Various - How the River Ganges Flows: Sublime Masterpieces of Indian Violin, 1933-1952 CD xx2016 The album's release came at

The album's release came at the end of a relatively successful year for the group

but wildly plays a continuous flow of melody weaving around the Dola drum that provides a pulsating rhythm

the band was confidently articulating their dual lexicon of punk-noir dissonance and supernal

in cooperation with Laurie Anderson

Having been away from the recording studios for nearly seven years

Various - How the River Ganges Flows: Sublime Masterpieces of Indian Violin, 1933-1952 CD xx2016 The album's release came atHow The River Ganges Flows is a transcendent collection of Carnatic violin performances captured on 78 rpm disc between 1933 and 1952. Most of these sublime recordings have not been heard since they were first etched in shellac decades ago. These melodies are ethereal and transporting: meditative. The rhythms undulate from despair to ecstasy, often within the same phrase. Remastered from the collection of Christopher King along with a set of deep