Rasa are a musical duo that perform

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(Indian

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) and Western derivations.

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is a German-born cellist and

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Kim Waters Kim Waters (born March 20, 1965) is an American jazz artist born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Early life Waters grew up in Harford County, Maryland. Waters learned how to play the saxophone at a young age. He attended C. Milton Wright High ...

is an American vocalist and devotee of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Christian and Waters formed Rasa in 1998, in

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, California.

Hearts of Space Records Hearts of Space Records is a record label owned by Valley Entertainment. The label represents several sublabels, including Hearts of Space, Hearts O'Space, Fathom, RGB, and World Class. History Hearts of Space Records was founded in 1984 as an ...

published Rasa's first three albums: ''

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'' (2000), ''Union'' (2001), and ''Rasa in Concert'' (2002). Since then, the band has released three additional

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s through

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. Their fifth album, ''Temple of Love'' (2006), is a tribute to the

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Discography

* ''

'' (

2000) * ''

Union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

'' (

2001) * '' Rasa in Concert'' (

2002) * ''

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'' (New Earth Records 2003) * ''Temple of Love'' (New Earth Records 2006) * '' Saffron Blue'' (New Earth Records 2007)

References

External links

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Rasa discography on Hearts of Space Records’ website
New-age music groups {{US-band-stub es:Rasa (banda)#top