Saturday, April 19, 2008

Suphala - Unwind You

Suphala - Unwind You

Tabla Artist, Composer, and Producer, Suphala:

In Feb. 2005, Suphala made history when she became the first musician to play in public in Kabul since the fall of the Taliban. According to the New York Times, "Kabul's badly depleted music scene received a welcome injection of excitement last week with the arrival of Suphala, the New York-based tabla player and composer… Suphala certainly brought brightness… her touch and rhythm are sure." It caused a sensation in the war-torn country. "I have not played with a woman before," one Afghan tabla master said. "Our grandfathers do not even know of it."

Suphala assets, video. Record Release performance -- July 10th, 2007 at Canal Room in NYC: track from Suphala's album "Blueprint", song and all parts written by Suphala, performers include Suphala (tabla), D.I. Noizepunk (laptop, keys), Edie Venegas (violin), David Gotay (cello). 

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Berimbau

Heard this music as theme song for Leo Laporte's video from the Adobe Lightroom Adventure 2.0: Tasmania!  

Berimbau is a is a single-string percussion instrument from Brazil, used in Capoeira.

The music is from Inverted Silence/Jim Kang and can be listen from ccMixter site.

Actually, there is great music in ccMixter....