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A long awaited new CD by Mindia, Quiessence is 72 timeless minutes of the exquisitely pure, liquid-like sound of the bansuri, the classical bamboo flute of India. It is accompanied by 5 string tamboura and 46 string zither.
From its first quivering pulsation Quiessence enraptures us in the depths of rasa - the "divine'" moods of the soul. Its soothing vibration simply and effortlessly transports the body-mind into a place of ineffable peace and release. Painted in colors as vivid as the world of Nature that the music celebrates, Quiessence begins with a "Rag Mala" for the whole day - a garland of Ragas each expressing a different mood for a corresponding time of day.
Described as "breathtaking, ecstatic" and "something of a revelation" (Bob Tart - The Beat Magazine) Mindia's music lifts the listener beyond the imagined confines of the mundane into the realm of the profoundly pleasurable, expressing with great poiniancy and beauty the full spectrum of our human emotional range from the most intimate to the most universal .
The best yet of Mindia's bansuri, Quiessence reflects technical virtuosity, temendous passion, sensitivity and generosity of spirit.
Indian Female ragas (raginis) and bhajans - love songs to the divine feminine- performed on the bansuri, the classical bamboo flute of India. Accompanied by tabla, the evocative and dynamic Indian hand drums, and tanpura, the 4-string celestial drone instrument. (Bamboo Moon Musik 1996)
"As a world music producer for KPFA radio, I review dozens of CD's each week, and Ragini stands apart form the others. Mindia Devi Klein plays a pure, uplifting music that feeds your soul, like sitting on a cliff in Big Sur and watching the ocean." --KPFA DJ
Partially recorded live on the island of Bali, Balinese Dream is a luscious feast of musical traditions, textures and impressions of China, India and Bali. Village, jungle and ocean sounds co-mingle with Balinese gamelan, Indian bansuri, sarod, tablas, and esraj; Western guitars, flutes and piano. A collage weaving together live natural sounds, a passing temple procession, a waft of the Kechak monkey chant - a Balinese village renewal ritual - and finally a twilight raga echoes live in the Taj Mahal. A gorgeous bouquet of exotic rhythms, mysterious tonalities and shimmering melodic episodes.
"I love...Balinese Dream...One of those East/West melds that really works." --Bob Tarte, THE BEAT MAGAZINE
A two-time N.A.I.R.D. "Indie" award-winning album by the group Ancient Future, called "a milestone in world fusion" (GENEVIEVE PRODUCTIONS, Seattle, WA) and "One of the most intriguing albums you're ever likely to hear. Exceptionally beautful." (Colorblind James, MUSIC CALENDAR, San Francisco), Natural Rhythms set the standard for innovative East/West world music exploration when it was first released in 1980. Re-released as a CD by Rounder Records in 1994, Mindia Devi's solo on the tune Hummingbird by guitarist Matthew Montfort was selected by THE BEAT magazine's Bob Tarte as a TOP TEN PICK of 1994.
"Mindia Klein's bansuri performance (is) so breathtakingly lovely I'm grateful for the puffs of breath between phrasings as proof that this isn't interspecies jamming with an ethereal life form." --Bob Tarte, THE BEAT
The ground breaking first first release by Ancient Future. Visions of a Peaceful Planet weaves together the gorgeous harmonies of the west with the evocative, compelling sounds of ancient India.
"...the bansuri flute of Klein over a harmonic bed of sitar, tabla, sarod zither, and tanpura; GREAT STUFF -- sounds like a dove whistling in a forest of stringed instruments." --Philip Elwood, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
The author's journey from her roots in Western arts and culture through her artistic and spiritual search for an aesthetic reflecting her discoveries of the timeless treasures of Balinese and Indian traditions. Full of personal experiences from the ashrams in the Himalayas to Balinese village temple festivals. Highly researched detailed chapters reveal a wealth of information and knowledge about the music of both India and Bali. Contains Western music notation of 27 Indian Bhajans (devotional chants) and scores of 6 original fusion compostions.
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