Tabla Beat Science - Tala Matrix (2000) {Feat. Zakir Hussain, Bill Laswell, Trilok Gurtu, Sultan Khan etc}
Tabla Beat Science - Tala Matrix (2000) {Feat. Zakir Hussain, Bill Laswell, Trilok Gurtu, Sultan Khan etc}
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© 2000 Palm Pictures / Axiom / Virgin Records | 7243 590612 2 1
Tabla / Indian Percussion / Ethnic Fusion / Experimental / Electronica / Indian Raga / Drum N' Beat
Call it an aggregation of some of the best contemporary percussionists: Trilok Gurtu, Zakir Hussain, and Asian Underground star Talvin Singh combine under the sonic washes of producer Bill Laswell to show the possibilities of Indian percussion. It's definitely a beatfest, but one of subtlety, where what is being said isn't as important as the way it's being stated, and the dialogue between hands includes a lot of silences. Gurtu comes from a more jazz tradition, Hussein a classical background, and Singh represents the brash young things of the dance floor. Mostly Laswell leaves it to them to provide the sonic entertainment, which is as it should be with delicate swathes of sound barely intruding, just coloring the proceedings. While it's not for everyone, those who love Indian percussion in all its forms will find this album a complete joy.
With their debut CD Tala Matrix, the project known as Tabla Beat Science has essentially taken the rich and time-honored tradition of the tabla (a pair of North Indian hand drums) and fused it with contemporary electronica studio wizardry. Tala Matrix is dedicated to the memory of the late, great, and innovative tabla virtuoso Ustad Alla Rakha (1919-2000). The Tabla Beat Science project is comprised of one of Ustad Alla Rakha's sons, the tabla superman Zakir Hussain. Additional members include the venerated sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan; Indian and jazz percussion innovator Trilok Gurtu; New York drummer Karsh Kale; bass, drum, and tabla visionary Talvin Singh; and music programmer Brad Somatik. Producer/bassist Bill Laswell, who "conceived and constructed" the CD, acts as the catalyst for the outfit, adding the bottom end with his dub basslines and the overall aesthetic with his studio prowess. More of a consortium than a full-blown collaboration, not one of the songs on Tabla Matrix features all members of the group. Zakir Hussain's many tracks are among the best on the album, though Trilok Gurtu's funky Big Brother and Talvin Singh's Don't Worry.Com are both extremely compelling. The often zombie-ridden doldrums of electronica should benefit immensely from this experimental union with tabla. An excellent CD that deserves to be heard many times by many people, Tala Matrix manages to be innovative without loosing sight of tradition.
Tabla Beat Science - Tala Matrix (2000) {Feat. Zakir Hussain, Bill Laswell, Trilok Gurtu, Sultan Khan etc}
Personnel:
Zakir Hussain: tabla
Ustad Sultan Khan: sarangi and vocal
Talvin Singh: tabla, virus manipulation and vox
Trilok Gurtu: tabla, drums
Karsh Kale: drums, tabla, keyboards and electronics
Bill Laswell: bass and sound construction
Brad Somatik: logic programming
tracklist:
01 - Secret Channel
02 - Magnetic
03 - Audiomaze
04 - Don't Worry.com
05 - Palmistry
06 - Devotional
07 - Big Brother
08 - Triangular Objects
09 - Biotech
10 - Alla
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Tabla Beat Science / Tala Matrix
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EAC extraction logfile from 6. March 2011, 5:10
Tabla Beat Science / Tala Matrix
Used drive : HP DVD Writer 1260t Adapter: 2 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
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Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
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Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 7:34.00 | 0 | 34049
2 | 7:34.00 | 7:43.00 | 34050 | 68774
3 | 15:17.00 | 7:49.00 | 68775 | 103949
4 | 23:06.00 | 6:13.00 | 103950 | 131924
5 | 29:19.00 | 4:39.60 | 131925 | 152909
6 | 33:58.60 | 8:11.62 | 152910 | 189796
7 | 42:10.47 | 4:56.35 | 189797 | 212031
8 | 47:07.07 | 7:58.48 | 212032 | 247929
9 | 55:05.55 | 6:42.35 | 247930 | 278114
10 | 61:48.15 | 11:52.06 | 278115 | 331520
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==== Log checksum 9DC14B3CBAF6863370FF3981B913CE463ACECDDFA73F270BA0439BE2738D35C4 ====
Tabla Beat Science - Tala Matrix (2000) {Feat. Zakir Hussain, Bill Laswell, Trilok Gurtu, Sultan Khan etc}
Tabla Beat Science - Tala Matrix (2000) {Feat. Zakir Hussain, Bill Laswell, Trilok Gurtu, Sultan Khan etc}
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