RE: Terje Amerasekhera Rypdal

["Rainer Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de>]

Hey indian-music lovers,

I got this nice book called "The Raga Guide" (Nimbus Records, ISBN
09536971OX, www.nimbus.ltd.uk). After a introduction to the historical
origins and musical basics of the Raga, there are descriptions of 74
hindustani ragas, each with an analytical and historical description (like
he will have to kill you when you remix this), scales and melodic outlines,
a transcription of the alap (instrumental introduction), and, if 
applicaple,
the lyrics together with English transcription.

Ah, and the book comes with four CDs with the accompanying ragas recorded 
by
an ensemble consisting of Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute), Buddhadev DasGupta
(sarod), Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar (voc), Vidyadhar Vyas (voc).

As I think, both a collection of nice (if somewhat "standard") Indian music
and an educative listening...

         Rainer

Rainer Straschill
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: armatronix [mailto:armatronix@charter.net]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2002 07:29
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: Terje Rypdal
>
>
> I pretty much buy any Indian classical or devotional vinyl I
> can lay my
> mitts on (which isn't much, around here).  I'm not partial to
> any artists
> in particular, although I do prefer evening and night-time
> ragas, since
> they tend to be more mellow.  I don't know much about Indian
> music, other
> than that I like it.
>
> They used to have a great weekly show on the local Cal Poly
> radio station
> on Sunday nights, and that's where I first discovered Indian
> classical
> music.  In retrospect, it seems odd that I never remember
> hearing it while
> I lived in Saudi Arabia, given the large population of
> expatriate Indians
> there.
>
> I just recently finished an album of a friend's family
> performing Sikh
> spirituals - that's some cool stuff.  I'd love to remix it,
> but his father
> says he'll have to kill me if I do.  This friend has
> introduced me to some
> nice Indian-flavored electronic dance music by Talvin Singh
> and Karsh Kalai.
>
> -Hans
>
>
> At 22:55 29/10/2002, you wrote:
> >Bravo.  To whom?
> >
> >Did you guys know that Norah Jones (oh God I love her voice)
> - is Ravi
> >Shankar's daughter?
> >
> >Shankar's also way cool of course.
>
>
>