celtic/indian fusion
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celtic/indian fusion
check out my friends Aodh Og and Christy's duo Four Shillings Short.
Trad Irish with Indian ragas, sitar, etc.
http://art.net/~4ss/
Also, hubby and I have played whistle and mando irish and bluegrass with Indian friends on tabla and veena, great fun!
NancyF
Trad Irish with Indian ragas, sitar, etc.
http://art.net/~4ss/
Also, hubby and I have played whistle and mando irish and bluegrass with Indian friends on tabla and veena, great fun!
NancyF
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"Journee a la maison" is one Stivell album not in my rooms. Ditto for Sheela Chandra's celtic explorations. That is not to say I am not into fusion - I am but I have my tastes.
One can actually have Indo Irish fusion without having a single Indic instrument in the music or vice versa. In my opinion, good fusion is not about superficial exotic sound effects and other tokenistic superimpositions. It is about composition and a novel approach to authenticity. Good fusion makes a new music, neither Irish nor Indic, but which entertains fundamental features of both in an integrated seamless landscape that invites freedom while still celebrating roots.
I cannot comment on NancyF's audioclips because I haven't heard them.
I have had problems downloading them.
I wish this topic well and pray it will not be laboured by stereotypical exoticisms.
One can actually have Indo Irish fusion without having a single Indic instrument in the music or vice versa. In my opinion, good fusion is not about superficial exotic sound effects and other tokenistic superimpositions. It is about composition and a novel approach to authenticity. Good fusion makes a new music, neither Irish nor Indic, but which entertains fundamental features of both in an integrated seamless landscape that invites freedom while still celebrating roots.
I cannot comment on NancyF's audioclips because I haven't heard them.
I have had problems downloading them.
I wish this topic well and pray it will not be laboured by stereotypical exoticisms.
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Not being a purist about much of anything is one way I keep my stress level down T, grin. Thanks for the thoughtful comments.
My own foray into this mix was simply driven by the desire to play music with friends who play music. As for my friends FSS, I suspect the original motivation was much the same as they are a couple.
The person bringing the Indian bit to FSS studied Indian classical music seriously for many years in the Indian system. She played a raga for me appropriate to the time of day, for a example, when whe was showing me her sitar. So her Indian music is pure, and her fusion is pure fun.
I agree whole heartedly that the instrumentation is not what defines a style or a fusion for that matter. A musical group's output is a lot like a recipe. Even though different chefs follow or attempt to follow a recipe, the result will turn out differntly. And the product differs in overall feel as well as in the subtle spicing. Come to think of it, we have probably melded some foods from India in a similar way.
Gujarati style veggies with the black onion seeds are a staple at our Irish/American house.
My own foray into this mix was simply driven by the desire to play music with friends who play music. As for my friends FSS, I suspect the original motivation was much the same as they are a couple.
The person bringing the Indian bit to FSS studied Indian classical music seriously for many years in the Indian system. She played a raga for me appropriate to the time of day, for a example, when whe was showing me her sitar. So her Indian music is pure, and her fusion is pure fun.
I agree whole heartedly that the instrumentation is not what defines a style or a fusion for that matter. A musical group's output is a lot like a recipe. Even though different chefs follow or attempt to follow a recipe, the result will turn out differntly. And the product differs in overall feel as well as in the subtle spicing. Come to think of it, we have probably melded some foods from India in a similar way.
Gujarati style veggies with the black onion seeds are a staple at our Irish/American house.
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Your CD collection probably looks like mine, then.NancyF wrote: Not being a purist about much of anything is one way I keep my stress level down
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Was it the John Renbourn Group that first put tabla together with Irish trad tunes?
I like the direction FSS is reaching in here. Certainly the complex internal rhythms of the Indian classical tradition do something interesting when they stretch out inside the structure of a sean nos air. Successful? Not sure, but what the heck, it's inneresting.
I like the direction FSS is reaching in here. Certainly the complex internal rhythms of the Indian classical tradition do something interesting when they stretch out inside the structure of a sean nos air. Successful? Not sure, but what the heck, it's inneresting.
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Nice samples with the sitar blends.
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DG kicks butt.Congratulations wrote:David Grisman, anyone?talasiga wrote:Good fusion makes a new music . . . which entertains fundamental features of both in an integrated seamless landscape that invites freedom while still celebrating roots.
How would one label Bela Fleck and the Flecktones?
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I have reviewed these pronouncementstalasiga wrote:.......
One can actually have Indo Irish fusion without having a single Indic instrument in the music or vice versa. In my opinion, good fusion is not about superficial exotic sound effects and other tokenistic superimpositions. It is about composition and a novel approach to authenticity. Good fusion makes a new music, neither Irish nor Indic, but which entertains fundamental features of both in an integrated seamless landscape that invites freedom while still celebrating roots.
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I wish this topic well and pray it will not be laboured by stereotypical exoticisms.
and I do not resile.
Although not related to Indo-Celtic fusion, I think that I might mention Miles Davis' "Big Fun" and "Great Expectation" as a good example of fusion with Indic elements in a cutting edge jazz ambience that appeals to my taste.
Jazz itself is a fusion phenomenon, the different types reflecting periodic reflections of the fusion of throbbing melodic lines of Africa with chordal or harmonic fields of European classicism. One can have really good jazz without a single Afro instrument and still there is "africa" there. This is part of my meaning.
And one can have an Irish reel with indian tabla rhythm mnemonics as an introduction and it may not make good fusion unless the mnemonics interpret or elaborate the rhythm in the reel with a fresh perspective.
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fusion
In order for any type of music to blend smoothly together with another, it has to do (in my opinion) something that is really very basic to all listening ears. That is for each instrument to complement one another regardless of the style.
Whether it is "ambient" or "rhythmic" that drives the music fusion, the instrumentations has to "complement" the fusion. Having something fresh is a great perspective but most listeners simply want the fusion to flow properly especially if it is a rhythm recording. The Indian flute player Ariprashad Charusio (name mispelled but close enough) has recorded some very cool fusion stuff that is mezmerizing to listen too. I am always completely blown away everytime I here him play. He has recorded a lot with Ravi Shankar. Fusion is cool music but because it's somewhat unique it will get criticized if it's not fused properly.
I once heard a Celtic/East Indian fusion years ago before I recorded my own album, and while the music seemed ok what was really lacking was that I noticed right away, that the instrumentation was just thrown in the mix without a real relationship between the other players. I must admit that if the cd had a bit of passion thrown in there I would have purchased the album. I found myself listening to the blend but the relationship was not at all there. This was a rhythm recording and the players were quite skilled.
Whether it is "ambient" or "rhythmic" that drives the music fusion, the instrumentations has to "complement" the fusion. Having something fresh is a great perspective but most listeners simply want the fusion to flow properly especially if it is a rhythm recording. The Indian flute player Ariprashad Charusio (name mispelled but close enough) has recorded some very cool fusion stuff that is mezmerizing to listen too. I am always completely blown away everytime I here him play. He has recorded a lot with Ravi Shankar. Fusion is cool music but because it's somewhat unique it will get criticized if it's not fused properly.
I once heard a Celtic/East Indian fusion years ago before I recorded my own album, and while the music seemed ok what was really lacking was that I noticed right away, that the instrumentation was just thrown in the mix without a real relationship between the other players. I must admit that if the cd had a bit of passion thrown in there I would have purchased the album. I found myself listening to the blend but the relationship was not at all there. This was a rhythm recording and the players were quite skilled.
If you discover you have a "perfect" Low Whistle, don't sell it. Trust me, I know! If it's close to perfection, don't sell it. Trust me, I know! If you feel that it's difficult to adjust to but you still feel a deep connection to it, don't sell it. Just give it to me!!!
I'm friends with Aodh Og and Christie, and find their music to be ENORMOUS fun. They are spectacular people too...genuinely fun and interested in the people they're around. They are true itinerant musicians, and they come through any given area about once every year and a half.
It was funny because I saw the Subject line, didn't originally read the thread and was just going to post a link to them.
Aodh Og has a huge variety of whistles, flutes, mouth blown odd instruments and such. Christie plays (among other things) sitar, guitar, hammered dulcimer. They both sing. If you get a chance, they're worth the seeing!
Sincerely,
Tyg
It was funny because I saw the Subject line, didn't originally read the thread and was just going to post a link to them.
Aodh Og has a huge variety of whistles, flutes, mouth blown odd instruments and such. Christie plays (among other things) sitar, guitar, hammered dulcimer. They both sing. If you get a chance, they're worth the seeing!
Sincerely,
Tyg
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Re: celtic/indian fusion
NancyF wrote:check out my friends Aodh Og and Christy's duo Four Shillings Short.
Trad Irish with Indian
Reasonable person
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Re: fusion
Yes, I like the way you have expressed this. It's not purism to have such a view. It is, no doubt, driven by your perceptions and taste. I think that relationship, as you say, is salient feature of successful fusion.talbert st.claire wrote:....
I once heard a Celtic/East Indian fusion years ago before I recorded my own album, and while the music seemed ok what was really lacking was that I noticed right away, that the instrumentation was just thrown in the mix without a real relationship between the other players. I must admit that if the cd had a bit of passion thrown in there I would have purchased the album. I found myself listening to the blend but the relationship was not at all there. This was a rhythm recording and the players were quite skilled.
The relationship can be there at different levels - like how the players interact techinically or passionately, between the moods or the themes being fused, the ambience that each tradition brings and so on.
For instance, if I were fusing Raag Malkauns, a pentatonic raaga with notes tonic+minor 3rd+4th+minor 6th+minor 7th, I would do so with a B tonic and fuse it with a celtic piece in G major pentatonic. This would make both pentatonics relative. But the FEELING of Malkauns is particularly problematical for fusion with Celtic IMO. A better relative pentatonic would be Raag Durga (Bilaawal's Durga) with D tonic both in feeling and the mutuality of resolution (ie in this particular case: Celtic G tonic with the Indic D tonic - power chord relationship/primary harmonic).
I think I will need to audio clip to demonstrate. For that I must wait.
I hope there is something meaningful for someone here.
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