Ahimsa "Seven Steps to Liberty" Label: ELM; 31980012; 2008 Ahimsa celebrates it’s first decade as a band next year, so it all started in 1999. Indian violinist Neyveli S. Radhakrishna was touring in Germany where he met jazz-pop guitarist Matthias Muller. The rest is history, they formed this band together and Seven steps to liberty is their second CD. Here they play together with Armin Metz on bass guitar, R. Yogaraja on tabla and A.S. Shankar on Ghatam. The idea behind the band was to blend Indian and jazz music with a lot of room for improvisation. The result is a fabulous mix of styles with both great violin and guitar music. Listen to the, over thirteen minutes long, opening track Ahimsa part 1 what a virtuosity, both in the solo parts and in these parts where the violin and guitar mix. The same in Dune which has a more calm nature, but with good and interesting structures in melody and rhythm. All this with great percussion and additional bass guitar, it makes this Seven steps to liberty an international top album. I think Ahimsa found a good mixture between Indian and Western music, between guitar and violin and between jazz and tradition. ahimsamusic Eelco Schilder
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:33:17 +0000
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