After an initial phase with more musicians, more volume, and more creative chaos, Ragaman slimmed down to the core trio of Lars Rehnberg (guitar, sitar, vocals), Gordon Pickering (bass, vocals) and Leif Rehnberg (drums, vocals) and got serious for a few years. They have since returned to more musicians, volume, and creative chaos.

From 2007 to 2010, the trio played shows incessantly while writing and recording their first album, One Dozen Anagrams, at River Drive Records in Rock Island. The live shows improved the band's cohesion as a unit so much by 2010 that they unanimously threw out the whole first album and re-recorded it live. In 2011, they started jamming and recording with experimental cellist Sam Rae, who will join them as the opener for their CD release show.

Instead of “influences” or “genres,” here's a list of Ragaman's current radio stations on Pandora: The Books, Feist, Panic At The Disco, The Flaming Lips, Tabla Beat Science, Benga, Emily Hurd, Flogging Molly, Dervish, Maceo Parker, Birds & Batteries, Pinback, Aphex Twin, Bobby McFerrin, Boards of Canada, Mos Def, Beck, Gabriel Fauré, Zap Mama.

Ragaman is not exactly like any of these bands. In fact they could really use a genre, and will probably host an Invent-the-Genre contest, once the album is released.