Artist: Tabla Beat Science
Genre(s):
New Age
Folk
Electronic
Ethnic
New Age
Folk
Electronic
Ethnic
Discography:
Talamanam Soundclash (Cd2)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 7
Talamanam Soundclash (Cd1)
Year: 2003
Tracks: 5
Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove (cd2)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 5
Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove (cd1)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 5
Tala Matrix - Adventures in Electro-Acustic Hypercussion
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Tabla Matrix
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Tala Matrix
Year:
Tracks: 10
The North Indian drums lie with as the tabla were aforementioned to hold been invented in the thirteenth century by Amir Khusrau, a adherent of the Sufi nonsuch Hazrat Nizemuddin Aluya. At the clip, Khusrau sawed a pakhawaj (a single two-headed wooden drum) in iI. Though no peerless may never know on the transportation why Khusrau felt it necessary it to adage a pakhawaj in half, his playact gave giving birth to the tabla. Since that time, the tabla bear been conceived to society vocalists and such instruments as the sitar (a multi-stringed lute), aBA transit number (a seven-stringed pipe zithern), venu (a side-blown cane champagne-Ardenne flute), saord (a luting with a parchment sounding board and metal frets), and the sarangi (arced lute).
The late Ustad Alla Rakha, world Health Organization played for many age with Ravi Shankar, is wide credited with having expanded the repertoire and the purpose of the tabla. Thanks in great region to his ingeniousness and determination, today the tabla is no yearner considered to be but an consequent instrument. In honor of his impressive contributions to the earthly concern of tabla, the musical syndicate known as Tabla Beat Science has dedicated their debut CD, Tabla Matrix, to the memory of Ustad Alla Rakha. By request some of the to the highest degree highly regarded tabla players in the earthly concern to play with a form of musicians and programmers, producer and bassist Bill Laswell has fundamentally appropriated the ancient tradition of the tabla and consolidated it with contemporary electronica studio apartment genius. Tabla Beat Science is comprised of Ustad Alla Rakha's son and tabla demigod Zakir Hussain, venerated sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan, Indian and jazz percussion innovator Trilok Gurtu, New York drummer Karsh Kale, bass and brake drum visionary Talvin Singh, music programmer Brad Somatik, and producer/bassist Bill Laswell. An advanced and creative unification of musicians, Tabla Beat Science pushes the envelope of traditional tabla playing and, perchance more than importantly, breathes fresh aviation into electronica by introducing traditional acoustic virtuosity into the shuffle. The collective recorded an August 2001 functioning and released it as the double-disc Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove album in 2002.
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