PIA
Benediction Moon
(c) (p) 1998 New World Music
6tks/51mins

From the very first seconds of this music one can be just charmed. What is this? Where, from what worlds this divine music, this heavenly voice and this splendor brought by "Benediction Moon" by Pia (Guarangi Devi Dasi) come from?

And only peace, calmness and shining moon giving rest and little warmth to a tired heart. And - a harmony, overflowed around. All this is music by Pia. It is very beautiful. It has a rare quality of being really religious and the deepest sincerity (I would even say, nakedness). Maybe that is because all the heart of the performer is put into the music. And you are just charmed by this spirit, by this purity. And you are just floating on the waves, being lead by this amazing woman.

"Benediction Moon" really became a stunning debut by Pia. The album's music contains both embracing depth of electronic keyboards, and illusory multiple voices, reviving in our memory Enya and "Clannad". Yes, the music by Pia is related to them. And with this it is very individual. There is a special transparency and delicate Oriental aroma in Pia's music, which is revealed in her singing and in meditative spirit of the album. To the point, Pia has many tours, performing Bhajans - traditional Indian spiritual songs. She has performed with such famous musicians as Boy George, Jonh Richardson and Dream Academy. From Pia's singing originates something ethereal, something subtle, like a fragrance of aroma oils.

What can I add? This album is a musical prayer. It is as beautiful as beautiful is a woman in love.

Serge Kozlovsky