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eka3

21/03/2013 – 5:21 pm

In providing a new platform for Arabic Music, eka3 are sharing great music. They are opening up genres and styles including a diverse selection on their roster such as Classical, Fusion, Rock, Hip Hop and Experimental Electronica. We compiled a selection of cool tunes from their Soundcloud.

Who are Eka3?

eka3 is a pan-Arab organization strategically dedicated to creating, promoting and growing this new emerging wave by pointing it out to the world, and filling in the missing links between this scene & the Arab public.

eka3 is an initiative created by a team of artists: from musicians, photographers, visual artists to film directors.. Innovators who dream of seeing their own works achieve their full potential of reach and exposure, and upon this vision eka3 shares the dreams of musicians throughout the region.

Eka3 are the neo-generative front end of Arabic media. We are excited to hear about eka3 and the good works they are doing in promoting New Arabic Art and Culture. By allowing new streams of creative flow through the global media networks, we all share in the cultural diversity and the process of Global Harmony that comes with it.

Eka3 Social Media

Tags Acoustic, Album, Arabic, Arts, Classical, Egypt, Fusion, Label, Maqam, Middle East, Ney, Oud, Peace, Platform, Recording, Vocal | Comment (0)

Zia Mohiudin Dagar

11/12/2012 – 5:52 pm

There is an incredible, vast ocean that is revealed in the depths of sound that are present in the Rudra Veena when played in the hands of a master such as Zia Mohiuddin Dagar.

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (14 March 1929 – 28 September 1990), popularly known as Z. M. Dagar, was a North Indian (Hindustani) classical musician, one of the 19th generation of Dagar family dhrupad musicians. He was largely responsible for the revival of the rudra vina as a solo concert instrument.

This remarkable video demonstrates the illustrious depth of such a noble instrument both in terms of the emotional consonance and also the sonic integrity of the music and the quality of the recording, allows the bass tones to come rolling through and touching, literally the innermost parts of our human selves.

Links

Wikipedia

Sangeet Kendra

Article – on Dhrupad in the Dagar tradition

Excerpt from a fascinating article at www.dhrupad.info

The Concepts of Swara and Raga in Dhrupad

Dhrupad singing requires the practise of nada yoga, which is a form of laya yoga. The sadhana of nada yoga produces a resonant voice that comes from deep within, and seems to permeate the very being of the singer. The voice is different from the throaty voice that is ideal for khayal and thumri singing. It is a voice that is very rich in overtones. The author of this article can say from his personal experience of training under various Ustads of the Dagar tradition, that this sadhana involves shifting the source of sound gradually to the base of the throat (kanth mool), and further down to the heart (hriday), and the navel (nabhi) till a stage is reached when the entire region from navel to head (murdhanya) vibrates as one. There is a shloka in the Sangit-ratnakar of Sarangdev, which describes the method of producing nada. In the voice of a Dhrupad singer who has achieved siddhi in nada yoga, the intonation of a sa produces very prominent overtones of pa and ga. A similar prominence of overtones is seen in the rudra veena and the sursingar, which are regarded as read more »

Tags Acoustic, Arts, Beenkar, Classical, Dagar, Dhrupad, Full Spectrum Music for Peace, ICM, Meditation, Nada Yoga, Peace, Rudra Veena, Sangeet, Youtube | Comment (0)

Shivratri in Varanasi – A musical view in video

10/07/2012 – 5:08 pm

We are pleased to share a small selection of video clips captured at the Dhrupad Mela 2012 & Shivratri Program near Durga Mandir in Benares by our intrepid all-night team, Dominic, Darren Sangita, Baba Jeff and Devnath. We kept an all night vigil during the four nights of programs in order to enjoy and hopefully share something of the magic of Dhrupad and Indian Classical Music.

Here are some of our humble offerings. Blessings to the many performers that give their time for these programs.

Tags Acoustic, Arts, Classical, Dhrupad, Festival, India, Mallick, Musicians, Pakhawaj, Shivratri, Spiritual, Tabla, Tanpura, Varanasi, Vocal | Comment (0)

Dhrupad Mela 2012

16/03/2012 – 11:49 am

With good fortune we were able to attend the 37th Annual Dhrupad Mela in Varanasi, India. An exceptional line up appeared for four nights, blissfully resounding the banks of the river Ganges with the mystical sound of Dhrupad. From 8pm till dawn the music was mellifluous and profound with many artists achieving the highest pinnacles of perfection in sound and music, allowing us to enter into transcendental states.

There is really nothing quite like the magical ambiance of sitting beside the sacred river Ganga all night long, diving deep into the subtle currents of sound that only Dhrupad reveal. Varanasi is the oldest living city in the world and in itself it is a mystical, holy city full of the echoes of devotional prayers of … read more »