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Release Date: 25-08-2003
Label: New Earth Records
Catalog Number: NE2401-2
Barcode: 714266240123
Musical Style: Mantra & Chants
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauranga Karuna [08:56]  | 5 | Panduranga [08:29] |
| 2 | Ar koto Kal [08:07] | 6 | Arunodaya [05:40] |
| 3 | Narada Muni [05:57] | 7 | Daniatmika [06:43] |
| 4 | Jay Radha [08:28] | 8 | Vaishnava Vijnapti [09:16] |
Reviews:
'Top-quality devotional music. It takes one to the highest realms.' - Donovan
Rarely have prayers to Krishna sounded so serene and so sensual at the same time. Waters sings Indian chants and prayers in a voice that is soothing and serene, like velvet smoke curling around these adapted melodies. Using sophisticated programming, cello, electric bass, Indian sarangi, and Swedish nyckelharpa, Hans Christian embeds her voice in translucent layers. Each time he touches an instrument, adding it to his textured arrangements, it’s like unlocking the key to a serpentine journey. Water’s voice is so serene and the grooves so relentlessly languid that Shelter becomes like a long bath. Soothing, even enlightening.' - John Diliberto, Billboard and Amazon.com
'Rasa’s latest release is a heartfelt selection of devotional songs, and classic prayers to Krishna in their own inimitable style. Kim Waters’ voice combined with the music of Hans Christian and Girish Gambhira is exquisitely beautiful and meaningful, and it is obvious a lot of work has gone into the CD. Fans of Rasa will certainly enjoy this offering.' - Michael Woodhead, Synchronicity: The Magazine, October/November 2003
Description:
Combining superb musicianship with passionate renditions, Rasa creates a sound that is timeless and transformative, devotional and creative, evocative and soothing-it is a mystical prayer that taps into an ancient well of spiritual wisdom, touching upon the soul's need for transcendence. With accompaniment from cello, sarangi, nyckelharpa, and sitara, Hans Christian and Kim Waters put forth an exceptional fusion of Indian spiritual music with modern production that never falters in form, technique, or ecstasy. Their music blends meditative, transcendental, and ethereal qualities into an elegant, contemporary style.
Biography:
rasa (sanskrit): the 'taste' or essence of any impression; the aesthetic experience in transcendence; the emotional fulfillment of the soul; the essence of Divine Love.
Inspired By Indian Devotional Bhajans (songs in praise of Krishna), Rasa's music combines traditional Vaishnava songs with contemporary musical arrangements while maintaining a sacred experience.
Rasa consists of Kim Waters, an artist equally blessed as a singer and as a painter of sacred art; and of Hans Christian, classically trained cellist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and studio wizard.
Together they weave a path of devotional prayer and transcendental sound vibrations...
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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