| Teasley, Tom / Dreams Of India |
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| Album: | Dreams Of India | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Teasley, Tom | Added: | Nov 2015 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-11-29 | Pull Date: | 2016-01-31 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 6 |
| Airplays: | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 01, 2018: | Melange Dance For Arvasu | 4. | Dec 02, 2015: | Home on the Range Om Tat Sat | |
| 2. | Aug 23, 2016: | It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood Fire Dance | 5. | Dec 01, 2015: | It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood Whispers In The Wind, Om Tat Sat | |
| 3. | Dec 03, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio COP TALK Om Tat Sat | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2015-11-25 | ||
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Indian-fusion by Tom Teasley, Peabody Conservatory-trained musician. A sonic reimagining of the “Mahabharata”, as portrayed by Indian playwright Girish Karnad in his play, “The Fire and the Rain.” Uses a variety of acoustic and electronic instruments to create sonic tapestries; very light and airy with springy rhythms No FCC's; play any track; they're all good 1-Om Tat Sat--4:44 – has a pleasing bandoneon-like/dombek sound, nice melody, vocals in background 2-Whispers in the Wind –5:32 – more traditional tabla-sound with vocal percussion and vibratone-like sound 3- Breath of Smoke -3:41- vocal percussion and bamboo flute create feeling of breath 4-Fire Dance – 3:42 – Uptempo doumbek solo leads the way; all percussion 5-Indra and Arvasu – 3:10-- more traditional Indian sound with quarter tones 6-Mask of Vritra – 3:49- Irish Bodhran adds interesting timbre, vocal percussive whispers; mostly percussive 7-Silver Rain – 3:34 – synth drone with glockenspiel and cymbals; definitely drop-like 8—Sacrifice – 4:40 – hypnotic rhythm, vocal percussion 9-Dance for Arvasu –4:41- starts slow with drone and bandeon-like melody; dombeks kick in and melody becomes lively, playful, bouncy 10-Sketches of India –3:27 – more Asian-sounding with bamboo flute; voices in background 11-Namaste –3:24 – slower, meditative; more Indian-sounding 12—Fists of Karna –3:00- percussion in foreground with drone behind | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Om Tat Sat | 7. | Silver Rain | |||
| 2. | Whispers In The Wind | 8. | Sacrifice | |||
| 3. | Breath Of Smoke | 9. | Dance For Arvasu | |||
| 4. | Fire Dance | 10. | Sketches Of India | |||
| 5. | Indra And Arvasu | 11. | Namaste | |||
| 6. | Mask Of Vritra | 12. | Fists Of Karna |