's catalog is dominated by music intended to accompany various alternative healing practices such as Reiki, massage, meditation, and Yoga. Prominent recent New Earth artists include Deuter, Parijat, Kamal, Terry Oldfield, Chinmaya Dunster, Peter Kater, Dechen Shak-Dagsay, Al Gromer Khan, Anuvida, and Rasa.
New Earth has used recycled paper and soy ink for its publications since its founding and continues to support various non-profit organizations dedicated to climate change issues.