#Sarathy Korwar

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Sarathy Korwar — KAL (Real World). 2023 : Leaf.

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Sarathy Korwar - KALAK - new “Indo-futurist” LP with Tamar Osborn, Al MacSween, Danalogue, Magnus Mehta, and Photay (who also arranged and produced) (The Leaf Label)

The follow up to the politically charged, award-winning More Arriving is an Indo-futurist manifesto - in rhythmic step with the past and the present, it sets out to describe a route forward. KALAK celebrates a rich South Asian culture of music and literature, which resonates with spirituality and community, while envisaging a better future from those building blocks. Recorded at Real World studios with meticulous production by New York electronic musician, DJ and producer Photay, who translates these communal rhythms and practices into a timeless and groundbreaking electronic record. There’s a spirituality and warmth at play in the polyrhythms, group vocals and melodic flourishes. The KALAK rhythm is the fulcrum upon which the 11-track project balances. After an intense lockdown induced period of reflection and meticulous note-making, Korwar boiled this down to the circular KALAK symbol which he then presented to his band before recording began. With the symbol projected on the walls in order to de-code and improvise around, Korwar had utter faith in the musicians he’d assembled and conviction in the concept. The final part of the KALAK project is realised in the cover artwork by New Delhi-based designer Sijya Gupta. Korwar and photographer friend Fabrice Bourgelle took a light sculpture of the KALAK symbol on a road trip around Southern India, through Chennai, Pondicherry and Auroville. The evocative shots appear on the cover of the various formats, with each one offering a different angle on the country, continent and culture that inspired the album.  Sarathy Korwar - drums, percussion, vocals, electronics Tamar Osborn - baritone saxophone, flute, electronics Alistair MacSween - synthesisers Danalogue - synthesisers Magnus Mehta - percussion Photay - additional synthesisers and drum programming Vocals on 2 by Kushal Gaya Vocals on 4 by Noni-Mouse Vocals and drums on B3 by Kodo Group vocals by Sarathy Korwar, Rohini Kharkar, Tushar Menon, Tamar Osborn, Alistair MacSween, Fabrice Bourgelle and Photay

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笛のリバーブかかり具合、リズムのつんのめり具合。最高

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Sarathy Korwar’s KALAK

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Mumbay by Sarathy Korwar

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Sarathy Korwar - KALAK (2022)

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This week in the deepest corners I could find are Toomaj, Ghost Car, 98 Poly, Awkward Branches, Blake Hornsby, Isabella Lovestory, DJ Plead, SAULT, Charles Stepney, Samuel Yirga, Les Masques, Pozi, The Afro Blues Quintet, Pitch Black, Sarathy Korwar, Yakov Berger and Behin and Samin Bolouri

The opening and closing tracks are from Iran hear and read more by following the link.

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It's also about an idea that’s deeper than that, about treating the land only as a resource, not a living thing. It’s about going in somewhere and not learning to live in the place or learn from the local population, just to make a profit of the land and erasing its identity. That really struck me, and when I went and read the book I felt the same way. I thought about how, when we talk about futures and futurism, we often talk about utopias. The track is really just an attempt to draw attention to the idea that our ideas of utopia could also be based in this mentality of settler colonialism, and that if we use these words, we have to call them about as being within a colonial perspective. It’s not to say that that’s true of every utopia – everyone’s utopia is different – it’s more about the word itself. ‘Utopia Is A Colonial Project’ is a strong and heavily worded title, but that’s so we’re able to have this conversation.

Sarathy Korwar, interviewed in The Quietus

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Album of the Week: KALAK by Sarathy Korwar

Album of the Week: KALAK by Sarathy Korwar

Album: KALAK Artist: Sarathy Korwar Release Date: 11/11/2022 Label: The Leaf Label Favorite Tracks: Utopia is a Colonial Project Back in the Day, Things Were Not Always Simpler Kal Means Yesterday and Tomorrow Remember Begum Rokheya That Clocks Don’t Tell But Make Time Thoughts: Sarathy Korwar is a US-born, Indian-raised, London-based musical artists who fuses jazz and Indian classical music…

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Track of the day // Sarathy Korwar - Remember Begum Rokheya

From the album Kalak, out November 11th via The Leaf Label.

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My WVUD playlist and stream, 4/8/2023

David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours Ryuichi Sakamoto - Seven Samurai - Ending Theme Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble - The Last Emperor Theme Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tong Poo Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technopolis Yellow Magic Orchestra - Kai-Koh Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo Ryuichi Sakamoto - Dennogiwa David Byrne - Psychedelic Afternoon David Sylvian - The Devil's Own Ryuichi Sakamoto - Energy Flow Borja Flames - Marioneta Daniel Rotem - Connective Tissue (feat. Jonathan Pinson) Aksak Maboul - Talking with the Birds Sarathy Korwar - Songs or People Ragawerk - Das Modul Maajo - Balafon Compagnement Trilok Gurtu - One Thought Away Yazmin Lacey - Tomorrow's Child African Head Charge - Microdosing Dwight Trible - Derf Reklaw

Listen on Mixcloud

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More open-minded jazz and experimental music shenanigans from London collective Flock. Comprised of Bex Burch, Sarathy Korwar, Danalogue, Al MacSween and Tamar Osborn, the quintet has wasted little time sharing its second project in less than a year. ‘In C’, is a 5-track EP inspired by minimalism pioneer Terry Riley. As expected, the collective continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in music.

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Painted while listening to Sarathy Korwar and Photay

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