A sitar journey through space and time - blending traditional sounds of the East with modern beats and psychedelic grooves of the West. A new kind of music that truly transcends boundaries and genres.

Track 1: Constellation Consolation
Aaron Hermes: sitar, santur, piano, guitar, bass guitar,
synthesizer, drums, cajon and gongs
Steve Gorn: bansuri Dexter Raghunanan: tabla

Track 2: Swimming on the Moon
Aaron Hermes: sitar, synthesizers, drums, gamelan and gongs
Steve Gorn: bansuri Dexter Raghunanan: tabla
Arlandus Chimney: bass guitar

Track 3: Margin of One
Aaron Hermes: sitar, piano, guitar, bass guitar, organ,
synthesizer, drums, cajon, doumbek and bodhran
Leah Zeger: violin Dexter Raghunanan: tabla
Erich Avinger: bansuri

Track 4: Calibration Celebration
Aaron Hermes: surbahar, synthesizers, drums, electric piano,
guitar and gongs
Dexter Raghunanan: tabla Abbos Kosimov: daf
Leah Zeger: violin Erich Avinger: bansuri
Arlandus Chimney: bass guitar

Track 5: A Moment in Timelessness
Aaron Hermes: sitar, synthesizers, drum machine and drums
Alaap Parikh: tabla

Track 6: Oh Zone Completion
Aaron Hermes: sitar, synthesizers, drum machine and percussion

Track 7: The Pleasure Was All Mind
Aaron Hermes: sitar and electronics
Mohini Dey: bass guitar Steven Talac: drums
Haman Ramnarine: tabla

Track 8: Safe Journey Home
Aaron Hermes: synthesizer

All songs written, recorded, mixed and produced by Aaron Hermes at Free Range Studios in Houston, Texas.

Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Mastering in Austin, Texas.

Album artwork by Aaron Hermes.
AT logo & ‘headphone mandala’ designs by Jason Jennings.
Portraits by Amitava Sarkar.

"Dedicated to my Mom, my family both blood and Cosmic,
and to my dear friend Dexter, you’ll never be forgotten.
Eternally grateful to all of my teachers and mentors:
Atmaram Sharma, Zakir Hussain, Abbos Kosimov, Glen Velez, Steve Smith, Shivkumar Sharma, Indrajit Banerjee, Gatot Winandar, Daniel Yeaney and Richard Williams. Super thanks to Mom, Dad, Gma, Lawrence and Meredith, Andrew, Jason, Warren, Sanjay, Jay, Troy, Srinivas, Jeri, Mohini Dey and all of the many other unsung heroes too many to list!"
-AH


Published by Audio Telepathy Publishing (ASCAP)
© & ⓟ 2019 Audio Telepathy Records


Audio Telepathy is a musical collective and record label founded by Aaron Hermes, a multi-instrumentalist who has been studying and performing on the sitar for over 2 decades.

Born in the music rich capital Austin, Texas Aaron has led a musical life since an early age, starting with the drums at age 4 and guitar when he was 15. Having mainly heard Texas Blues and Western music from the 60's and 70's growing up, at around 12 years old he saw Ravi Shankar playing on TV and immediately fell in love with the instrument and the music, having no idea what or who it was at the time. After a relentless quest he finally began his journey with the sitar at the age of 18 in Houston, TX after a chance meeting in a music store. He eventually went to India to study intently with master sitarist Atmaram Sharma from Hyderabad, India, where he studied music alongside meditation and yoga for several months. In India he also was initiated on the santur by the great Shivkumar Sharma, the internationally acclaimed leading exponent of santur. (The sitar and santur are both instruments used in North Indian classical music). In the USA, Aaron has also had the good fortune to study with maestros Zakir Hussain, Steve Smith, Indrajit Banerjee, Abbos Kosimov, Glen Velez and others.

3 other albums produced by Aaron for Audio Telepathy Records are:

Audio Telepathy: "Wormwood"

Abbos Kosimov: "Infinite Rhythm"

"The Art of Indian Jugalbandi" featuring Ramesh Misra, Partho Sarodi, Indrajit Banerjee and Gourishankar