motel de moka

After several hours’ not so professional research and investigation, I sorted out two lists. And here is one of them: three Indian artist (Shankar, my very lovely Shakti, Banerjee), one Hungarian guitarist (Szekeres),  and vocalist Bobby McFerrin, well-beloved ECM artist, and my very very favorite David Darling.

Sitar, table, tamboura, three traditional ancient Indian instruments  that have been played for centuries, now appear a lot in nowadays’s lovely drones and free-folk stuffs. Nikhil Banerjee’s the one I just digged out. I count these Indian raga one of the roots. At least, I suppose, philosophically they influenced many of us. Check out also: Shivkumar Sharma,  Ustad Vilayat Khan… etc.

Being a huge David Darling fan, I was just able to hear Mudanin Kata these days. This collaboration only happened a few years ago, and is fabulous and beautifully made. The Wulu Bunun tribe’s a tribe in Taiwan, their pure voices have made too much in the album, I may say, even a bit more than David’s cello. But of course this is as always touching, natural, yet only a bit less lonely, and melancholic than his other solo works–like Dark Wood (Dawn *this song’s included in the film once I mentioned “Ashes and Snow“).

And, Tamas Szekeres, my new fingerpicks love…

Bobby McFerrin - Bang!Zoom
(Bang! Zoom / Blue Note / 1996)
Gary Peacock, Keith Jarrett & Jack De Johnette- Vignette
(Tales of Another / ECM / 1977)
Ravi Shankar - Vandanaa Trayee
(Chants of India / Angel Records / 1997)
Shakti - Mind Ecology
(Natural Elements / Tristar / 1994)
Nikhil Banerjee - Rag Multani (Part Three)
(Afternoon Ragas Rotterdam / Raga / 1992)
Tamás Szekeres - La Catedral - Allegro Solemne
(La Catedral / 1997)
David Darling & Wulu Bunun Tribe - Lugu Lugu Kan-Ibi
(Mudanin Kata / Riverboat / 2004)

art: shakti