One of the reasons why I chose to live in New York was that there is this sense of your environment constantly changing.
Taraka LarsonI really feel like there's a void in this world for music that acknowledges that spiritual aspect of these activities as well as just the sheer physicality of them.
Taraka LarsonI had writers block for months afterwards because I was just so taken aback by all of the sounds I was hearing. It's almost like hearing the most beautiful music you've ever heard, so you're like, "What's the point of me making anything?" It was this living sonic organism so the idea of recording something just seemed like taking this living thing and mummifying it.
Taraka LarsonI know people within the Hare Krishna community look at pop music as secular, different, and something separate from spiritual music but for me, there's no difference.
Taraka Larson