, featuring the rhythm section of the legendary doom metal band Sleep.

In the village of Rārdhā, mornings began with a pulse — a single, low hum that threaded through the rice paddies, through the courtyard temples, and underfoot along the mud-brick lanes. The villagers called it Om, though no two people agreed on its exact pitch. Some heard a round, bell-like tone; others, a long whale of sound that bent the air. Children chased its echo; elders used it to set the pace of their breaths. The hum belonged to RAR, a ritual instrument kept in the oldest house by the well.