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The Veil Is Lifted, February 14, 2009
This review is from: Quiessence (Audio CD)
This is a very hypnotic recording. You can delve deep into the beyond with this fine piece of art. I am not too well versed in music generated with the Bansuri flute, but have an extensive New-Age and ambient music collection, so I am familiar with music that can "take you there". This work is very transporting, and you can tell that Mindia Devi is an expert at playing her instruments. She can utilize every bit of air to the max while playing her Bansuri, and has total control of the sound she produces. It is evident that she has a lot of experience and talent. While sounding within certain parameters throughout, she has the ability to express a great variety of soulful sounds. She is a master at bending notes, and that is apparent throughout the recording. If you are like me, you won't want to listen to Quiessence all of the time, for instance, when you want something more upbeat to keep the energy up for your day, but when the day is winding down and you want to slough off some stress and get a good night's sleep, this may be for you. Haunting, mystical, blissful... If you are receptive to it you will most certainly enjoy the journey!
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Beyond the Beyond, December 29, 2000
This review is from: Quiessence (Audio CD)
If your ready to go deep, so far deep that this world drops away completely. If you can handle timelessness to the degree that you loose all tethers to this temporal world - Gate Gate, Para Gate, Para Sam Gate, Bodhi Swaha! (Gone Gone Gone beyond!) Into the beauty realm of pure music, music wherein your soul and the one soul make love - then take this trip with Mindia Devi into bansuri land, the pure land of bamboo flute. Ecstasy and melancholy mingle. Magic and soundsation, an intimacy with the deepest recesses of the self. Also a great musician. Her masters touch, Hari Prasad CHaurasia, can be felt and heard in the gorgeous fullnes of each tone. Her root guru, Ali Akbar Khan, can be detected in the sensitivity to the essence of the Raga. Mindia Devi stands apart as one whose calling is clearly being met!
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