A woman playing the tabla is depicted in stone sculptures from the second century in Bhaja, India. The two drums are an important element of classical Indian music. Since the Sixties, tabla drums have also appeared outside this context.
65-minute mix with Alejandro Jodorowsky, Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis, Geir Jenssen, Robert Ashley and others.
Featured cover art: CultureClash – CultureClash
Playlist
Geir Jenssen – Zhangmu: Crossing A Landslide Area
Working with field-recordings from the Nepalese/Tibetan border. (2001, Ash International)
Alejandro Jodorowsky – Rainbow Room
Composed by Don Cherry, this track is from the soundtrack to Alejandro Jodorowsky’s phantasmagorical cult film The Holy Mountain. (1973, ABKCO Music)
Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis – Voyage 1
Experimental folk musicians Catherine Ribeiro and Patrice Moullet recorded the debut album of their project using self-built and ethnic instruments. (1969, Disques Festival)
Soliman Gamil – Sufi Dialogue
The Egyptian composer uses Pharaonic, Coptic, and Sufi traditions as the basis for his 20th century compositions. (most probably 1950s/60s, RE: Touch)
The Zodiac – Libra: The Flower Child
From the concept album Cosmic Sounds, which deals with zodiac signs and uses early Moog synthesiser sounds. (1967, Elektra)
Ed Pias – Morocco
The percussionist earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Washington in 1996 and is known for combining rhythms from different cultures, as in this performance in Morocco. (1997, Extreme)
CultureClash – Asian Approach
Inspired by electronic music from Chicago and Detroit, the Dutch trio develops a version of techno with ‘ethnic instruments’ from a huge library of samples (1992, Irdial Discs’ radio project Monster Music / RE: Lost Futures)
Amon Düül II – Wie der Wind am Ende einer Straße
Light-hearted experimental early world music from Munich. (1972, United Artists Records)
Dr. Timothy Leary – Epilogue (Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out)
From the soundtrack to the film in which Timothy Leary accompanies a young man on an LSD trip. (1967, Mercury)
Robert Ashley – The Backyard
Robert Ashley’s meditative, trance-like monologue became the final episode of his abstract seven-part television opera Perfect Lives in 1984. (1977, Lovely Music, Ltd.)
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