David Parsons (composer) explained

David Parsons, is a New Zealand composer and multi-instrumentalist.

Trained as a Sitar player,^[1] Parsons started composing new age music in the early 1980's with the two albums Sound of the Mother Ship and Tibetan Plateau produced by small California based label Fortuna Records.^[2] He then continued producing several albums of new age albums influenced by eastern instruments gaining a solid reputation in the genre.^[3]

Discography

• 1980 – Sound of the Mother Ship
• 1982 – Tibetan Plateau
• 1989 – Himalaya
• 1990 – Yatra
• 1992 – Dorje Ling
• 1999 – Ngaio Gamelan
• 1999 – Shaman
• 2000 – Parikrama
• 2002 – Maitreya: The Future Buddha
• 2004 – Vajra
• 2004 – In Retrospect: 1980–2003
• 2005 – Inner Places
• 2008 – Surya
• 2008 – Sand (ft. Jon Mark)
• 2008 – Earthlight
• 2009 – Jyoti
• 2010 – Akash
• 2013 – Stupa
• 2016 – Puja
• 2018 – Atmanaut
• 2019 – Chakra

Notes

1. http://www.harmonies.com/biographies/parsons.htm Biography on Celestial Harmonies webpage
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=8OsDAAAAMBAJ&dq=david+parsons+sounds+of+the+mothership&pg=PA53 A Tantric Choice of Music
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=gggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=david+parsons+billboard&pg=PA27 Billboard review of Shaman (1999)