1/ Mantra (Praying Mantra Mix) (Shankar,Caroline,Laswell) 16.58 2/ Mantra (Doors of Perception Edit) (Shankar,Caroline,Laswell) 5.11 3/ Mantra (Doors of Perception Mix) (Shankar,Caroline,Laswell) 8.44 Recorded at Media Arts, Madras, India Additional recording at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, New York Track 1 remixed at BJG Studios March ‘93 Mix engineer on track 1: Greg Hunter Assistant on track 1: Andy Engineering on tracks 2 and 3 by Oz Fritz for High Velocity Assistant on tracks 2 and 3: Imad Mansour Digital Editing: Matt Stein Produced by Bill Laswell Additional production and remix on track 1 by The Orb: Dr. Alex Paterson and Thrash Axiom: Peter Wetherbee Bandcamp re-release artwork by Yoo Yamabe @ RandesignBill Laswell: bass, beats; Zakir Hussain: tablas; Vikku Vinayakram: ghatam; V. Senthil Kumar: technical assistance; Dulip Kumar: programming assistance.
Nadhaswaram arrangement by Shankar
1993 - Axiom/Island (UK), 12 AXM 1 (12") 1993 - Axiom/Island (UK), 12 AXMDJ 1 (12") 1993 - Axiom/Island (USA), AXMCD 1 (CD) 2016 - Bill Laswell Bandcamp (digital only)Note: The UK DJ version (12 AXMDJ 1) and Bandcamp re-release do not contain track 2.