Taufiq Qureshi and Bikram Ghosh

It is not every day that tabla and Djembe combine to build an album. It is exactly that Tikram Ghosh and Taufiq Qureshi recently did Ramta, The latest collection of his work. Manufactured by eternal sounds, cooperation brings together the specific music styles of two artists.

Bikram and Taufiq have equal ideology in their attitude towards Taal, have performed together for three decades, and also share a good camerade of stage. When he finally decided to cooperate, the idea was to fuse the rich tradition of his heritage with his collision equipment.

The album adds old and new

It was Bikram who earlier “questioned” last year, and the pair immediately set a date. Taufiq went to Kolkata, where he started recording in Bikram’s studio. “When we met in the studio, there was no structured method. We just decided on the signature of one time and a tempo, “Taufiq, the son of veteran Ustad Alla Saha Khan and the younger brother of Zakir Hussain, says Taufiq. One of the first pieces made by them was used by breath, voice and body collision. They then used it to create a layer after a layer of rhythmic thoughts.

One of the album’s standout track is ‘Thumk Live’, named Bikram. A live conversation between two collisions that love and respect each other’s work, the track occurred when the two musicians established their instruments in only one audio-visual studio and started playing live after rolling the camera once. Bikram said, “The track has to play and improve us.” The creative structure is very organic and comfortable, almost in a live concert.

Results of the spontaneous improvement of Ramta’s track artists are photo credits: Special arrangements

‘Grooving Fives’ is an interesting delimitation of number five. “It is not a regular rhythm, but a cowardly structure,” says Bikram. Another live track, ‘Matta’, is a challenging doubles in the rhythmic cycle of nine beats. “We use a lot of vocal and body collision,” Taufiq says. For example, ‘dum (a capela)’ has brought them a lot of elements of sounds that have been created using their voice and body. They detect traditional classical as well as other styles of playing in their single games.

“Most of the things we did in the album, are of easy use,” says Taufiq. The way, there were many stunning elements, such as when Taufiq played the role of Jala Tarang. In addition, while making another, ‘The Mystic Tribe’, Bikram sings a part in a very high octae. While doing “Grooving Fives”, there was a section where Bikram added some less duff parts, and I had to do a less to match. I borrowed a Kangga from one of my students, to complement what he played, “Remember Taufiq.

Plan to take pair Ramata In various cities of India, many forums such as college festivals, public concerts and corporate shows. “We want to share this rhythmic message with more and more people,” says Bikram.