Video version at https://youtu.be/3RuiQ-lOEMg

The MantraRock Project

Jaya Shiva Shankara

Taking my homemade Electric Sitar for a test ride with a Boss SY300 and some Korg synths.

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My own electric sitar with  a Korg synth. Yes, that is a sitar, morphed through a SY300.

A Farewell To The Past

Another ride with  my Electric Sitar, with a little trance shuffle...

Soundsketch 5

Floating a layer of sitar upon a gentle cloud of keyboard.

Floating Mountain

Shiva mantra of the Siddhantha Shaiva tradition taken to the max, hard rock for the Kali Yuga. Official recording of the mantrarock band Tapas.

Tapas: Haro Hara

A slow moving sitar makes it's way across a field of drones. Music for a video documenting the process of a painting titled 'The Lord's Song', visible at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9n8NXxeoDc

The Lord's Song

The Lord's Song - music for a painting

A breathing meditation. Two synths and two guitars entwine and emulate the dual flowing currents of the pranayama process.

Ida Pingala

Spacy sitar riding on a wave of soft synths. Sitar, Microkorg, Handpan and an Ocean drum.

The Spacesitar Project, First Mission

A short exploration of Spacesitar and Synth merging.

Soundsketch 1

Piano and Sitar in a brief mingling of sound.

Soundsketch 2

Sitar and Guitar interacting with a soft synth.

Soundsketch 3

A short sample of an extensive ambient sitar meditation, blending with a tanpura and soft synths. Complete 45 minute piece available at https://rahju.bandcamp.com

The Lords Song

The Lord's Song (5 min sample version)

A reclusive artist from the hills of Sri Lanka. Rahju's paintings are predominantly inspired by Buddhist-Hindu imagery with a surreal twist, while his musical experiments range from spacy sitar to chanting mantras in hard rock style.

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