A
cooperative organised by world
music percussionist Sandeep
Raval with the aim of developing the world music concept
in the true spirit of fusion, with a strong emphasis on the
celebration of rhythm.
The music blends each
performer's creative input both stylistically and in terms
of the technical and expressive strengths of the musical disciplines
represented. These include Indian music (folk, classical and
film), jazz and western classical. The music is largely improvised,
with each piece based on a loosely agreed framework.
All too often the world
music approach stops at the blending of sounds while the techniques
used to give each contributing style its character are ignored.
Swar Vishvam is developing an approach where the rhythmic,
phrasing and melodic characteristics of the different styles
are freely and spontaneously interchangeable, performed by
musicians well respected and established in their own fields.
The lineup of Swar Vishvam is fluid, with anything from three
to ten musicians performing. Some of the musicians who have
recently performed with Swar Vishvam are legendary Indian
percussionist Sivamani, James
Asher (keyboards/percussion), Kiran
Thakrar (keyboards), Pammi Saib (guitar) Jason
Turner (tenor/soprano saxophones), Gunter Pasler (bass),
Shaun (MC Censor) and Nikita
(vocals), very recently Jonny Boston (SAX), Chris Maccartney (Drum), Ivor Johnson (Bass), Rupesh Parihast (
Sarod), Kamlesh Sagthia ( side percussion), Shanon (Keyboard),
Graham Roberts (Guitar), Aggie Demetri (Bouzouki) and Denise
Gorden (Vocal), Unnati Dasgupta, Vijay Puri, Arvind Solanki, Iain
Dunnet (keys), Danny Fox (Guitar), Kisha (Vocal), Arthur Hull
(djembe/percussion), Lisa Mallet (Flute/Bansuri), Mahesh
Vinayakram (Vocal), Pankaj Bhatt (Keyboards), Karsan Sagathia
(Vocal), Paul McGrath (Piano, Arrangement -Writer)
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