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Recorded live at the Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco, California on August 12, 2001.
Imagine you were having a dinner party and invited six or seven of your closest friends, each of whom is considered a master in their respective field. Let's say that throughout the night you introduced topics of conversation you knew would be of mutual interest to everyone, and you recorded the interchanges between these great minds for posterity's sake. No offense, but the results couldn't possibly be any more intriguing than this two-CD set, which is essentially the result of just such an experiment. Only in this case, the host is legendary bassist/mega-producer Bill Laswell, his friends rank among the world's greatest musicians, and the dialogue comes in the form of largely improvised cross-cultural collaborations between them. Don't let "Taaruf," the transcendent opening epic featuring tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain and vocalist/sarangi master Ustad Sultan Khan, scare you: though the song's 16-minute length might put off those with short attention spans, it's an excellent appetizer for the stylistic smorgasbord that awaits. The following track, "Sacred Channel," adds Karsh Kale's jazz-rock drumming and Laswell's dub-influenced basslines to the mix, while "Nafekefi" features dynamic vocalist Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw. By the end of the first CD, turntablist DJ Disk and electronic experimentalists MIDIval PunditZ and Fabian Alsultany have entered the fray, and the songs have covered ground ranging from Indian classical and Ethiopian pop to funk, hip-hop, and drum'n'bass. It's an eclectic sound, to be sure, but if genre-defying, boundary-breaking music is your bag, Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove does it better than any live album since Miles Davis' electric period. ~ Bret Love
DJ Disk (turntables).
Personnel: Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw, Sultan Khan (vocals); Fabian Alsultany (synthesizer); Karsh Kale (drums, tabla); Zakir Hussain (tabla); MIDIval PunditZ (electronics, computer); DJ Disk (turntables).
Recording information: Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco, CA (08/12/2001).
Unknown Contributor Role: Bill Murphy .
Tabla Beat Science: Ustad Sultan Khan (vocals, sarangi); Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw (vocals); Fabia Alsultany (synthesizer); Bill Laswell (bass); Karsh Kale (drums, tabla); Zakir Hussain (tabla); Midival Punditz (programming);
The Wire (4/03, p.61) - "...This is muscular live music....Tabla Beat Science present the excitement of striving towards a full-on group improvised music..." Live In San Francisco At Stern Grove Music | List Price | $17.98 (You save $3.63) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, World CDs, International, Electronica, Live Performances, Indian, Enhanced CD | | Label | Palamar | | Orig Year | 2002 | | All Time Sales Rank | 32476  | | CD Universe Part number | 4133343 | | Catalog number | 2084 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Jul 09, 2002 | | Studio/Live | Live | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Bill Laswell | | Engineer | Oz Fritz; Robert Musso | | Personnel | Bill Laswell - bass Zakir Hussain - tabla Karsh Kale - drums, tabla D.J. Disk - turntables Midival Punditz - electronics, computer Ustad Sultan Khan - vocals, sarangi Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw - vocals Fabian Alsultany - synthesizer
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