It's also aggressively Eastern in feel lots of incense, sitar music and chanting, accompanied by a droning harmonium.

WSJ: In the Searching Pose

The album opens with a deep, throaty monologue that gives way to rolling claps, wet drum kicks and reptilian warbles, set under a rocking harmonium.

NPR: First Listen: Avey Tare, 'Down There'

For the "War Requiem, " Britten assembled a large orchestra, a smaller chamber orchestra, two organs, three vocal soloists, a chorus and a boys' choir (positioned at a distance, with a portable organ or harmonium).

WSJ: The Sounds of Sacrifice | Benjamin Britten | War Requiem | Masterpiece by Stuart Isacoff