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Ravi and I have been playing music together for over 20 years. It's always a joy and a deep meditation to make music with him. I think this is our best music yet. There have been some significant changes roll through both our lives since our last release (Continuance 2008) including the passing of both my parents and the birth of Ravi's two sons. This music reflects the uninterrupted continuity of what we experience as life; Love in all it's many ineffable appearances. May these sounds tickle your eardrums, resound in your heart and take you there.
Ravi Padmanabha-Tabla, Sarangi, Bells, Tuning Fork, Misc. Percussions
This is a live-in-studio-recording, there are no overdubs.
Recorded By Outbythetree Mobile at
100 Sullivan Street #1C NYC, NY Aug 15th, 2018 and Nov 14th, 2019.
Produced by Lolomel Productions, Tomchess, and Ravi Padmanabha
for Wildbeautiful Music Inc. 2020 Mixed and Mastered by Tomchess.
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released August 28, 2021
REVIEW
Featuring TomChess on oud, ney, morsing & compositions and Ravi Padmanabha on tabla, sarangi, bells & percussion. I’ve been checking out the oudist/multi-instrumentalist, TomChess, playing in a variety of contexts for nearly two decades. I even asked TC to sit in with Marty Ehrlich/Thomas Heberer/Jason Hwang/Michael Vaycher for at Steve Dalachinsky memorial concert at DMG in November of 2019 and it worked out well. I am a big fan of the oud (middle-eastern lute of sorts) and am often glad to have someone play it here at DMG. TC has played here more than any other oudists, although he also plays ney (end-blown flute) and morsing (jawharp). I know of tabla player, Ravi Padmanabha, much less although I recall a trio session he did once with Robert Dick and Steve Baczkowski. Besides tabla, Padmanabha also plays sarangi (Indian bowed instrument with 3 or 4 main strings & 35 sympathetic strings) The first thing I noticed about this music is that it is superbly recorded: warm, clean and pressed on thick hi-quality vinyl. The title piece is first and epic length at 13 plus minutes. Initially I was going to say that the piece is raga-like but it evolves in a different way than a usual raga. There is more tight interplay going here and not the same linear development. Padmanabha plays tablas and other assorted hand percussion, his playing is often subtle, mystical and somewhat melodic. It sounds as if these two musicians are having an ongoing conversation, with some strong back & forth ideas flowing. When TC switches to morsing, he is mouthing the words as he plays that jawharp-like instrument. His repeating vocal sounds are rather chant like and have a most hypnotic effect (recalling a Native American chant/song like “Witchie Tai-To”). When TC switch to the ney, he sounds more playful, like a fairy/spirit dancing in small flames. The combination of the oud and sarangi on “Time, Night and the Sea”, is especially compelling. The bowed sarangi sounds like a hurdy-gurdy with slightly bent strings which embrace the sound of the oud in a unique, enchanting way. The sarangi has a drone-like quality which slowly shifts tonalities as it is played. The ney also has a haunting, breathlike tone, which also works well with the subtle percussive tablas. There quite a bit of ancient/modern magic going on throughout this album. Grab your quickly before they disappear like an extinguished flame. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
Beautiful, hypnotic music from this Armenian oud player captures the instrument's delicacy in a series of heart-stirring songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2016
