Taal Fusion- A Percussion Ensemble by "i4Drum"
Taal Fusion- A Percussion ... Lyrics & Chords
This is an excerpt from a 45-minute live recording of the band “i4Drum” based in Dublin.
The band was formed by four music enthusiasts who were brought together for a live show in Dublin. They come from India, Italy and Ireland which explains the nomenclature. There are amateurs and semi professionals in the band. They play Indian, Middle Eastern, Celtic ,African and Western percussion instruments and are still exploring different others to bring into their ensemble.
Koushik Chandrashekar on the Mridangam, Dholak
Michele Scala on the Darbuka, Drums
Brian Fleming on the Bodhran, Bones, Cajon
Sadanand aka Colm Magee on the Tabla, Djembe
I4Drum are releasing their first album shortly. They are also playing at the Dun Laoghaire International Festival of World Cultures later this month.
Please do leave a comment if you like this piece :) Thanks for listening :)
P.S: What is this post doing in my page??? Well, I am married to the Mridangist of the band :D
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by Adithi
July 04, 2010
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Babu Nm said
thanks adihithi for this…and wow…hehehe thats a great news……really enjoyed this tal fusion. and my wishes and prayers for all of them. loved this one… goes to my favorites
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may god bless you and be with you. ALWAYS……
Faisal Kp said
What a wondeful thought, brilliant execution. all the best to the entire crew, Especially to ur hubby!!!
Music is love!!!!!!!
Ajay m nair said
adithi…. good upload…. its a really an international integration perfromance…. thanks for this upload…. good u wrote the last line of ur write up, or else u would have got this question from everyone…. gr8 work by ur hubby…. all the best wishes
Theagaraj Dhanapalan said
Migavum kidaitharku ariya oru kalavai. Migavum rasikkum badi irunthatahu. Ithanai ingu vazhangiya ungalukku nandrigal pala…
kadaisiyil kooriya ungalin vazkaiyin mukkiya nigalchiyai engaludan pagirnthu kondatharku magizchiyum endrum seerum sirappumay santhoshamay vazha manamarntha vazthukkal prarthanaigal.
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Vishnu Mohan ( busy mode) said
adhithi akkoi superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrb all the best to the team :D
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(( anil Aryanad )) said
Fantastic Singing Chechi….:)
Great Team work.!!!
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Kala Vijay(indefinitely away)
said
adithi,that is great news.now i understand why u were away from muziboo for long.all the best for the teams success.liked it very much.
Uthra said
Adithi: Enjoyed it. Best wishes to the team for their album release.
Max Vala said
Adithi,
Good work, I like it!
max valaSukumar R ( far away ) said
K IS AWESOME…SANGEETHA KUDUMBAM…KALAKALS…
Hamsapriya
said
Thanks Adithi
Enjoyable performance by the band
Good luck with their album/s
Hamsapriya
Krishnan N v said
Very nice to listen the fusion of all these percussion instruments…Enjoyed…Thanks to Adithi for uploading this here…
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Harry Narain said
Superb for a live performance……
Aditi – With allll humility, I learnt Mridangam for 5 years and then a bit of tabla……With respect to the sounding, everything is sounding good……. Just felt the tabla strokes need to be clearly defined… Oru Oru stroke cleana irukanum. Just like our sangathies…… Mic problema irukalaam……Mridangam picchu talirkaaru Koushik… Superb……
Lovely creativity!!! Do convey ma regards…….
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Pinks said
Awesome….difficult to stop the feet while listenning to such wonderful fusion! Really Great! Thanks for sharing such a lovely piece of delight :)
Tc & keep smiling
Pinks
Harshan (away) Nambiar
said
Loved it Adithi, great fusion. I am a big fan of percussion right from childhood, I can play any beat on the “coffee table” – as again didnt get a chance to learn any instrument. Esp love the chenda from kerala….
Wish you and your husband …great success for this album….loved it and favourited.
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Swati Prasad (unable to be frequent) said
:D So Didi…. this was the secret of “indefinitely away” and I WANT SWEETS :D he he he…… BIG CONGRATS to you and Jijaji :)you both are lucky to have each other as life partner :)
Superb performance !!!!!
Regards
Swati
Gopi Shanmugam said
First, appriciate the great idea and effort for this fusion work. (any theme name?). Great integration of percusion intrument performance by the artists, best wishes to the team…
Some parts the harmony of the instruments didn’t sync it well, may be i’m wrong MHO. Tabla/Mirundhangam base (dunga) volume shoule be better… Album la bettera irrukumnnu nenaikiren. since live recording no more nitpicks… Hope you will upload the studio one… waiting on it…
Thanks adithi, to bring a different flavour to the community.
Best wishes to the i4Drum team.
Dr sridhar saxena said
Congratulations!!!!!
To band members for outstanding performance in percussion fusion …
And to you……for having such a great artist as hubby……
regards
Dr.Sridhar Saxena
Mythri Raveesh said
Enjoyed this, the beats and the sound quality!
Unnikrishnan Kb said
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT EFFORT. :) I knew why you were putting up this :) Great piece. Say my hi to him :) And also kudos on the idea and presentation.
Best!!!
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Bala (composer/producer) said
Awesome…. What a tight timing and sync! Just LOVED IT!!
The Mirudhangam tones you hear in the first interlude of Go Green song was sampled from the prelude of this song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XggLneREq7g I chopped off every single note in that mirudhangam prelude. Took a bunch of good notes and assigned it to the patches of the this pad (http://www.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/alesis-percussion-pad.jpg), played and recorded……phewww…. too much work
If I had known about your hubby’s talent, I would have skipped all these steps!!
Obviously to my favorites!!
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Vaisakh Somanath said
Standing ovation to the band!
All the very best……
Long way to go…. :)
Devan S said
Good work guys and best wishes for the entire team.
Thanks Aditi for this special upload
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Rajeev Onv(away on a long break) said
Adithi, Can appreciate this since I used to be a percussionist long back and had tried these kind of fusion experiments with my friends. Very imaginative blending of various taals and instruments. Like it more because it is not noisy like some of the contemporary stuff.The climax was superb! Please convey my congratulations and best wishes to to Koushik and his talented team.
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Kumaran.k.k. ( trying to come back ) said
adithii….
u hv done a grt job by posting this, here !!
nice rhythm throughout and itz a treat !!
miruthangam nalla vasikkiraare :d yaru avaru :p
so nice adithi… convey my wishes to him !!
video clip iruntha nalla irukum nu inthe paavi manam yeanguthu :(
cheers !!!
Biju Ramachandran
said
good post.congrats to yur hubby for doing a great job.
we cannot even imagine the level at which he performs.i wish him all success .
biju ramachandran
Adithi said
Thanks a million, friends, for all your encouragement! Koushik was thrilled when I showed him all your comments :) Ofcourse, I am coaxing him to play more for us in Muziboo :)
Bala
Now you know where to look when you need a mridangam player :)….Anytime! You are welcome! :)
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Adithi said
Harry
Sadanand (Irish name Colm) is self-taught on the Tabla but is now taking serious lessons under a guru in India. Appreciate your honest feedback- will pass it on to the band.
Peace if possible, but truth at any rate – Martin Luther
Sudha Kumar (recovering and getting back to listening..)
said
That was an awesome taal fusion jugalbandi! Please pass on my regards to your hubby the awesome Mridangist. This was truly enjoyable and must have a been great to hear live.
Lucky you, you have a musician hubby… ;-)
To favs,
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Jaishree said
Nice Jugalbandhi Adithi :)….Liked it!
Adwait Ranade (busy, away)
said
Wow! thanks for the treat. Enjoyed it a lot!
Now I know why you are perfect to the last ‘beat’ (pun intended) :-) Fantastic upload!
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Dinil S said
Hi Adithi,
That was absolutely stunning fusion performance by all of them. This one to my favs and thanks to you for sharing such a treat with us. Pls convey my regards to the team also.
Rgds,
Dinil.S
Adithi said
Sudha, Jaishree, Adwait, Dinil – Thanks for your lovely comments :)
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Murali Venkatraman said
So many perc instruments ! Sounds really great !
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Rahul Vyas (away for a while. will be back...) said
Adithi, Thanks for sharing this. Enjoyed and LIKEd it.
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Sonu Kanna said
Unique one xlent
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Rekha swaminathan (on and off...) said
Wow, awesome team work for people coming from different cities!!
And lucky you Adithi, for having a cool Mridangist in your hubby…. :))
Plethora of percussion instruments, very interesting to hear them all….in a few portions, guess I couldn’t recognize each instrument that was playing, except for the mridangam, tabla and drums (coz these are what we’re most used to hearing in Indian music….)
Most enjoyed portions -
1:17 – 1:26, 1:48 – 2:28, the change of pace from 2:46 and crescendo to 4:00. From 5:25 felt like a new piece. And the final build up and last crescendo from 7:04 were awesome! :)
My compliments to all the percussionists on the superb performance! :)
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Surendran Menon
said
Something different!! interesting!! A very good and sincere attempt. Cheers to the team.
Roshine Gnanatharshan. said
Lovely and Awesome !
I always loved the iruvar movie narumugai taal theme that was an added beauty to this.
The team has rocked.
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Khawer Khilji
said
Very entertaing and enjoyable. A great fusion Adithi jee.
Kitcha Swamy said
I’m a huge fan of percussions. Though i’m not trained, that is the only thing that I’m confident with in music creation :). College’la bench la pota thaalam ellaam dhaan training :).
Adithi, enna ippadi oru vidhwaan veetlayae irukkira matter sollavae illayae :). Fantastic to listen to koushik’s Mridangam and great work by all other percussionists too. Wow, I listened to it once but wanted to hear it in my phone but I don’t see a download :(. hmmm Anyways, vettukku ponaa I’ll hear it a few more time, mainly to identify each sounds in detail :).
Great post and thanks for sharing. It was lovely. You should do a vocal + Mridangam kind of unplugged soon :). Choice of song would be Minsaara Kannaa from Padayappa. It has excellent Mridangam in that song. I’m sure your voice can reach the levels of Nithyasree….
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Saqib Javed said
awsomeeee adithi a lovely piece u are lucky about ur husband same passion…:)…best of luck for the album ….
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Sowmya Srini (getting back slowly....) said
Wow,that was an awesome jugalbadi. Thanks for posting it Adithi. And lucky you for having an awesome mridangist in your hubby.Kudos!!!
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Vijay Pilli said
Very nice Adithi. Enjoyed thoroughly! Which Dublin are you talking about?
Vijay Pilli said
Very nice Adithi. Enjoyed thoroughly! Which Dublin are you talking about?
Adithi said
Thanks a lot, folks! :)
Vijay- It is Dublin, Ireland :)
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Yogesh Bhatt said
Nice job Adithi,excellent fusion.Liked and enjoyed so much.Thumbs up.Keep the good work on.Kindly listen and give your valuable comments.Teri duniya se,dil ka soona saz,dil ka bhawer kare pukar,mere mehboob tujhe,deewana hua badal,mera yar bada sharmeela,ye dosti,thodi si jo pee lee hai,etc.Thanks and best regards.
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said
Adithi,thanks for posting !Goes to my fovorites,of course!I would have listened the whole recording!!
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Hassu said
Beautiful display of each instrument. Live is live, goes without any comparision….no matter how good we record digitally, singing and performing live is the best feeling ever :)
Karthigaa Vijayakumar said
hey ………………its a heavenly performance frnd i liked the whole team ……….and enjoyed the music……thank u so much for sharing akka:)
Aparajita Sarma said
absloutely delightful….where can i get this peice from?