Rasa

Vocalist Kim Waters and German-born multi-instrumentalist/producer Hans Christian comprise Rasa, a San Francisco-based duo dedicated to Indian devotional music. Waters has a parallel career as an illustrator, thanks to her mastery of classical Indian art styles, while Christian worked as a session musician in Los Angeles during the '80s and subsequently collaborated with artists like Robert Rich, Vas, Krishna Das, and Jai Uttal. Together, Rasa plays up the soothing, hypnotic aspects of Indian spiritual music, adding modern production while maintaining respect for tradition. Their debut album, Devotion, was released by Hearts of Space in 2000, but it was the following year's Union that put them on the map. An exotic and sensual release, it was more in tune with what they wanted to acheive and led to a few live performances (one which was released as a live CD the next year.)

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Rasa may refer to:

Indian culture

Rasa (aesthetics), a concept in the Indian performing artsRasa (theology), a concept of taste or emotional rapture related to Krishna devotionRasā, a mythical river mentioned in the RigvedaRasa lila, a dance performed by the Hindu god Krishna with his consort Radha and other milk-maids

Places

Raša, Istria County, a town in CroatiaRaša (river), a river in Istria, CroatiaRasa, MalaysiaRasa Island, the old name of Oki Daitō, an uninhabited Japanese islandRasa, a village in Grădiştea, Călăraşi, RomaniaRasa, the former name of Lhasa, Tibet

Other uses

Rasa (band), a musical duo formed in 1998Rasa Music, a record labelRasa (mythology), a Lithuanian goddessTabula rasa, an epistemological thesisRasa, a character in Mobile Suit Gundam 00Relative apparent synapomorphy analysis, a taxonomy termRoosevelt Academy Student Association, Student Association of Liberal Arts Honors College in Middelburg, The NetherlandsRefineria Petrolera de Acajutla SA de CV, an oil refinery in El Salvador