Around the World with Different Beats
It is good news for percussion-lovers who will get to experience a series of world class drum beats. Tabla maestro Bikram Ghosh and Pete Lockett of Hollywood fame have released their maiden duet album, Kingdom of Rhythm. This album stands out for the variety of instruments used. “The drums used in the album are from across the world – Japan, Latin America, Africa and typical Indian instruments – which includes the ghatam, kanjira and tabla,” said Lockett who was in Chennai. Their idea of coming up with an album was just by chance and one can sense a lot of creativity when you hear it. Lockett recalls, “Both of us were performing in Kolkata for the last two years and eventually we planned to make an album of all our compositions. Over the period, we continuously worked to perfect it and at the same time tried to make it as innovative as possible."
"It was a big challenge as we were not only editing and mixing our music but the album was made in San Francisco, London and India. One of our tracks also has the sound of cheeks of Ghosh and utensils from his kitchen. Ghatam Suresh and bass star Kai Eckhardt of John Mclaughlin fame have played for one of our tracks.”
It is good news for percussion-lovers who will get to experience a series of world class drum beats. Tabla maestro Bikram Ghosh and Pete Lockett of Hollywood fame have released their maiden duet album, Kingdom of Rhythm. This album stands out for the variety of instruments used. “The drums used in the album are from across the world – Japan, Latin America, Africa and typical Indian instruments – which includes the ghatam, kanjira and tabla,” said Lockett who was in Chennai. Their idea of coming up with an album was just by chance and one can sense a lot of creativity when you hear it. Lockett recalls, “Both of us were performing in Kolkata for the last two years and eventually we planned to make an album of all our compositions. Over the period, we continuously worked to perfect it and at the same time tried to make it as innovative as possible."
"It was a big challenge as we were not only editing and mixing our music but the album was made in San Francisco, London and India. One of our tracks also has the sound of cheeks of Ghosh and utensils from his kitchen. Ghatam Suresh and bass star Kai Eckhardt of John Mclaughlin fame have played for one of our tracks.”
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