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Men and women dressed in white hooded robes swayed to unusual ambient music as coloured lights winked on them from above.

Men and women dressed in white hooded robes swayed to unusual ambient music as coloured lights winked on them from above. Youd have thought this was a religious cult practising an archaic

ritual,instead these were fans of Swedish composer Solar Fields aka Magnus

Birgersson whod gathered at Lodi The Garden Restaurant at Lodhi Garden last week to listen to the musician they

believed to be among the,last word in ambient music.

Birgersson,whose stage name stands for reflection,did not disappoint

on his maiden performance in India. He

travelled through high-tech ambient flow into random broken beats towards

powerful sequences to fragmented loops. I play most of the instruments myself, said the musician,adding that he was also a self-taught veena and sitar player. He has recorded nine solo albums and more than 50 compilations for various labels. Gamers can find Birgerssons works in the adventure video game,Mirrors Edge,for which he has composed 150 tracks.

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Performing with Solar Fields were Indian lounge/ambience music composers Shantam and Sattyananda. When

asked about the robes,Birgersson said that it was not his idea,but Shantam replied,We asked guests to wear the robes so that it would look much better when the lights reflected off the plain white garments.

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