Charu Hariharan’s song ‘Flight of Joy’ blends Indian classical and the western
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Malayalam musician-composer Charu Hariharan on collaborating with Greek drummer Panos Vassilopoulos for the experimental soundtrack
In musician and composer Charu Hariharan’s new crossover collaboration ‘Flight of Joy’, the East tunefully meets the West the place the rhythm of percussion blends with the dulcet melody of Carnatic music. Joining palms with Greek drummer Panos Vassilopoulos, Charu’s ‘Flight of Joy’ is an amalgam of jazz and Indian classical influences. The experimental observe was launched on the YouTube channel Women of Rhythm, a concert-based organisation that promotes ladies percussionists, on January 23.
“I am attuned to going on music tours ordinarily but there was not much professional work since the pandemic struck. During the lockdown, Panos had contacted me after watching a mridangam performance of mine during one of Women of Rhythm’s shows. We then discussed working on a crossover collaboration,” says the Thiruvananthapuram-based musician.
Production was executed nearly, with Panos working from Greece and Charu from a studio in Thiruvananthapuram. The song, which additionally weaves in a konnakol solo by Charu and a drum solo by Panos, options Berklee College of Music alumnus, Julian Schoming, from Washington DC on the keys and Chennai-based guitarist Vagu Mazan on the electrical bass. ‘Flight of Joy’ has Charu lending her voice in a single of her personal compositions for the first time.
Charu says she made an try to usher in a distinction to the beats. “Typically, we see a cycle of four or eight beats, but in ‘Flight of Joy’, we went with nine. I conceptualised the number in uptempo and utilised the four minutes to the fullest,” she says, including that cross blends are extra symphonic in uptempo.
The music video was edited by Panos, “Perhaps, one reason why we could pull this thing off with ease, despite working virtually, is that we all gave each other full freedom for one’s artistic expression,” she explains. Charu’s final tinseltown work was for the the Malayalam movie Oru Caribbean Udayippu in 2019.
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