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From The Desk Of El Perro Del Mar: Buddha Box

A visit to a musical instrument museum with her toddler son inspired El Perro del Mar’s Sarah Assbring to recalibrate her pop sensibilities and work on what would become KoKoro. It was a “please-touch” museum where they could play the instruments, and Assbring fell in love with the percussion used in Indonesian gamelan music, and with harps from Asia and Africa. KoKoro looks outward, both musically and lyrically, to the world, and rather than a tender clinch, it’s a wholehearted bear hug of global pop sounds. Assbring will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on her.

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Assbring: A buddha box is a most exquisite little bring-along music box that contains different mantras or chants used for meditation. I’ve come to use it for meditation but also during times that usually are stressful such as before a show. It also works perfectly as a lullaby box—my son falls asleep in a second. Apart from all that I love, the whole design of this little treasure. A little treasure to hang around your neck that brings you peaceful sounds. What a dream!

—photo by Sarah Assbring