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All are in real-time except the recordings of Madras Brahmen and the Udaipur wedding celebrations, which were edited from much longer recordings. The sounds collected here are not ‘controlled’ or isolated from their context; street sounds, people working and talking, of traffic and the clatter of kitchenware, are heard alongside chant, music and prayer. This is a 3/4 length LP originally released is 2003, and is also available from the British Library National Sound Archive.

1. Morning Bell, Pushkar – signaling the end of morning prayers. 2. Rush Hour, Jaipur. 3. Street drummers, Holi festival, Jaipur – men gather to sing, celebrate Krishna and offer prayers for marriage and fertility. 4. First day of Holi, Jaipur. 5. Call to Prayer (1), morning, Jaipur. 6. Early morning lessons, Jaipur – a school teacher instructs his class via p.a. 10. Madras Brahmen festival, Pushkar – visiting priests and their band (& their generator!) 11. Evensong, Pushkar – Prayers from a school mix with sounds of a drumming circle across the lake. 12. Call to Prayer (2), morning, Jaipur. 13. Morning Bell (2), Pushkar. 14. Flute by lake, Pushkar. 15. Radio excerpt, Pushkar. 17. Evensong, Rishikesh – recording of an Ashram prayer service from across the Ganges. Technical difficulties with a P.A. system can be heard. 18. Morning call to Brahma, Pushkar. 19. Children singing, Delhi train.

Recordings and Photography by D. Lintern and T. Mitchell. All rights reserved 2003. Write to us at yimkinb AT yahoo.co.uk