My own music is based on two traditions: Western pop and Indian classical music. My experience of these two musical forms illustrates the very different understanding of ‘spirituality’ in the East and West. Western pop is rooted in mass entertainment (Victorian music hall, folk, the blues etc), and generally provides people with a way to express their frustrations at the limitations of their ordinary working and romantic...

My new CD ‘Land of the Buddhas’ is just released. It is a compilation of seven of my favourite songs from my New Earth Records CDs. If you have one of my CDs already, and were wondering which to buy next, or if you don’t have -this is the one! It is available for listening, downloading and buying with New Earth Records or with iTunes. The film to go with it I shot all over India (colourful birds...

Terra Incognita Live in Munich 1990 It will soon be my 20th anniversary with New Earth Records and, as they are releasing my first ever compilation CD ‘Land of the Buddhas’, I feel it is time to have a glance backwards. It all began in 1990 (when NER was Tao Music and based in Munich), when Bhikkhu invited a group of friends to record Tao’s first music CD. The six of us assembled in a large room in the country...

Vidyasagar, a famous Tamil film music director, contacted me recently. He wanted a Malayalam song done in traditional Celtic style! This is how it worked: he sent me the vocal line and I created the score. I invited musicians* from all over the world to play their parts and they contributed to the final product on-line. It just took 10 days to make it! It will be the title song for a film called Neela Thamara (Blue...

My own music is based on two traditions: Western pop and Indian classical music. My experience of these two musical forms illustrates the very different understanding of ‘spirituality’ in the East and West. Western pop is rooted in mass entertainment (Victorian music hall, folk, the blues etc), and generally provides people with a way to express their frustrations at the limitations of their ordinary working and romantic...