Dear SJB Visitor,

We are saddened, shocked, and in utter disbelief over the Tsunami Disaster that hit our native land of Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004. The deaths and destruction it brought forward were unprecedented and have no parallels in our recorded history.

We at SJB therefore are teaming up with Music Artists to provide you with some Tsunami Song Recordings for you to download. So far we have several songs for you to listen and five songs for you to download, for a small donation to SJB Tsunami Fund. We also have a VCD containing two songs for you to buy. See below for details.

The following 09 tracks are available for online listening:

1.   Tsunami - Sri Lanka by Nimal Mendis
   Produced: (c) Mediaeye Productions. Music, Lyrics, and Vocals by Nimal Mendis.
2.   Tsunami - Sri Lanka version recorded in Australia by Rohan Jayawardena
   with background voice of Nalin Jayawardena and Minali Gamage. Recording Engineer & Coordinator: Nalin Jayawardena. Music & Lyrics by Nimal Mendis.
3.   Tsunami - Ruduru Ralu Maha Muhuda by Nalin Jayawardena
   Produced: (c) Studio 2J's. Lyrics and Vocals by Nalin Jayawardena. Melody and Music by Rohan Jayawardena. Background singing by Wipula Ratnakele, Sanath Mapa and Rohan Jayawardena.
4.   Tsunami - Sri Lanka Sinhala version recorded in Sri Lanka by Varadatta Aravinda.
   Music & Lyrics by Nimal Mendis. Sinhala Translation by Vicumpriya Perera. Orchestration by Mahinda Bandara, background singing by Nelum Adhikari, Kushani Sandarekha and Kapila Poogalaarachchi.
5.   Tsunami - Sri Lanka Sinhala version recorded in Australia by Nalin Jayawardena.
   Music & Lyrics by Nimal Mendis. Sinhala Translation by Vicumpriya Perera. Orchestration by Rohan Jayawardena, background singing by Minali Gamage and Rohan Jayawardena.
6.   Nangiye Malliye by Lionel Bopage.
   Written by Lionel Bopage. Music by Cameron Colombege.

7.   Silence and Resilience - Poem by Harshini Bopage.
   Written by Lionel Bopage. Music by Cameron Colombege.

8.   Tsunami - a mother cries by Conroy Warren.
   Released by Conroy Warren on the Flamboko Label (flambokorecords@yahoo.com). Contact: Signs Artist Management, Mezaun Ramjohn, CEO (www.signsartist.com) to buy this song.

9.   Carry Me Through by Victoria Heckman.
   Music & Lyrics by Godfrey Tisseverasinghe, Produced by Robert Giovannetti and Video by Chris Valentine. Video of this sound track is also available as a FREE download (30MB) from Tsunami Recovery website of Chris Valentine. Click this link for more Tsunami related items from Chris Valentine.

Download the following (06) tracks if you donate some money:

Money collected will be donated in full (less Paypal collection fees) to a registered charity such as PAFFREL, Sri Lankan Presidential Fund or Sarvodaya. We are suggesting a donation amount of US$5.00 to download Tsunami - Sri Lanka by Nimal Mendis but anything over this amount is greatly appreciated. To receive the link to download all songs, please donate a total amount US$5.00 (including shipping and handling charges, if any). We plan to include Sinhala versions of these songs in the future as they become available.

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1. Tsunami - Sri Lanka by Nimal Mendis (03 tracks)

Composed by award-winning music director, singer, composer and song writer, Nimal Mendis, Tsunami is available for downloading if you donate $1.50 or mo re. If you donate over US$5.00, we will include version recorded in Australia in English by Roha n Jayawardena and Tsunami - Sri Lanka Sinhala version recorded in Australia by Nalin Jayawa rdena too as added bonuses. That is 03 songs in MP3 format.

Nimal Says:
"I am a composer with dual nationality of Sri Lanka and Britian. At present I am living in France. I had 22 songs recorded in Britain in the sixties and appeared on the popular TV show Top of the Pops in 1968 with my own song Feel like a Clown. It was with my singing partner Sandra Edema as Ranee and Raj. It was a guest appearance. One of my songs " Master Sir " has been a popular song in Sri Lanka for many years. I also wrote " Ganga Addara " for the late Vijay Kumaratunge, our President's husband who was assasinated in 1988. I have written these and many other popular film songs for our country's foremost filmmakers Lester and Sumitra Pieris's. The two songs mentioned are still played often in Sri Lanka.
Following the destruction and horror of the Tsunami that struck Sri Lanka I composed a new song. It is based on the unprecedented sadness that the entire country is experiencing. The song has been translated into Sinhala by Vicumpriya Perera and will be translated to Tamil soon. The Sinhala version was recorded in Sri Lanka by Varadatta Aravinda. It has been translated to French and will be recorded soon."

Lyrics, song details, recording information, reviews, newspaper article and websites on the song are listed on next page.

Send comments about the song directly to songsign29@yahoo.co.uk, songsign@btinternet.com or nimal@mediaeyeproductions.com or to Nimal Mendis, 188, Grosvenor Crescent, Hillingdon UB10 9EZ United Kingdom or to webmaster at sinhalajukebox.org.

2. Tsunami (Ruduru Ralu Maha Muhuda) by Nalin Jayawardena (01 track)

The song, Tsunami - Ruduru Ralu Maha Muhuda by Nalin Jayawardena is available for download for a total donation of $5.00 or more. The song is Produced by: (c) Studio 2J's. Lyrics and Vocals by Nalin Jayawardena. Melody and Music by Rohan Jayawardena. Background voice by Wipula Ratnakele, Sanath Mapa and Rohan Jayawardena.

Lyrics, Song Details, and Recording Information on the song are available in page 03.

Direct comments about the song to Nalin Jayawardena via webmaster at sinhalajukebox.org.

3. Two Tsunami Recordings by Lionel Bopage (02 tracks)

A total donation of $5.00 or more, will make you eligible for downloading following two recordings as well.

The first song titled Nangiye Malliye is written by Lionel Bopage, and Music by Cameron Colombege.

The second recording is a poem titled Silence and Resilience by Harshini Bopage. It is written by Lionel Bopage, and Music by Cameron Colombege.

Buy Tsunami Sri Lanka VCD for just $10

The first VCD produced to raise money to help the Tsunami victims is on sale now.

The VCD has been released by brothers Rohan and Nalin Jayawardena who currently reside in Australia.

The disc contains a cover version of the Tsunami (English) song written and composed by Nimal Mendis and a Sinhala version (with English subtitles) written and composed by Rohan and Nalin Jayawardena, looking from a different view point of an artist.

Click here to view details of the VCD as well as to buy the VCD by donating $10. All proceeds from the sale of this VCD will be donated to help Tsunami Victims in Sri Lanka. The cost of the VCD is US$ 10. A US$ 5 postage & handling charge will be required to post the VCD to you.