Philip Glass And Ravi Shankar - Passages [extra Quality] ⟶ (VALIDATED)

The result is a soundscape where the drone of the tambura sits comfortably alongside the arpeggios of a synthesizer, and where the thunderous tabla rhythms interlock with the precision of a Western string section. The central theme of the album is the passage of time—how it is perceived linearly in the West and cyclically in the East—and how these perceptions can coexist.

Perhaps the album’s most dramatic synthesis. A driving, urgent melody in Glass’s ensemble—syncopated, relentless—is suddenly interrupted by Shankar’s sitar, which bends the pitch in ways the Western instruments cannot follow. Then, miraculously, both align on a single repeated note. The “channels” are communication lines; the “winds” are the breath that carries both musics. At 11 minutes, it is the album’s longest track, and it never overstays its welcome. Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar - Passages

The receiving composer would then arrange and orchestrate that theme in their own signature style. The result is a soundscape where the drone