Indian music

Over on the BoC forum there's a corking track featuring the trademark blends of percussion and sitar

Perhaps some of you could post some tracks that you are aware of? Modern or classical, new or old.

For years I have really loved this sound but never knew where to start.

You could start in Mumbai.

talvin singh

A good place to start is the Darjeeling Limited soundtrack - it features a good collection of music from old Satyagit Ray films including Jalsagar (the music room) - an awesome movie w/ a fabulous soundtrack by Vilayat Khan. I also like the soundtrack to Charulata (A Lonely Wife).

While I love classical indian music I find the soundtrack music to be more appealing because its structures are more 'pop'.

However, I do love a good sitar raga now & then... & again I recommend Vilayat Khan whose compositions are very moving. It is well known in indian classical circles that Vilayat & Ravi had somewhat of a rivalry... Nikhil Bangerjee is also good & kind of blend of the Ravi & Khan styles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8eaAW1_r3A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVeZMXpmHE4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ZXjVUez7k

  On 11/15/2011 at 6:18 PM, acidphakist said:

You could start in Mumbai.

I'd prefer Kolkata. The state of Orissa is very interesting culturally and not such a massive step away.

Zakir Hussain - Essence of Rhythm

A very rhythmical and technical excursion into the tabla world.

dunno... thievery corporation? LOL... is adham shaikh or whatever from india?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87CVSoLqoIA

  On 11/15/2011 at 6:52 PM, igloos unlmtd said:

A good place to start is the Darjeeling Limited soundtrack - it features a good collection of music from old Satyagit Ray films including Jalsagar (the music room) - an awesome movie w/ a fabulous soundtrack by Vilayat Khan. I also like the soundtrack to Charulata (A Lonely Wife).

 

While I love classical indian music I find the soundtrack music to be more appealing because its structures are more 'pop'.

 

However, I do love a good sitar raga now & then... & again I recommend Vilayat Khan whose compositions are very moving. It is well known in indian classical circles that Vilayat & Ravi had somewhat of a rivalry... Nikhil Bangerjee is also good & kind of blend of the Ravi & Khan styles.

 

Been waiting for this thread for a while! I am actually a sitar student of the Vilayat Khan style. My teacher took lessons from him for several years in India in the 60's, and I have had the wonderful privilege to learn from him for going on five years now. Definitely agree that Ustad Vilayat Khan has extraordinarily captivating playing, and I would consider him to be the greatest sitarist of all time, but I suppose I am a little biased. More than anything I would highly recommend anyone interested in him find his legendary 50-minute recording of raga Yaman - an extremely complex and controversial release at the time, it revolutionized the role of sitar in Indian music and changed the way people thought about raga form.

A couple other excellent players in the Vilayat Khan style:

Budhaditya Mukherjee:

[youtubehd]UJUkPj-E5pw[/youtubehd]

Shahid Parvez:

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  On 11/15/2011 at 9:24 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 11/15/2011 at 6:18 PM, acidphakist said:

You could start in Mumbai.

 

I'd prefer Kolkata. The state of Orissa is very interesting culturally and not such a massive step away.

Sorry. I shouldn't have made that quip to invite your response because, quite frankly, I care as much about India as I do Zimbabwe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0W96QEPMNA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YTHOqaKEGU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVIAQwYa3s8

  On 11/16/2011 at 8:24 PM, acidphakist said:

  On 11/15/2011 at 9:24 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 11/15/2011 at 6:18 PM, acidphakist said:

You could start in Mumbai.

 

I'd prefer Kolkata. The state of Orissa is very interesting culturally and not such a massive step away.

 

Sorry. I shouldn't have made that quip to invite your response because, quite frankly, I care as much about India as I do Zimbabwe.

No worries man. Mind-you Victoria Falls is really worth a trip, perhaps best visited from the Zambian side these days. Apart from the good old U,S of A what places do you care about?