Gupta, Sameer / A Circle Has No Beginning
| Album: | A Circle Has No Beginning | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Gupta, Sameer | Added: | Jan 2018 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2018-01-23 | Pull Date: | 2018-03-27 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 25 | Mar 18 | Mar 11 | Mar 4 | Feb 25 | Feb 18 | Feb 11 | Jan 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 21, 2018: | Melange
Little Wheel Spin And Spin |
4. | Mar 07, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Little Wheel Spin And Spin |
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| 2. | Mar 24, 2018: | Music Casserole
Little Wheel Spin And Spin |
5. | Mar 03, 2018: | the acupuncture hour of music
Little Wheel Spin And Spin |
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| 3. | Mar 14, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Little Wheel Spin And Spin |
6. | Mar 01, 2018: | Melange
With Blessings, Two Faces Of The Moon, Little Wheel Spin And Spin |
Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2018-01-18
Reviewed 2018-01-18
Brooklyn-based percussionist and composer with Indian roots has created a masterful fusion album that draws the best from Eastern and Western; music to my ears and I hope to yours
NO FCC's; Favorite tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 12
**1 –(5:17) Little Wheel Spin and Spin – Buffy Sainte-Marie song I'm very partial to, done with vocals that are eminently intelligible as well as a sound tapestry that enfolds it; mesmerizing
*2—(5:34) Taiwa—homage to South African jazz pianist; beautifully rendered with violin, piano and synths
3—(6:49) Innocence in Harlem-- pretty jazz improv with synths, horns, keyboards, drums; Indian violin; East segues in and out of West
4—(3:37) Come Take Everything (Intro)-- very slow and South Asian and somewhat dissonant
5—(6:44) Come Take Everything-- picks up speed and sounds more Middle Eastern and then pretty much modern jazz
*6 –(6:25) Two Faces of the Moon – Native American Indian movement song paired with late night raga; American Indian meets Indian-Indian; lush
7—(7:08) Tyagaraja Dreams in Brooklyn – based on a tune by 18th century Carnatic composer—starts with mysterious soundscape; segues into rhythmic South Asian piece with jazz elements
*8—(8:45) With Blessings-- intro with jazz riffs builds on classic Golden Era Bollywood
9—(2:20) Crows at Sunset (Intro)-- soundscape starts with sitar coming in
10 – (6:17) Crows at Sunset – ominous-sounding motif sets in with Indian instruments playing in unison segues to western jazz
11—(3:41) Run for the Red Fort – jazz-infused raga
*12—(11:21) Prog-Raag Bhimpalasi-- spacious meditation on a melody from shennai master Bismillah Khan
NO FCC's; Favorite tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 12
**1 –(5:17) Little Wheel Spin and Spin – Buffy Sainte-Marie song I'm very partial to, done with vocals that are eminently intelligible as well as a sound tapestry that enfolds it; mesmerizing
*2—(5:34) Taiwa—homage to South African jazz pianist; beautifully rendered with violin, piano and synths
3—(6:49) Innocence in Harlem-- pretty jazz improv with synths, horns, keyboards, drums; Indian violin; East segues in and out of West
4—(3:37) Come Take Everything (Intro)-- very slow and South Asian and somewhat dissonant
5—(6:44) Come Take Everything-- picks up speed and sounds more Middle Eastern and then pretty much modern jazz
*6 –(6:25) Two Faces of the Moon – Native American Indian movement song paired with late night raga; American Indian meets Indian-Indian; lush
7—(7:08) Tyagaraja Dreams in Brooklyn – based on a tune by 18th century Carnatic composer—starts with mysterious soundscape; segues into rhythmic South Asian piece with jazz elements
*8—(8:45) With Blessings-- intro with jazz riffs builds on classic Golden Era Bollywood
9—(2:20) Crows at Sunset (Intro)-- soundscape starts with sitar coming in
10 – (6:17) Crows at Sunset – ominous-sounding motif sets in with Indian instruments playing in unison segues to western jazz
11—(3:41) Run for the Red Fort – jazz-infused raga
*12—(11:21) Prog-Raag Bhimpalasi-- spacious meditation on a melody from shennai master Bismillah Khan
Track Listing