Rasa: Kim Waters (vocals, shaker); Hans Christian (cello, sarangi, nyckelharpa, harmonium, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, bells, programming).
Additional personnel includes: Krishna Das (vocals); William Wandall (acoustic guitar); Habib Khan (sitar); John Wubenhorst (bansuri flute); Ira Stein (keyboards); Girish Gambria (mridangam, tablas); Krishna Both, Ben Mawhorter (tablas); Greg Ellis (percussion, bells); John McDowell (percussion).
Recorded at Allemande Productions, Fairfax, California. Includes liner notes by Kim Waters and Hans Christian.
Hindu devotional chant has never been rendered so seductively as by the San Francisco-based duo Rasa. The presence of kirtan instruments (harmonium, tablas) and classical Indian sounds (bansuri flute, mridangam or double-sided drum) grounds their debut album in tradition, while thrilling synthesizer atmospherics and dramatic vocals bespeak the passion and modernity that Rasa brings to their music. Kirtan superstar Krishna Das provides guest vocals.