Before becoming a one man band dedicated to the ethno-ambient genre,UJJAYA was at its beginning in 1993 a group of Psyche-prog-space-metal music with a soprano voice,influenced by HAWKWIND,MAGMA, and PINK FLOYD.After its split in 1996 HERY RANDRIAMBOLOLONA,the founder of the group, decided to turn toward AMBIENT MUSIC .The YOGA practices ,the pilgimages in holy places in Asia , and the meetings of remarkable men shaped even more his music than the influences of JORGE REYES ,TUU,STEVE ROACH,JON HASSELL or ROBERT RICH * As he is a guitarist and not a synth player it give to his music some organic refections that make his tribal ambient music unique.As the time goes by he add dozens of world instruments to his playing .His main instrument in concert now is the Saraswati veena, a string south indian instrument See the interview by Tobias Fisher for the german webzine Tokafi http://www.tokafi.com/15questions/15-questions-ujjaya a french/malagasy ethno-ambient musician,an experimental guitarist,a veena player. http://www.spheredelic.com/en/music/ujjaya-de-retour-sd-035-detail.html