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- Summary: The latest full-length release for London-based Sarathy Korwar was produced by Photay and features guest appearances from Kushal Gaya, Kodo, and Noni-Mouse.
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- Record Label: The Leaf Label
- Genre(s): Electronic, Jazz, Folk, Pop/Rock, International, Experimental Electro, Indian Subcontinent Traditions, Indian Classical, Electro-Acoustic, Global Jazz, Indian
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Nov 14, 2022Made in collaboration with electronic producer Photay, Kalak is a beguiling body of work, enveloping the listener in undulating synth melodies, layered horn fanfares and vocal features – all driven forward by Korwar’s ever-present percussion.
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Nov 14, 2022A deft, warming album that grounds the listener while coaxing them to think bigger.
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Nov 14, 2022Abetted by producer Photay's sharp editing skills and tactile sound design, KALAK's wildly careening spirituals up the ante with missionary glee and emotional intelligence, Korwar tapping into the diversity of the Indian diaspora via some of his most captivating, immediate and inventive compositions to date. Not for the first time, he's raised the bar. [Dec 2022, p.88]
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Nov 14, 2022The bottom line is that Kalak is a musical manifesto of South Indian futurism. It stands out from the ideologies, prejudices, and cultural conceits of the West, offering an instructive, wildly diverse aesthetic approach that demands to be observed, critiqued, and celebrated on its own terms.
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The WireNov 22, 2022This new album manages to project an even simpler and more accessible surface with extraordinary depths of reference and feeling, even a track dedicated to Begum Rokeya, the Bengali feminist educator and author of the extraordinary genderswitching utopian fiction Sultana’s Dream. [Dec 2022, p.57]
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UncutNov 14, 2022This is rebel music as passive resistance, blissfully embodying change. [Dec 2022, p.29]
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Dec 12, 2022‚Back in the day‘ one of my favourite tracks aptly close to the shortest day of the year moving in my mind from winter to summer in 5 minutes.
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