RE: Indian electronic fusion

["Michael LaMeyer" <m.lameyer@verizon.net>]

any exposure to dj cheb?  some of my favorite stuff in this vein.  i'm
delighted by this music and would very much like to hear more.  haven't
heard any of the artists you mentioned with the exception of talvin singh,
but will check them out.  any more???? ;-)

regards,

mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Marshall [mailto:paul@powerhaus.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:51 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Indian electronic fusion
>
>
> > been listening to talvin singh for a few years.
> > really like the fusion of cultures there...
> >
> > >....  This friend has introduced me to some
> > > nice Indian-flavored electronic dance music by Talvin
> Singh and Karsh
> Kalai.
>
> Talvin Singh's music and his arrangements are wonderful, I'm
> a big fan, I
> caught on to Karsh Kale (pronounced Kursh Kalay) about 6 months ago,
> excellent stuff, not as 'driving' as I had anticipated but
> great beats and
> lovely melodic passages, there are some excellent downloads from Karsh
> Kale's site.  Another recommended listen in this vein maybe a
> touch more
> 'popular' and varied is Nitin Sawhney, but these guys are all
> from similar
> moulds.  I'd also recommend that anyone interested in
> electronic or dance
> oriented Indian music check out the Dhol Foundation's 'Big
> Drum Small World'
> album, they put on a pretty impressive live show too
> featuring anywhere from
> 5 to 200 drummers.  The second album is about a year, maybe
> less, away.
>
> Bill Laswell has been instrumental (ouch) in bringing a few
> of the current
> tabla genii together (Zakir Hussain, Trilok, Talvin, Karsh
> along with the
> sarangi master Ustad Sultan Khan in a group called 'Tabla
> Beat Science' if
> tabla and electronics are your thing then check this out, the album is
> called Tala Matrix.  Bill's trademark sound and arrangements
> are all over
> it, I love it.
>
> I almost had the privilege of appearing on a track featuring
> Sultan Khan but
> bad timing made that impossible before the track was
> finalised for the next
> Dhol Foundation album, had I been in the right place 6 weeks
> earlier DOH!!
> <kicks self again>  The track is stunning, sublime.
>
> This is the area in which I am currently getting lots of my
> influences in my
> own writings, I'm not a patch on these guys but I love the
> sounds and the
> tonalities and it's great craic.  I am working on some remix
> material using
> original studio files from the Dhol Foundation, what a joy, great
> recordings, isolated instruments, top drawer players, what a
> buzz :) I'd let
> you all hear some but I can't for now for (their) record
> company reasons, if
> I'm able to make them available I'll do so as soon as I can.
>
> I'm interested in hearing anyone else's recommendations for
> this type of
> Indian fusion music or any from the middle east which is
> another source of
> stylistic fusion although from what I have been able to
> uncover, electronic
> artists don't seem to be having the same impact, maybe it's
> the next wave,
> maybe not given the current political situation of the region.
>
> Anyway, it's good to be able to post on a subject that I'm
> familiar with
>
> 0.02
>
> Paul
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