MOTM

Paul ,

For a completely non-electronic experience try:

Kamalesh Maitre,
Tabla Tarang-Melody on Drums Pandit (1996) Smithsonian Folkways SF-40436 

This is Hindustani classical music played w/ tabla as the melodic instrument
- the soloist surrounds himself in a circle of tabla tuned to the notes of a
particular raga and lets it rip. On this recording he chooses are
particularly mellow, minor-ish raga. It sounds like someone playing melodies
on water.... Whne I first bought this I played it for something like 8 hours
straight  without even noticing it was repeating. Includes a very
informative booklet.

Sounds cool though a MOTM-420 too!

jmw

PS_ Check out the Folkways back catalog - everything they have ever released
is still available (at least on cassette) - where else would you find gems
like "Human Speech after the Removal of the Larynx" or Tang Dynasty Poems
read in mandarin?