It was recorded on July 12 and 13, 2007, at Soma Electronic Music Studios in Chicago, Illinois, and was issued on CD in 2008 by Rogueart.

Lyrics were written by the 18th-century poet Ramprasad Sen, and were excerpted from Mother of the Universe: Visions of the Goddess and Tantric Hymns of Enlightenment by Lex Hixon.

[1][2][3][4][5] In a review for All About Jazz, Lyn Horton wrote: "In every song, long or short, an intricately diverse instrumentation conveys a sacred message of Kali, the Hindu Mother goddess... Drake's miraculous infallibility as percussionist and drummer can never dissolve; he blazes his path into the bandleader position with no less acuity.

"[6] Ed Hazell of Point of Departure stated: "The music is of a piece with the spiritual vision...

This album is like one of Ellington's Sacred Concerts, a very personal work that moves from a particular religious basis to a universal message.