it's been a long time since i released some of my own music, but i felt such a personal attachment to this album that i wanted to get it out immediately. this is also conveniently known as 'the tanpura album,' as every track features the instrument used in some way. this is music for baking in the clay deserts of the frontier. it is for the back-alley snake charmers in the streets of bangalore. it is the sound of the bengali dawn, with its tribal rituals and ancient sage spirits. there's nothing else left to conjure. 100 copies