Michael Robinson
Ramapriya
Cover art is handmade paper from India
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1. Alap 14.09
meruvina: piano, Indian bells, rotating drum, rainstick, synthesizer, tanpura
2. First Gat 14.06
meruvina: piano, tabla, dholak, dhol, synthesizer, tanpura
3. Second Gat 14.10
meruvina: piano, tabla, dholak, dhol, synthesizer, tanpura
Composed, Programmed, Mixed, Designed and Produced by Michael Robinson
Recorded and Mastered by Catharine Wood at Planetwood Studios
Ramapriya is the fifty-second mela of Karnatic music. I find its swaras wonderfully abstract, including the uncommon pairing of tivra madhyama and komal rishaba, also found in an earlier composition, Vachaspati. Another earlier composition, Snow Leopard Meadow, based on Ahir Bhairav, a raga introduced to me through awesome recordings by Pandit Jasraj, shares the swaras of Ramapriya, with the exception of madhyama in place of tivra madhayama. |
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