Chitra Neogy - The Perfumed Garden [Vinyl Box Set w Book]

MODERN HARMONIC

£46.78

Cat. no: LPMH8272
Format: LP Vinyl Box Set w Book
Barcode: 090771827210
Release Date: 14 Jul 2023
Genre: Spoken Word/Experimental/Electronic

A frst-ever reissue of a Chitra Neogy's sultry rendition of this ffteenth century text, complete with sitar, tabla, & bansuri! After graduating from Calcutta University and Santiniketan with a degree in fne arts, Neogy moved to London and continued her studies in drama and flm at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

As a way to make ends meet, she worked as a high fashion model and was introduced to photographer Marcus Harrison. Neogy's voice piqued his interest, so he offered to record her. With only a microphone and book in hand, Neogy recorded the album within a day. Little did she know, Harrison added
instrumentation and shopped it around to several labels before signing a deal with Pulsar records. After it was released in 1968, Neogy's Perfumed Garden received critical acclaim, including praise from French ambassador Andre Malraux who wrote "I have never heard anything like this. Your voice is exquisite, layered and hauntingly sensuous." Prestigious newspapers reviewed the album, one of which being the London Times, who compared Neogy's enunciation to Lawrence Olivier, her range to Yma Sumac, and her sensuality to Eartha Kitt! Leaving the music industry behind to pursue dramatic arts, Neogy went on to perform in flms like To Sir With Love, Lady J, Premonition, Eliza's Horoscope, The Saint, and The Prisoner. She went on to make flms of her own and now works as a professor of flm at NYU.