"Mantra" is a 1993 song and single by Material from the album Hallucination Engine, composed by Bill Laswell and Lakshminarayana Shankar.

"Mantra" received favourable reviews in Spin, The Wire and Stereophile.

[2] "Mantra" begins with a "wailing Middle Eastern introduction",[3] an ambient drone played by Shankar on electric violin,[4] and is then propelled by tandem tablas of Zakir Hussain and Trilok Gurtu.

[5] It was issued as a 12" and CD single in 1993 (Axiom / Island, AXMCD1) featuring the 17 minute "Praying Mantra Mix" by The Orb, the album's 8 minute "Doors of Perception Mix", and a 5-minute edit.

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