Adorned
With Pearl
Soma Creeper was inspired by Turkish music, and the title piece is a raga with Muslim origins.
1.
Trance In Bamboo (Arabic Tuning) (1995) 9:22
meruvina: balafon, female voices, male voices, African, Balinese,
and Chinese percussion, flute, altered tablas
2.
Violet Path (Jaijaivanti) (1996) 22:22
meruvina: clarinet, tabla, Chinese, Japanese, and Middle Eastern
percussion, tanpura
3.
Soma Creeper (Chandra Lekha) (1996) 9:48
meruvina: oud, shahnai, hichiriki, Japanese voices and Indian,
Near Eastern, African, and Balinese percussion
4.
Adorned With Pearl (Basant Mukhari) (1996) 11:41
meruvina: shahnai, tabla, African harp, female voice, Balinese,
Chinese and Japanese percussion, tanpura