http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0z0CxP23g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CsU7X5g35U
Title
Chakkani Raja
Artist
Sri Madurai Mani Iyer
Cultural:
This is performed as a concert piece in South India, but holds clear correlations with religious ritual music.
Orchestration
Voice, strings
I am starting to get much more in to "Eastern" music. In a lot of ways it uses many of the same conventions that western art music uses: form, minimalism, tone painting ect. This particular piece is interesting because it seems to use a different scalar model than western music. Its use of quarter tones is a true ear bender and worth a listen. It took me a few minutes to get used to Mani Iyer's voice, but after a while i realized how expressive it is.
Wow, that certainly is an ear-bender.
ReplyDeleteWhat is really catching my attention is the drone in Chakkani Raja Part 1. It reminds me of a lower version of the hurdy-gurdy drone I posted about, however it really seems to be more interesting.
I can't tell if it is changing gradually, or if my perception of it changes each time the voice and accompaniment chordophone drops out.
I particularly like the vocal technique at about the 5:15 mark. The imitation is incredible.
I came to the wrong side of blogger again
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