Radio Program "Psyche van het Folk", Radio Centraal, Antwerpen.
Recent Indian Fusions.
March 27th 2001.
1. Three projects with James Hamilton, sitar.
Demo
The World Music of Moshe Denburg :
(concert held 4 march 2001 at Norman Rohstein Theatre)
Tr.3, "Can you hear my prayer" 17 min
With Jonathan Bernard, tambura ; Gordon Cherry, trombone, Joyce Cherry, piano ; Lan Tung,erhu, Neelamjit Singh Dhillon, alto sax,flute; Neil Golden, tabla; Karen Graves, flute, soprano sax; James Hamilton, sitar; Ed Henderson, guitar, Finn Manniche, cello;Vivian Xia, yanqin; Margaret Taylor, violin; Moshe Denburg, conductor, Steven Zaban, recording engineer.
Composed contempory world Indo-jazz fusion with lots of various ethnic instruments.
A bit information about Moshe Denburg :
Vanc.S.S.Various : How music came to the world and other stories (Can,2000)
Tr.3, "Rajna's Secret" : Sudnya Naik & J.Hamilton, 10 min
Stories about music from all over the world told by all kinds of ethnic storytellers with added ethnic instrumentals. The Indian story is performed great, and it's a great story.
In fact all stories who interfere with music instruments are nice to hear.
DDV Ent.Dal-Dil-Vog : Elephant Head.
In fact mainstream modern pop-rock music with extra use of the sitar.
Web site at
2. Emam & Friends.
Eternal MusicEmam & Friends vol.1:"Indian Dream"(1992) (click songs for MP3)
Tr.9, "Drums of Peace" 4 min
Indian World Fusion music with few environmental sound of birds in second song. Not renewing nor pretentious but pleasant, meditative, relaxing clear music, made with several musicians who come from traditional or classical Indian music but who are leaded to evolve to almost Indian World fusion.
In later releases the style becomes more consistent, more focused in new fusion ideas.
Emam is a American Iranian percussionist (dumbak, tabla) very interested in Indian music and World Fusion.
Eternal Music Navrati in Hairakhan (1992)
Tr.1, "Shera Walie" 6 min
(Tr.2, small fragment).
Indian Devotional music (dedicated to the Divine Mother principle) from a village in the Indian state Uttar Pradesh out of the ashram founded by Maha Avatar Babaji. (Some vocal participations from several other nationalities are here too). Recorded live with good equipment. Nice improvising violin on usual devotional singing, temple bells, harmonium, tabla,some more percussion. As if listener is there and enjoying with them.
Eternal MusicEmam & Friends vol.2 : "Is this real ?"(1995) (click songs for MP3)
Good compilation of recordings from 1987-1995.
One of the guests from now on is Matthew Montfort from Ancient Future.
Eternal Music Emam & Friends : Instruments of Devotion (1995)
Very nice but never extremely complex interpretations from devotional songs into the border line of World Fusion and a reconsideration or reinvention of the traditional tunes. Second track remind me at the melancholy in Popol Vuh's Nosferatu. The use of harmonium with sitar works melancholic, although the rythms here are gay, making this mood in perfect balance. Very nice releace.
Eternal Music Emam & Friends : Sacred Insanity (1999) (click songs for MP3 files)
Tr.2,"Om Namah Shivay" 6 min
Tr.3, "Sacred Insanity" 5 min
Tr.6, "Smile my friend" 7 min
Tr.7, "Gyatri" 6 min
Combination of female American singer songwriter songs from Jullian Speer with Eastern Jazz fusion and Indian music. Musically much more Fusion already than Indian music. Advanced playing.
(Et.Music demo) Emam & Friends : Voices of the Goddess (2001).
Tr.2, "African Dream" part 2, (233-end) 4 min
Tr.3, "Misty day in Warsaw", part 1, 3 min
Tr.10, "Night Flower" 2 min
Tr. 11, "Whisper in my ear" 8 min
Much more advanced fusion with hobo,... Beautiful warm feline Chagall like cover. Some feline duo singing rules the fusion now and then. In that way in some songs it seems a bit a fusion from Wicca folk and World Jazz Fusion. Everything flows nicely from song to song, making this a convincing release. Recommended not just to (Indian, Middle Eastern,..) World Fusion, hobo fans but also even to open minded Dead Can Dance lovers. The combination of Indian instruments, jazz finstruments and the hobo works beautifully, makes an original sound even crossing its originally started interests. In 'African Dream' some ideas originating from African music are lake a spontanuous reinvention of them in Jazz Fusion. This wonderful recording has not been released yet.
3 : The Realm of Raga Rock.
PrivateThe Realm of Raga Rock (1998)
Fusion of raga guitar with Indian music. I played another track before.
4 : Masala.
DemoMasala (It.?):
Tr.7, « Jait Jungle » 10 min, (click track for MP3 file)
Indo jazz fusion with trance (techno) rhythms. Half live improvisations and studio adds.
A few more Indian Fusion groups not used yet in the Radio Program :
According to Batsh Records : "This music is a new and exciting blend of Indian classical music and Western pop, rock, jazz, funk, bluegrass, samba, calypso etc. The sitar is souped up with amplification and effects, and rocks the house.New articles on Sitar Power, including radio tracking and comments received by world music DJs are now being put on line.") email: batish@cruzio.com
This release, in fact Indian rock with pretty hard beats,
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