Hector Zazou - Zannat - with Swara
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Hector Zazou - Zannat - with Swara
Based on footage shot in Mumbai during the recording of Hector Zazou's posthumous album "In The House Of Mirrors". Directed by Jean-Luc Martin.Hector Zazou invited four outstanding instrumentalists from India and Uzbekistan to step into a virtual hall of mirrors, in which sound is reflected from one note to another: an aural equivalent of a famous scene in Orson Welles' The Lady From Shanghai. Twenty-five years after laying the foundations for Afro-electronic fusion (with Congolese singer Bony Bikaye on the Noir & Blanc LP), and after many other groundbreaking albums, the ever-innovative Hector Zazou offers a fresh take on classical Asian music, in which the musicians' inspired performances are enhanced by his subtle reprocessing of the original sonic elements (no supplementary electronic sounds having been used). The album was recorded in Mumbai with a core group of four musicians: Toir Kuziyev (tambur & oud), Milind Raykar (violin), Ronu Majumdar (flute) and Manish Pingle (Indian slide guitar). Guest players on the album include Spanish flute player Carlos Nuáez, Nils Petter Molvaer on trumpet, flamenco pianist Diego Amador, Hungarian violinist Zoltan Lantos and percussionist Bill Rieflin (currently with R.E.M.)
DigiChannel | April 2, 2009
