Beyond the status quo of many world music projects, the Sama’ Duo’ retains an improvisational focus, uniquely combining a deep core of cutting-edge and ancient improvising methods within the musical traditions of India and and the Middle East.
Delving behind the scales and notes, the group reaches into the inner architectures of form and method from the established traditions, adding their previous experience as post-modern improvisors to the process.
From this inner anchor, the group forges a distinct sound: the improvised rhythmic solo "jor" form in traditional Indian classical music is extended to include percussion, based on the Duo’s musical telepathy; Middle Eastern maqams may develop as ragas and vice-versa; melodies float through on rhythms from India, d’n’b , funk and bhangra; and it may all be nestled within forms based on Persian ensemble, Indian classical, or Qawwali structures.
The group takes as its name a nuanced Arabic term that describes the spectrum of relationships between intense listening, sprituality, and music-making itself.
The Duo was recently chosen to provide the music score for the independent film "Birth of a Pillow" by director Sharmy Pandey, from Kolkata, India. The film is a 47 minute feature with no dialogue, requiring a continuous music score that would amplify and emotionally detail the story to a very high degree.
Another avenue the Duo is exploring is a more aggressive bhangra/jazz/funk/art-rock project, with the fretless electric guitar as its main focus. Click here for some early demos of this direction.
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