RASA (musikgrupp)

RASA var en svensk musikgrupp som existerade 1978-1984^[1]. Deras första album, Oasis, kom 1979 och blev en stor succé som såldes i över 100.000 exemplar i Europa^[2]. Bandet bestod uteslutande av Hare Krishna-anhängare^[3] och deras skivor spelades in i en studio (byggd av bandmedlemmen Robert Campagnola) på Korsnäs gård^[4].

Bandets medlemmar växlade lite men många var med från början till slut och största framgångarna fick de i Tyskland, där de fick uppträda inför stor publik^[5]. Bandet bestod bland annat av Robert Campagnola, då känd som Harikesa Swami, (sång, diverse instrument och agerade även låtskrivare och producent)^[6], Mats Olausson (piano) och Stig Sjöberg (elgitarr)^[7].

Deras album har endast släppts på LP och kassettband.

Diskografi

Studioalbum

1979 - Oasis
1979 - Coming Into Full Bloom
1980 - Setting The Scene
1980 - Transparent Media
1982 - Universal Forum
1982 - Swinging
1982 - Dancing on the Head of the Serpent

Livealbum

1980 - The Family Krishna - Alive!
1981 - Creation

Referenser

^ Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. ”RASA (1978-1984) was a popular devotional band, made up of ISKCON devotees.”
^ Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”This became the first track on the extremely successful album, Oasis, which sold many hundreds of thousands of copies throughout Europe.”
^ Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”RASA (1978-1984) was a popular devotional band, made up of ISKCON devotees.”
^ Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”To facilitate the recording of the material, Robert built a recording studio in Korsnas Gard, Sweden, with the help of Ekhardt Matz (Ekanath das) and others.”
^ Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”Subsequent RASA albums were released, some with the same original musicians, and the band grew so popular they were requested to play the large open air concerts in Germany before huge crowds.”
^ Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”Robert Campagnola, then known as Harikesa Swami, had been playing devotional Sanskrit bhajans in a joking manner on a large organ recently donated to ISKCON Germany.”
^ Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”He invited Robert into a room in the building where they stayed where he had secretly arranged a recording session with a drummer (Dattatreya), piano player Madhava Puri Das (Mats Olausson), electric guitarist (Stig Sjoberg).”

[1] Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. ”RASA (1978-1984) was a popular devotional band, made up of ISKCON devotees.”

[2] Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”This became the first track on the extremely successful album, Oasis, which sold many hundreds of thousands of copies throughout Europe.”

[3] Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”RASA (1978-1984) was a popular devotional band, made up of ISKCON devotees.”

[4] Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”To facilitate the recording of the material, Robert built a recording studio in Korsnas Gard, Sweden, with the help of Ekhardt Matz (Ekanath das) and others.”

[5] Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”Subsequent RASA albums were released, some with the same original musicians, and the band grew so popular they were requested to play the large open air concerts in Germany before huge crowds.”

[6] Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”Robert Campagnola, then known as Harikesa Swami, had been playing devotional Sanskrit bhajans in a joking manner on a large organ recently donated to ISKCON Germany.”

[7] Robert Campagnola. ”Background” (på engelska). Background. USA: http://robertcampagnola.com. Arkiverad från originalet den 24 januari 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124101217/http://robertcampagnola.com/indexAbout.html. Läst 1 maj 2016. ”He invited Robert into a room in the building where they stayed where he had secretly arranged a recording session with a drummer (Dattatreya), piano player Madhava Puri Das (Mats Olausson), electric guitarist (Stig Sjoberg).”

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