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2 unusual facts about Frank Serafine


Tana Mana

In his 1997 autobiography, Raga Mala, Ravi Shankar writes that he started work on Tana Mana in 1983 at the home studio of Frank Serafine, a sound effects designer for Hollywood films such as Tron (1982).

Shankar recorded much of Tana Mana in 1983 with sound effects innovator Frank Serafine, but it remained unreleased until Peter Baumann, head of new age record label Private Music, became attached to the project.



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