When time freezes, the sun and moon meet, the universe is mirrored, and all eleven dimensions are open... at that precise moment... the four musicians in Tandoori come to life:
Fire and Water, Earth and Air.
Tandoori gather together to search and give back:
The Essense, which is all too often on the run,
Intimacy, which is needed more than ever,
The Calm and the Storm, to unite together,
Hate and Lies, to suffocate them,
The Truth, to expose it,
The Music, to become it
Water brought the melody and let it flow. Fire gave it warmth and glow. Earth gave it calm and courage. Wind gave it determination and freedom.
Emma Reid was brought up in the north-east of England in a thriving British folk music scene. In 2000 she moved to Stockholm to specialise in the folk music heritage from her Swedish mother, a music she fell in love with at an early age. For three years she studied fiddle with Ellika Frisell and Sven Ahlbäck at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She then went on to complete a Master of Music degree at Newcastle University. From Ellika and her Indian guru K. Shivakumar, Emma has received an insight into the rich sea of Classical Indian music. These three traditions English, Swedish and Indian, meet in Emmas playing in Tandoori. Emma can also be heard in duo with the accordionist Tuulikki Bartosik, concertinaplayer Robert Harbron, Methera Quartet and Ditt Ditt Darium.
Bengt Jonasson was brought up in Ed in the western county of Dalsland. He is an innovative musician who plays electric and acoustic basses, NS/Stick, mandolin, guitars and banjo. His personal style spans over many genre boundaries. He composes a lot and has studied folk music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Bengan plays in several different bands/projects like:
"Salomos Apor" with the storyteller Mats Rehnman,
Back Up, Horn Please and Erik Steen Flamenco Fusion.
Bengan´s latest collaboration is with singer Dan Reed.
In Tandoori Bengan plays banjo and is the composer of all music.
After leaving aside the drum kit of the predominantly jazz genre, Petter Berndalen has turned the accepted conditions and past norms of drum playing up-side-down. Petter is fascinated by the melodic function of solo performers of Swedish folk music, and this forms the basis of his playing. In Tandoori Petter aims to be in the present, and allows his playing to be spiced with Indian influences. Petter comes from Bollnäs in Hälsingland. He is currently living in Stockholm where he studies amongst others with Sven Ahlbäck, Elika Frisell and André Ferrari. He also plays in Shohaz, BLM, Horn Please, Gjallarhorn, [ni:d] and Fyrland.
Emma Johansson is one of Swedens few folk musicians on concert flute and alto flute. Her main sources of inspiration are Swedish and Norwegian folk music. After a number of years at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Emma is currently living in Gothenburg. In Tandoori the dark, full tone of Emmas alto flute combines with a Nordic musical foundation and Arabic influences. Emma also performs in constellations such as Oleman, Huggevill, Seglora, and in duos with western Swedish and Norwegian repertoires.
