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>I went to see
trilok gurtu a few months ago; found it all a bit bland after a few numbers,
like sainsbury's curries......
>I guess I'm too locked
in to western tonalities, intervals and rhythms vs cacophonous
pure noise to appreciate what he was doing, which was >somewhere in
between. evelyn glennie was more entertaining in the same concert-series. I
can't believe she's deaf- I'm sort of hoping that one >day it all turns out
to be a hoax, like milli vanilli......
>duncan.
Hi Duncan, hi
group
In the drumming world,
Trilok Gurtu is something approaching a deity. There are many reasons for
this, mostly technical, some aesthetic, his 4-limb independence is
outrageous. Part of the reason his appeal is so widespread is that he
manages to keep feet in both the western and Asian camps. Maybe it's a
drum nerdy thing but I find him a real jaw-dropper and he certainly was
inspirational/influential in defining at least part of my musical
directions. LOL on the Sainsbury's Curries comment, believe me he's about
as hot as they come on the Indian fusion thing but It's not everybody's cup of
tea. If tradition and authenticity are your things then maybe he's
not for you.
I wonder if you saw Evelyn's
'Shadow' performance, where the majority of the show is improvised. I was
fortunate enough to participate briefly in that performance in Belfast 6-8 weeks
ago (with Steve Hackett & Philip Smyth (Piano)) which was fun. We
worked quite closely with Evelyn to devise our piece ( I was playing
with a band called Different Drums of Ireland) and I can confirm that yes she is
profoundly deaf, this doesn't mean stone deaf but she has maybe 5-10% of her
hearing ability, apparently it all sounds like undifferentiated mush.
After working with her for maybe 10 minutes, that fact went totally out of our
minds and we discussed and interacted almost as any of us would under
normal circumstances. She's very nice to work with, works really
hard, even packs and schleps some of her own gear. Her entourage would
drive me nuts tho, she must have the patience of a saint.
I listen to Indian music, I
have some involvement in the bhangra scene through the Dhol Foundation and I
play Punjabi dhol but daren't even start tablas, I only have half a lifetime
left. :) check out a wee promo thing I worked on over the
summer www.dholfoundation.com/video/tdf_epk.rm
(fast connection) or www.dholfoundation.com/video/tdf_epk.wmv
(56k)
Hey, Milli Vanilli were visionaries :)
LOL
Paul ----------------------
Paul Marshall Percussive Artist, Sound Artist www.powerhaus.net www.drumdojo.com NI Facilitator for the Da Capo Foundation www.dacapo.co.uk
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