Groove Obscura presents: Pitch Black Album Listening

Announcing the July 2026 album for @groove_obscura's pitch black album listening series: Hariprasad Chaurasia - Eternity The pitch black listening session will take place on Wednesday, July 22nd at the @silenceplease Listening Space in downtown Manhattan. Doors at 7:30. Album at 8:30 pm. No entry after 8:45. Free. Please RSVP on RA. Walk-ins welcome before 8:45. ~~~- About the album: By the release of Eternity in 1985, Hariprasad Chaurasia had become the bansuri’s (side-blown bamboo flute) defining voice, extending the classical stature Pannalal Ghosh had won for the instrument a generation earlier and carrying it to audiences far beyond India. Eternity is his strangest and most radical statement from that period. Across two sidelong pieces, Srishti and Mukti, creation and liberation, the bansuri drifts through synthesizers, tabla, and drum machines. Raga morphs into something closer to ambient music than a classical concert performance. Pressed on HMV in India and never reissued on vinyl, it has become one of the most sought after Indian records of its era. - Arjun Shah ~~~- Founded by Arjun Shah, Groove Obscura is an experiential platform dedicated to uncovering and contextualizing music from around the world. Groove Obscura takes physical form at the Silence Please Listening Space through communal album listening. Each session explores original pressings of music from around the world, played front to back on a high-fidelity system, preceded by historical and musical context to set the stage for a deep, undisturbed listen. Sessions are ofte