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"Black Sun" Release Update

Sahaj has entered into an exclusive label deal with Universal Music Distribution. Sahaja Music Records will be releasing several albums over the next year or so. At he top of the list of course will be the long awaited "Black sun" lp by RA. It's been a crazy year thus far for Sahaj having ruptured a disk in his back and having surgery to correct it while trying to complete not only "Black Sun" but his yearly musical obligations to ESPN and a handful of bands that hired him for there recordings all the while trying to negotiate a deal with UMD to have a real distribution in place for all his endeavors. RA's new single "Broken hearted soul" moves to radio and becomes available on I-tunes mid April while "Black Sun" finally hits the stores late June... 3 years to the month after the release of "Duality". The band is excited to get out and play shows as well as connecting with friends here. Check out their individual pages and find out specifically what everyone has been up to. Keep posted here for pre order packages, new merch, a new myspace layout and the relaunch of Raband.net. Thanx to all for their patience.... now the fun stuff starts.

(posted on RA's MySpace page, March 24, 2008)

NEW: "Broken Hearted Soul" Fan Organized Music Video Contest

Click here to learn how you can win prizes by creating your own music video for RA's new single "Broken Hearted Soul", from their upcoming release "Black Sun."

New Ra single and Black Sun update

On Christmas day 2007 for 24 hrs the new Ra single "Broken hearted soul" will be downloadable! After that it will be on our myspace page for preview. Black Sun will follow early 2008. Don't miss out on the free download. We think this new track is easily one of our best to date but of course that's for you to decide. Thanx to all for your patience.- Sahaj

(posted on RA's MySpace page, Tuesday, October 30, 2007)

Album Update

Recording for Black Sun is well underway. We have more than half of the tracks done and we already have our "lead track" which we are stoked about! its ethnic, its heavy, its danceable, and its catchy as all hell! We are however at a little bit of a stand still at the moment while we move the studio to a new location. We hope to have the record done by the summers end and have it out by early fall.

If anyone is wondering what to do to support the band in the meantime...you can never call your local radio station enough and request your favorite RA song! It lets them know that you guys are always in need of some Ra on the radio. Aside from that, you can tell your friends about the band, play them the music(hell download it for them for all we care) just turn people on to the music! Spread the word. Thats it for now, We'll keep ya posted with any updates. -Giggity!

((posted on RA's MySpace page, Thursday, May 31, 2007)

About RA

Like the Egyptian sun god Ra which gives the band its name, music is a source of life for singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist/ producer Sahaj, a way to express his primal fears and desires, the fruits of a spiritual journey that began in India 14 years ago.

And while Ra's second Republic/Universal album, Duality, explores that dark side in songs like the pulsating first single, "Fallen Angels," with its paranoia-inflected imagery reminiscent of Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire", and the aching despair of "I Lost Everything," the ultimate message is one of redemption and transcendence, as in the adrenaline sexual rush of "Got Me Going" and the pure joy expressed in the faithful cover of the Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic."

"What Ra has always stood for is hope," says Sahaj, the son of a Puerto Rican mother and Russian father, who took his current name after a 1992 pilgrimage to India, where he studied Eastern philosophy in an ashram.

That faith has been tested in the three years since the band's debut, One, which sold more than 20k as an indie release before getting picked up by Republic/Universal and released as From One. It went on to sales of more than 200k on the strength of the Top 10 Active Rock single, "Do You Call My Name," thanks to massive airplay by Boston station WAAF and a breakneck touring schedule of more than 200 dates in less than a year.

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