Oliver Shanti
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Oliver Shanti
| birth_name = Ulrich Schulz
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|11|16|df=y}}
| origin = Hamburg, Germany
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| occupation = music producer
| genre = New-age
| years_active = 1987–2016
| associated_acts = Oliver Shanti & Friends
Inkarnation
My Child
Oliver Serano-Alive
Veit Wayman
| label = Sattva Music
}}
Oliver Shanti (16 November 1948), also known as Oliver Serano-Alve, is a New Age musician, best known for his work with the bands "Inkarnation" and "Oliver Shanti & Friends".
After having attempted suicide during his pre-trial custody, In 2009, Shanti was sentenced to a 6-year and 10 months prison term in Germany having been convicted on charges of child sexual abuse. The remainder of "Oliver Shanti & Friends" continued performing and recording as "Existence", with another "Inkarnation" co-founder Margot Reisinger replacing Shanti.
Discography
Main:
- 1987 - Licht-Prakash-Light (as Inkarnation)
- 1987 - Frieden-Shanti-Peace (as Inkarnation)
- 1987 - Listening to the Heart
- 1988 - Rainbow Way
- 1988 - Vila Nova Mellow Days (as Oliver Serano-Alve)
- 1989 - Walking on the Sun
- 1990 - Minho Valley Fantasies (as Oliver Serano-Alve)
- 1992 - Vida para Vida (as Oliver Serano-Alve)
- 1993 - Soft Motion Vol.1 (as Oliver Serano-Alve)
- 1993 - Tai Chi
- 1995 - Well Balanced
- 1996 - Tai Chi Too
- 1997 - Circles of Life: The Best of Oliver Shanti & Friends (compilation album including 3 new tracks)
- 1998 - Seven Times Seven
- 2000 - Medicine Power
- 2002 - Alhambra
- 2006 - Man Heaven Earth (compilation album featuring 2 tracks by "Existence" and Dahmani)
Projects:
- 1996 - Buddha and Bonsai Vol. 1
- 1997 - Shaman
- 2000 - Buddha and Bonsai Vol. 3
- 2000 - Shaman 2
Thematical compilations:
- Indiens: Sacred Spirits
- Shaman: Red Indian Chill
- 1997 - Spirit of Budo: The Power of Balance
- 1997 - 10 Years of Sattva Music
- 1998 - Meditative Music of Budo-Gala: The Magic of Martial Arts
- 1999 - Tibetiya (including 3 new tracks by Oliver Shanti)
- 2001 - 15 Years of Sattva Music
- 2001 - Reiki: Brightness Healing
Other:
- 2008 single - Oliver Shanti feat. N.i.M.i - Roo Be Asemoon (Olugu Zamba Remix)
- 2010 single - Oliver Shanti feat. DJ Sunf - The Tree (rmx)
Conviction for child sexual abuse
In 2002, a warrant for his arrest was issued in Germany, with a €3000 reward offered, on suspicion of his having committed child sexual abuse.{{cite web|url=http://www.polizei.bayern.de/content/7/0/1/3/schulz_eng.pdf |title=Munich - Search for Ulrich Schulz - Arrest warrant for serious child sexual abuse |accessdate=2008-02-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127042257/http://www.polizei.bayern.de/content/7/0/1/3/schulz_eng.pdf |archivedate=January 27, 2007 }}
Shanti went missing at that time, and was reported{{cite web
|url= http://www.merkur-online.de/nachrichten/politik/muenchner-polizei-jagt-spirituellen-serienkinderschaender-138178.html
|title= Münchner Polizei jagt spirituellen Serien-Kinderschänder
|date= 24 April 2003
|accessdate= 2011-08-24
}} to be living secretly in Germany or its adjacent countries. He was arrested in Lisbon, Portugal, on 29 June 2008,{{cite web
|url= https://sol.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Sociedade/Interior.aspx?content_id=99868
|title= Alemão detido por pedofilia em Lisboa foi agraciado com Medalha de Mérito da Câmara de Cerveira (in Portuguese)
|accessdate= 2008-06-29
}} and charged with 314 cases of child abuse on 20 April 2009.{{cite web
|url = http://www.n24.de/news/newsitem_4990035.html
|title = Anklage gegen Musiker Oliver Shanti erhoben
|accessdate = 2009-04-21
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090423120154/http://www.n24.de/news/newsitem_4990035.html
|archivedate = 2009-04-23
|url= http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/7/465595/text/
|title= Klage gegen Oliver Shanti - Sektenguru unter schwerem Verdacht
|accessdate= 2009-04-21
}}
After having attempted suicide during his pre-trial custody,{{cite web
|url= https://www.welt.de/news/article5094870/Angeklagter-Sekten-Guru-Oliver-Shanti-ueberlebt-Selbstmordversuch.html
|title= Angeklagter Sekten-Guru Oliver Shanti überlebt Selbstmordversuch
|date= 5 November 2009
|accessdate= 2009-12-13
}} "Oliver Shanti" was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison on Friday, 4 December 2009 - after a Munich court convicted him of 76 counts of child sexual abuse.{{cite web
|url= http://www.thelocal.de/national/20091205-23735.html
|title= Nearly seven years prison for child abuser guru Oliver Shanti
|accessdate= 2009-12-05
}}
References
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Category:German male musicians
Category:German people convicted of child sexual abuse
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