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A potpourri of accessible World Fusion Music featuring
an array of musical talent from around the world.
(released in 1994)
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Selections
(Click on undelined song names for mp3)
| 1
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| Peace Please
| (Emam)
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| 2
| (11:20)
| Give Five
| (Deepak)
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| 3
| ( 4:13)
| Delhi Groove
| (Emam)
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| 4
| ( 4:44)
| KML
| (Emam)
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| 5
| ( 6:00)
| Oh Mata
| (Trad./Emam)
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| 6
| ( 7:07)
| Mantra
| (Deepak)
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| 7
| (11:12)
| Poona Blues
| (Emam/trad.)
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| 8
| ( 5:45)
| Kumaon Hills
| (Emam/Turkantam)
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| 9
| ( 3:49)
| Drums of Peace
| (Emam)
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| 10
| ( 3:26)
| Goodbye for now
| (Turkantam)
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In 1991 Emam was awarded a Professional Development grant for the Performing Arts by the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS). Indian Dream was conceived and created during his stay in India between 1992 & 1993.
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| Musical Credits |
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- Zoltan Lantos
- Violin on #1,2,5; tanpura on #6
- Naushad Ahmed
- Tabla on #3,5;
- Emam
- Dumbak on #1,3,5;tabla on #1,2,7; nylon string guitar on #4;bayan on #3;
- Gaurang Choudhary
- mandal on #1;
- Deepak Ram
- bansuri on #2,6,7;
- Turkantam
- Guitar on #2,7; keyboards (bass) on #2;keyboard on #7;voices on #7;12 string guitar on 4;
- Taufiq
- Clay Drum on #3; midi drums on #7;Timbale on #1;
- Babu Lal
- Dholak on #3;
- Farhad Dadyburjor
- keyboards on #4;
- M.H. Khan
- sitar on #5;
- Sami Khan
- sarod on #5;
- Ravi Rohtgi
- dholak on #5;
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Notes From Emam:
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I have been a student of tabla since 1977.
My teachers have been:
Ustad Alla Rakha, Ustad Inam Ali Khan, and since 1983
Ustad Zakir Hussain.
Since 1978 I have also been a disciple of:
Maha Avatar Babaji, with whom I spent much time in India
prior to his Maha Samadhi in 84.
This album is dedicated to the spirits of Babaji and My Father.
A brief introduction to the main musicians who contributed
to this CD:
- Zoltan Lantos (violin)
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Zoltan has been playing violin since the age of seven. At the
Bela Bartok Conservatory, a prestigious high school for music,
Zoltan trained under Gyorgyi Repassy and became the concert master
and soloist for the Budapest Youth Chamber Orchestra.
Zoltan received his music degree from the Teacher's Training College
of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1984. In 1985, he was
awarded a music scholarship from the government of India. Between
1985 and 1994, Zoltan lived in India studying instrumental music
under the guidance of Professor Debu Chaudhuri, Dean of Music
Faculty at the Delhi University.
- Deepak Ram (bansuri-bamboo flute)
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We met in January 1992 at a private concert by Hariprasad
Chaurasia at the Holiday Inn, Delhi. Deepak is a South African with
Indian ancestors. Deepak began studying bansuri and tabla in 1975,
and has been a disciple of Hariprasad Chaurasia, India's grand master
of bansuri, since 1981. Deepak holds a masters degree in music from
the University of Durban, South Africa. He currently lives in England.
- Taufiq Qureshi (percussion)
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Taufiq is the youngest son of the legend of tabla, Ustad Alla Rakha.
That makes him Zakir Hussain's youngest brother. Growing up in a
musical family, Taufiq has rhythm in his blood. We met for the
first time in 1982 in Bombay, where he spends most of his time in
recording studios. A fantastic percussionist with any instrument at
any speed!
- Turkantam (guitars)
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I met Turkantam (Matteo Sorrentino) in 1983 in Hairakhan
(Maha Avatar Babaji's ashram in the Himalayan Foothills
- North India).
He is a musician from the heart.
Turkantam gave up a financially promising Rock & Roll career
in Italy in 1981 and went to Babaji to find what he could not buy
with money. From then on his musical career became about
incorporating Devotional Indian music into Western styles of music.
He lives in France with his lovely family.
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| Technical Credits |
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- Produced by
- Emam
- Recording
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Recorded/mixed/edited at The Digital Domain (Bombay) by Farhad Dadyburjor,
on an AKAI ADAM 12 track digital - Except: Mantra,
Oh Mata and basic tracks for Delhi Groove,
Peace Please and Drums of Peace were recorded
at S. Kalyani Studios (Delhi) by Rajinder Gandhi & Emam - Direct
to DAT.
- Mastering
- Desitrek Studios (Portland, OR) by Mike Demmers.
- Sound effects on Give Five and Kumaon Hills
- Mike Demmers.
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Reviews
PJ Birosik - Awareness Magazine Jan, 95
This virtual United Nations of an ensemble has created some of
the freshest, most entertaining and accessible World Fusion
music ever! A heady instrumental brew distinguished by elements
of African, Eastern European, Jazz, Blues, Middle Eastern, and
New Age. The release was recorded digitally in India and boasts
not only superior sound quality but impassioned performances by
inspired artists. Emam (USA/Iran)'s inventive use of hand drum
rhythms lays a solid foundation for the group, and his soothing
lullaby 'KML' which boasts delicious guitar interplay between
Emam and European 12-string whiz, Turkantam is simply exquisite.
Deepak Ram (S. Africa)'s very peaceful flute solo on 'Mantra' is
subtly enhanced by shimmering sounds of Zoltan Lantos (Hungary)'s
tanpura; but it is on tracks like the traditional Indian devotional
melody 'Oh Mata' and the completely contemporary 'Peace Please'
that the group really swings. A must have!
Dick Dorsett - Victory Review - April 1995
Billed as 'World Fusion Music' Indian Dream offers more than
that category suggests. I'm a sucker for cuts like 'Peace Please',
with a jazzy violin solo sets against a strong Middle Eastern tabla
rhythm. Then 'Poona Blues' - no kidding - mixes blues with Indian
classical music. Deepak Ram's bansuri (bamboo flute) is an
outstanding addition to the up-tempo and quieter Indian music tunes
and moves this CD into the ranks of 'highly recommended.'
Tabla, dumbak and hand-drum rhythmic pieces ('Delhi Groove',
'Drums of Peace') match Emam's percussive ideas with those of fellow
percussionist Taufiq Qureshi.
A longish (11:20) 'Give Five' demonstrates another blending -
this time of North Indian classical music with jazz.
The quieter 'KML', 'Mantra' and 'Goodbye for Now' balance the over all
fast tempo of Indian Dream. Finally, I like 'Kumaon Hills,' with
thunder and rain background sound effects for a Himalayan foothills
flute tune. You will too.
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