Indian Mandolin: Snehasish Mozumder plays an oversized mandolin with thick bass strings to obtain a dark yet mellow sound.

Produced by Latitudes

An album on Indian Mandolin & Tabla
Raga Desh (30:35)

This is a monsoon melody usually played at night that depicts the rainy season. The rasa or flavor of the raga is inspired by dark skies, thunder and lightning, raindrops, passion, love and desire.

Misra Dhun in Chanchor in Raga Bhairavi (7:47)

This beautiful morning raga is played in a rhythmic cycle (tala) of 7 beats. It expresses very tender, loving and melancholy sadness mixed with passion and pleasure.

Misra Dhun in Dadra tala (10:57)

A folk influenced melody performed without strong raga structures, meant for listening pleasure only. Performed in the dadra rhythm which is characterized by 6 matras (time units) and one main beat.