Hariprasad Chaurasia on cassette feels different—warmer, closer, a little like he’s playing in the next room while the world quiets down. “Sound Scapes: Music of the Rivers” captures his flute gliding over soft currents of sound, with each note stretching out like a slow bend in the water.
This 1987 Music India release comes on an original audio cassette, with both tape and inlay in Very Good Minus shape—light signs of age, nothing that gets in the way of the music doing its quiet work. The shell still looks honest and well-kept, the kind of wear that says it’s been loved, not abused.
If you like your listening sessions unhurried and a bit meditative, this is the sort of tape you keep within arm’s reach of your deck. It’s a classic bit of Chaurasia magic, captured on a format that suits it perfectly.
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