For fifteen years, The Three Seas have pursued a rare kind of musical alchemy, and on Antahkarana they reach a new creative summit. Recently hailed as “Transcendent sonic experiences” by The Independent Music Magazine, the album fully earns that praise. Recorded at Real World Studios and produced by Sarathy Korwar, this 2026 release feels expansive yet intimate, a meeting point of Baul mysticism, Himalayan folk, rock and dub that is both grounded in tradition and boldly contemporary.
The journey begins with “Into the Night,” a slow-burning invocation that opens the album’s spiritual corridor. The band distills the album’s spiritual core into a single, haunting reflection: “Human life is fragile, finite. Here in the morning and gone in the night.” The line lands like a whispered mantra, gently reminding the listener of impermanence while the music swells and recedes around it. “Murano” shimmers with textural detail, while “Bhalobasha Makorshar Jal” weaves intricate rhythmic threads around Raju Das’s luminous vocal lines. The single “Prithibi” carries particular emotional weight, its lineage tied to Indian fusion history yet delivered with renewed vitality. Later, In “Real World,” the band distills its philosophy into a simple yet resonant refrain “we are all from the human race, living in the real world” a line that rises above genre and geography to affirm our shared humanity, grounding the album’s spiritual explorations in a message of unity, presence, and collective belonging.
Frontman Raju Das channels Baul poetry with ecstatic intensity, his khamak rhythms dancing through tracks like “Chhau” and “Rongmohole.” Deoashish Mothey’s Himalayan-inflected textures enrich “Khyentse” and “Lasha,” adding meditative layers that feel both ancient and exploratory. Drummer Gaurab Chatterjee anchors the ensemble with dynamic folk percussion, particularly on “Tone Shaman,” where trance-like repetition builds toward catharsis. “The Doctrine” stands out as a philosophical centrepiece, balancing baritone saxophone lines from Matt Keegan with hypnotic chants that feel ritualistic yet modern.
What makes Antahkarana remarkable is not simply its fusion of styles, but its sincerity. The Three Seas do not experiment for novelty’s sake; they embody a true meeting of worlds. Across eleven tracks, the album becomes an inner instrument, a bridge between body and spirit, memory and motion. It is joyful, immersive, and profoundly alive, a luminous testament to cross-cultural collaboration at its most inspired.
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