Deva Premal continues to entrance listeners with her rich, velvety voice on Dakshina, another album of intensely beautiful mantras and chants from the popular songstress.

 

Staying true to form, each track seems to literally flow into the next, as Premal's voice is bathed in a mystical atmosphere of harmonium, light tabla beats, synthesizer ambiance and other regional instruments.

 

The album is both ethereal and warmly serene (it's not surprising that she's been referred to as the "Enya of Mantra"…), and coupled with the repetitive and meditative nature of Premal's chants, the has an amazingly hypnotic effect. Among the mantras she tackles are the ever popular "Om Namah Shivaya" as well as "Brahma Nandam" and "Om Hraum."