| Rakkatak / Small Pieces |
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| Album: | Small Pieces | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Rakkatak | Added: | 04/2017 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-05-04 | Pull Date: | 2017-07-06 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 9 Jul | 2 Jul | 25 Jun | 18 Jun | 4 Jun | 28 May | 21 May | 14 May |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 14, 2022: | At the Cafe Bohemian (rebroadcast from Jun 14, 2017) Heliosphere | 4. | Jul 13, 2017: | Melange Thoughts Of You | |
| 2. | Feb 11, 2022: | At the Cafe Bohemian (rebroadcast from May 10, 2017) Medley Feat. Norwegian Wood | 5. | Jul 05, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian Medley Feat. Norwegian Wood | |
| 3. | Mar 01, 2018: | Melange Medley Feat. Norwegian Wood | 6. | Jul 01, 2017: | Music Casserole Eesha's Song |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2017-04-30 | ||
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Rakkatak is a group of young Canadian musicians spearheaded by tabla player Anita Katakkar who play a mixture of classical Indian and electronica. Bassist Oriana Barbato and sitarist Rex Van der Spuy add to the mix. The rhythms and modes are grounded in classical Indian music with a pop music aesthetic. World fusion at its best. NO FCC's; Favorite tracks 1, 2, 6, 7 *1- Medley Feat. Norwegian Wood – 4:55 – modal template for Beatles song starts; very clean almost crisp sounding acoustics-- lovely embedding of actual tune; contapuntal tunes going on around and under it *2- Dreaming – 4:58 –shimmering santur plus dreamy sounding voice 3- Heliosphere – 4:46 – skillful sitar; airy but with a drumbeat 4—YYZ – 5:21-- cover of Rush's YYZ; harder driving rhythm; segues into edginess 5- Eesha's Song – 5:13 – fast tabla with sitar and violin; dense tapestry of sound; rhythm segues western two thirds of the way through *6 – Rain After the Fire – 7:06 – a soundscape of rain falling on charred ground; slowly at first and then picking up speed; santour adds urgency; drum sounds speed toward end with glimmers of glockenspiel **7 – Thoughts of You – 5:18 – opens with Indian-style vocalizing over bass chords and switches to English lyrics; lushly sensual hymn to Lord Krishna 8 – Riffing on 9 –3:48 – electronic beat and synth; early Katakkar work | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Medley Feat. Norwegian Wood | 5. | Eesha's Song | |||
| 2. | Dreaming | 6. | Rain After The Fire | |||
| 3. | Heliosphere | 7. | Thoughts Of You | |||
| 4. | Yyz | 8. | Riffing On 9 |