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Ramachandra Borcar is a Montreal-born musician and composer of mixed Indian and Danish background. He is also known under the monikers Ramasutra and DJ Ram.

His extensive musical career includes work as a film composer, arranger, orchestrator, performer, studio producer and ethnomusicologist. After studying classical composition, orchestration and electro-acoustic music at McGill University, he went on to create scores for film, television, documentaries, commercials and the theatre.

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albums by Ramasutra
Songs by Ramasutra
Kwaidan
El Pipo Del Taxi EP
length: 4:34
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Magma Mama
El Pipo Del Taxi EP
length: 6:06
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Comments ( 367 )
Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 13 years ago by coloradojohn:
This had me from the first time I heard it long ago.  I liked the way it sounds a lot like scenes from an old "Noh" drama.  I get a craving to hear it when it proves elusive in its timing in the rotation.  My like for it only increases with each hearing, and I might as well add that this thing is pretty deep indeed: kwaidan is an old pronunciation that was superseded by the term kaidan, which basically means "Strange Tales," which not co-incidentally was used as the title of Lafcadio Hearn's book over 100 years ago that showed some glimpses of Japan — that got both him and the country some considerable global attention at the time — and is also nicely reflected in the suitably spooky lyrics, which are hard to piece together behind all the wonderfully distracting musical textures.  Hearn's stories are cool, and came from a variety of old sources, but in my opinion, even spookier and well worth unearthing today is the work of Kyoka (Kyotaro) Izumi, especially The Saint of Mount Koya — and Koya-san is an undeniably "mystical power" place I've visited several times. RP is a great source, too; one of the very best!
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 4 years ago by enkay:
mkinnan wrote:
Please make it stop, by far the worst song ever played 
 
Just for a laugh I checked out all your song comments, or at least the last 30 or so before they bored me to death.
For someone who constantly comments about how overplayed certain songs are you are hypocritically repetitive with your comments.

Here's a challenge for you - can you dig back through the archive of your own comments and find a single positive one? Go on, just for the undoubted hell of it.
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 12 years ago by coffeeadikt:

Seriously though, I finally bought the album and it's quite good. Most of you fans of eclectica (and it covers an incredible amount of territory in five tracks) will probably enjoy.
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn:
Wow, I finally found out why this has such a Japanese sound to it — the ensemble Arashi Daiko, 嵐太鼓, (Storm Drums) plays on it! 
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 5 years ago by smackiepipe:
Hell Yeah! Haven't heard this in quite a while! Creepy & Cool!
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 2 years ago by jjbix37:
intense, captivating.  ceremonial , , , 
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 5 years ago by kittyhawk:
coloradojohn wrote:
Wow, I finally found out why this has such a Japanese sound to it — the ensemble Arashi Daiko, 嵐太鼓, (Storm Drums) plays on it! 
 
I love this song because of those drums. Really gets me up and moving. And the rest of the album is great also. Different and eclectic.
More Storm Drums please!!
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 1 year ago by cmills:
 enkay wrote:

Just for a laugh I checked out all your song comments, or at least the last 30 or so before they bored me to death.
For someone who constantly comments about how overplayed certain songs are you are hypocritically repetitive with your comments.

Here's a challenge for you - can you dig back through the archive of your own comments and find a single positive one? Go on, just for the undoubted hell of it.



They that can, do; they that can't, teach; and they that can't do either, criticize.
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 2 years ago by fredriley:
This gives me the willies, in a good way. 9 from the spooked Nottingham jury.
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 2 years ago by ExecutorQ3:
Shamisen, for all those who wanna know the "guitar" instrument

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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 2 years ago by josolbklyn:
Love the drums.  Thanks for introducing me to this, Bill.
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 6 years ago by mrtuba9:
coloradojohn wrote:
This had me from the first time I heard it long ago.  I liked the way it sounds a lot like scenes from an old "Noh" drama.  I get a craving to hear it when it proves elusive in its timing in the rotation.  My like for it only increases with each hearing, and I might as well add that this thing is pretty deep indeed: kwaidan is an old pronunciation that was superseded by the term kaidan, which basically means "Strange Tales," which not co-incidentally was used as the title of Lafcadio Hearn's book over 100 years ago that showed some glimpses of Japan — that got both him and the country some considerable global attention at the time — and is also nicely reflected in the suitably spooky lyrics, which are hard to piece together behind all the wonderfully distracting musical textures.  Hearn's stories are cool, and came from a variety of old sources, but in my opinion, even spookier and well worth unearthing today is the work of Kyoka (Kyotaro) Izumi, especially The Saint of Mount Koya — and that is an undeniably mystical "power" place I have visited several times... RP is a great SOURCE, too; one of the best!

 
Bumping this up! Fantastic info...
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Magma Mama - Ramasutra
Posted 15 years ago by fredriley:
 teliko wrote:
Hm, this song is just a complete mess. The reggae/funky bass line with the Balkan/gypsy style violin and the weird laid back beats....no....really no...I'll give it a 1.

 

One person's mess is another's eclectic mélange of styles. 7 from the Nottingham jury. Vive le bounce! :o)

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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest:
mkinnan wrote:
Please make it stop, by far the worst song ever played 
 
Just hit PSE; that makes it stop, ok?
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings:
 ExecutorQ3 wrote:

Shamisen, for all those who wanna know the "guitar" instrument



Thank You for the info!
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 3 months ago by MrPou:
Bizarre, creative, captivating, a 9.
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Posted 4 months ago by kjf06:
Doctor John would certainly approve!
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 11 months ago by brianbouton:
Goodness gracious, this is a very cool track. Thank you for sharing.
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Magma Mama - Ramasutra
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings:
 fredriley wrote:
teliko wrote: 

One person's mess is another's eclectic mélange of styles. 7 from the Nottingham jury. Vive le bounce! :o)



I  Agree!
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Kwaidan - Ramasutra
Posted 2 years ago by sajitjacob:
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