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d i s s i d e n t
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a r t i s t : Talvin Singh and Rakesh Chaurasia
t i t l e : Vira
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : Navras
g e n r e : Ethnic
r l s. d a t e : Nov-25-2002
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 94,1 MB
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Tabla player and producer Talvin Singh has assembled a
uniformly rich variety of electronic music on record, usually
in collaboration with other musicians. On Vira he joins Rakesh
Chaurasia for a meditative journey through the heart of the
Indian musical tradition. It's an exception for Singh, and he's
surprisingly effective in this acoustic context: a return to
roots, if you will.
While Vira (which means "brotherhood") may bear Singh's name
first, it's equally if not predominantly a document of
Chaurasia's rippling bansuri performance. The two musicians
improvised these five duets in a London studio, and their
intuitive musical relationship becomes apparent after just a
few notes. These ragas, drawn from the North and South Indian
classical repertoire, explore a range of talas (meters) from 7
to 16 beat cycles. The only studio production is an unobtrusive
layer of synth drone which serves to replace the traditional
held tones of the tamboura.
Delving back into Chaurasia's recorded output, his musical
stance becomes increasingly clear. Discs like Trinity,
Eternity, and Serenity bear a decidedly meditative focus, and
the bansuri player assumes a similarly reflective posture on
Vira. If you look for pyrotechnics, uninhibited virtuosity, or
showmanship on this record you'll be disappointed. But on the
other hand, this music is anything but lightweight. The
richness of timbre and delicacy of rhythm on Vira act as
magnetic forces which draw the listener along for a yearning
quest for inner peace.
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01-Meeting [09:11]
02-Friendship [18:33]
03-Heaven [05:28]
04-Vira [15:24]
05-One world [19:53]
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68:29 min
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