Re: Indian Ocean - Sony interview + Live in New York


asi...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Loony Tunes wrote:
>
> > In that Genre of music out of India, they are indeed better than the
> > others. I do like the instrumental variety from L Shankar more but
> > FWIW, they dont come across as hacks to me and that by itself is rare
> > in the Fusion (??) genre.
> >
> > cheers
> > lt
> >
>
>
> Perhaps you meant L. Subramaniam? Shanker,in his post-Shakti era, has
> produced some forgettable stuff with Caroline. Subramaniam, on the
> other hand, created marvellous albums one after the other in the 80s
> and 90s. I rate his "Conversations" with Stephan Grappelli very highly.
> Mani & Co, Spanish Wave were other delightful albums.

Yes, those are what I was talking about. I dont have Shankar's recent
stuff anyway. The last L. Subramaniam CD I bought was "Fantasy with
Vedic Chants".

>
> I had expected a lot from Silk Route after "Boondein" which was
> stunning in its minimalistic music (3 to 4 instruments used with great
> subtlety) and its poetry. But their second album was so-so. The
> refreshing aspect about Silk Route was that they did not pretend to be
> angrezi-caught-in-desi-clothing. They were very comfortable writing
> good Hindi poetry. Sadly, they broke up after an ordinary second album.

I have the Boondein cassette. Their Dooba Dooba was the big
chartbuster, iirc.

>
> A year or so later during a cursory reading of a newspaper article of
> some college/cultural festival or the other I read a brief mention of
> Indian Ocean. I went to their website, gave a listen to Kandisa, rushed
> to the nearest desi music store and bought it. Then I picked up Desert
> Rain and eagerly waited for Jhini. Jhini, when it was released, just
> took my breath away. Once again, like Silk Route, Indian Ocean is very
> original and are comfortable in their skin. They are quite old for a
> "group - in their mid to late thirties (my age group). They take Kabir
> dohe, songs from revolutionaries etc and create a unique blend of music
> - a sort of desi-free flow jazz,if you will - around the lyrics. The
> vocals are very earthy.

Yes..also, they spend quite a while producing these albums. Actually
Desert Rain was a Live Concert recording. I havent bought Jhini yet. I
have heard the songs though. As to the lyrics, indeed the songs are
unique and not the routine, "teri aankhon mein doob jaaoon" variety.


lt

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