Description
On Landscapes of Eternity flautist and composer Naissam Jalal explores the connection between music, nature, and spirituality at the heart of the Hindustani tradition. Although the music is shaped through a contemporary and deeply personal lens, it is rooted in the language of Indian classical music.
Traveling alone in North India for several months, Jalal wandered through landscapes and sacred sites, met masters and musicians, absorbed the sounds, smells and sensations of this unique journey, inviting us to a new way of listening to the world. From this experience emerged an intimate, contemplative, and profound repertoire, where Jalal's flute becomes the vehicle for an inner journey rooted in the breath of life.
Landscapes of Eternity presents intimate musical compositions true to the artist's sensations and feelings, anchored explicitly in a traditional source. The distinctive instrumentation echoes a contemporary style while drawing strongly from Hindustani tradition. Each piece is rooted in a specific Raga and Tala structural beats through to Taga Kafi, whose scales corresponds to the Dorian mode used by John Coltrane and 20th century French composers.
"An impressionist album drawing on the language of Indian classical music while following a personal and contemporary approach. Though not easy to categorise, this is an album for followers of Spiritual Jazz, World Music, and Contemporary Classical ." - Songlines
Naissam Jalal: flute, voice, composition
Sanrat Pandit: vocal
Sougats Roy Chowdhury: sarod
Leonardo Montana: piano
Nabankur Bhattacharya: tabla
Zaza Desiderio: drums
Flo Comment: tanpura
