Track Listings (8) - Disc #1| All Artists: Rasa Title: Devotion Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Hearts of Space Original Release Date: 4/11/2000 Release Date: 4/11/2000 Genres: Alternative Rock, New Age, Pop Styles: Meditation, Healing Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 025041109925 |
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 | Rasa Devotion Genres: Alternative Rock, New Age, Pop
While an assortment of artists sing in wordless phrases dictated by their muses, Kim Waters and Hans Christian of Rasa turn to ancient Indian devotional texts for vocal inspiration. With accompaniment from cello, sarangi (... more » |
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Amazon.com's Best of 2000 While an assortment of artists sing in wordless phrases dictated by their muses, Kim Waters and Hans Christian of Rasa turn to ancient Indian devotional texts for vocal inspiration. With accompaniment from cello, sarangi (Indian violin), and sitara, the duo puts forth an exceptional world fusion unheard of in the New Age genre. What's more, there isn't a song on Devotion that falters in form, technique, or ecstasy. The music comes from an undisturbed place, shared with listeners without sentimentality or pretense. --Karen K. Hugg Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsGenerally satisfying 07/31/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "A generally solid debut CD from the group Rasa. "Devotion" is easy on the ears, and probably well- suited to meditation or relaxation activities. Lead singer Kim Waters has a wonderfully melodic voice, and Hans Christian is a well-known musician in the genre. While the songs on the CD are all quality recordings, professionally done, what is missing are any up-tempo pieces as might be found on a CD by Dead Can Dance or Vas, and as a result the songs tend to blend one into the other after a while. Also because of the sameness of the songs, there's little differentiation in the emotions evoked by the music. So while I like the songs that are on here quite a bit, it's a CD you have to be in a certain mood for to appreciate fully." Lovely, lyrical, and lack-luster Kevin Conare | Philadelphia, PA USA | 04/06/2003 (3 out of 5 stars) "Kim Water's voice is very pretty. Hans Christian's instrumentals are wonderfully subtle and create the real East-West fusion here. Though I can feel their devotion, I am much less enthusiastic than many of the other reviewers.Bengali Vaishnava songs, the inspiration for these songs, are known for ecstatic devotion, intense longing, and/or deep pathos. You won't find that here. Instead, a meditative exotic atmosphere replaces the soul's passionate call to the divine. Very spiritual, but not capturing the "rasa" I would have expected.Most of these melodies in this album are based on the melodies and interpretations of that the Radha Krishna Temple(s) and George Harrison produced around 1970. These are all really great. I am a little surprised that none of the editors' comments acknowledge the source material and inspiration for these songs." A Divine Expression of Sweet Heavenly bliss Matthew Ellis | Tulsa, OK United States | 11/20/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "This Divine piece of musical sweetness is more than a spiritual masterpiece, but an arrangment of the most ancient of Holy songs of God. It is only natural for a person who's listening to it's melodies to be captivated and expierence the greatest of spiritual peace.Rasa's mediums, Kim Waters & Hans Christian, not only present these Divine Lelas (stories) they smooth these already magical songs into a new symphony, never expressed in Eastern music of India. Fantasticly Kim's voice, soring like a celestrial spirit, recants the ancient and divine names of God, the sanskrit kirtan of the Song Divine. Sanskrit, the most divine of all languages, passed down eternally, is the original Divine Language spoken by all the great Saints and Yogi's. It's magical power possesses the sweet bliss that God is and this album opens your heart and mind to hear that Intoxicating love that God is singing eternally.Let this album be a part of your spiritual devotion, drown in it's angelic song, it's potential for meditations, yoga, and daily devotions, is endless. The most sweetest of music from India!"
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