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Komal Reshab Asavari - Terry Riley with Sara Miyamoto

Credits: Release date: June 24 2025 Artist: Terry Riley, Sara Miyamoto Title: Komal Reshab Asavari Recorded by: Sara Miyamoto Mixed by: Sara Miyamoto Composed By: Terry Riley Mastered: Mark Yoshizumi Label: Red Hot Org. In honor of minimalist pioneer Terry Riley’s 90th birthday, today, June 24, 2025, Riley shares an otherworldly Raga, “Komal Reshab Asavari” presented by Red Hot Org + Kronos Quartet. The 11 minute composition features additional tamboura and vocal contributions from Riley’s student Sara Miyamoto, performed on an instrument gifted to Riley by classical Indian singer and his longtime teacher, Pandit Pran Nath. Though Riley’s influential ambient work has always teemed with meditative spirituality, “Komal Reshab Asavari” is a manifestation of Nath’s work, grappling with themes of mortality and eternality. The piece is cosmic and existential, wordlessly conjuring the essence that nothing earthly is permanent and — after everything one clings to in this life is gone — all that remains is the spirit. Even in its stormiest moments, the Raga hovers in optimistic light, illustrating hope of a more perfect realm beyond the one we inhabit. On the Raga, Terry Riley shares: “I got inspired last night (it was a full moon) to record the tracks for the B-side David asked me to do. I did two different takes singing slow sections of Raga "Komal Reshab Asavari." The first take was just my voice and Pandit Pran Naths legendary tamboura which he gave to me. The second take was a different approach to the same Raga adding Sara Miyamoto shadowing my voice. The image of this Raga according to Pran Nath is “nothing will remain." Leader of Kronos Quartet, David Harrington shares more on the Raga: "I mentioned to Terry that Kronos had performed his music in a de-commissioned nuclear reactor in Stockholm, was recording a political cover with other notable artists to speak out against nuclear war, and performing a concert July 16 [marking the 80th year since the Trinity Test] for the Nobel Prize Committee and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Laureates Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He immediately mentioned a Raga taught him by his teacher Pandit Pran Nath. The next day he sent his vocal performance of this Raga with his student Sara Miyamoto on voice and tamboura. Here we have the nearly 90 year old master composer responding instinctively with his voice to the world we all share. How rare, how precious this is!" Terry Riley bio: Terry Riley was born in 1935 in Colfax, California, and raised in Redding. He studied piano and composition at San Francisco State University, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he encountered fellow innovators such as La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros. In the early 1960s, Riley traveled to Europe, moving from Spain to France, where he worked at a local radio station on the piece Music for The Gift. Upon returning to the U.S., he completed his groundbreaking work In C in 1964, widely regarded as a starting point for the minimalist movement. Although he initially planned to return to Europe, Riley ultimately remained in New York, where he participated in the Theatre of Eternal Music. In 1968, In C was released on record, followed by A Rainbow in Curved Air in 1969. These works positioned Riley as a visionary composer resonating with rock and psychedelic culture. In the 1970s, he began studying North Indian classical vocal music under the legendary Pandit Pran Nath, immersing himself deeply in Indian musical traditions. From that point on, Riley developed a unique musical language combining improvisation with minimalism. He also explored new potentials of notated music through commissions such as those for the Kronos Quartet. Riley's influence extends beyond classical and contemporary music into jazz, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and post-punk/new wave. Artists such as The Velvet Underground, Pete Townshend, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Joe Hisaishi, and Ryuichi Sakamoto have all acknowledged his impact. His reach has also inspired artists beyond the realm of music, including Tadanori Yokoo and Jim Jarmusch. Since 2020, Riley has been based in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. In 2022, he performed a commemorative offering of In C at the historic Kiyomizu-dera Temple to mark the piece’s 60th anniversary. He continues to actively pursue a creative life that unifies composition, improvisation, and performance.