Purna Loka Ensemble / Metaraga
| Album: | Metaraga | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Purna Loka Ensemble | Added: | Feb 2020 | |
| Label: | Origin | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2020-02-26 | Pull Date: | 2020-07-22 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 07, 2021: | Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 20, 2020)
Sysygy |
3. | Mar 03, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Abhogi Varnam |
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| 2. | Mar 10, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Alabama, Vatapi Ganapatum |
4. | Feb 20, 2020: | Old Fart At Play
Sysygy |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-02-19
Reviewed 2020-02-19
Reviewed: 2020—02-19
Genre: World
FCCs: none
Review: a genre-spanning aural landscape of world fusion with shifting influences from around the world loosely based on an Indian raga structure. I find myself on the verge of pinning down a familiar melodic phrasing when it suddenly morphs into something else. All beautifully performed. Check out the inspirations for the pieces on the inside jacket. Just sit back & enjoy the ride.
If You Like: Ancient Future, Doa, Jenny Scheinman,
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Syzygy (7:56) – table starts> uptempo jam with shifting tempos & instruments> fade
***2/ Abhogi Varnam (7:56) – violin starts> midtempo jam> fade
Triality
*3/ Movement l (6:28) – percussion starts> midtempo jam> fade
*4/ Movement ll (4:12) – violin starts> bouncy uptempo jam> quick stop
5/ Movement iii (5:13) – tablas start> lightning fast jam slows to slow tempo, then swings back up> fade
**6/ Alabama (8:13) – violin starts low> slow tempo aunting hjam with guest clarinet> swings up to midtempo, then slows again> slow fade
*7/ Vatapi Ganapatum (17:33) – violin starts with a drone> slow jam slowly builds to uptempo with different stops along the way> quick fade
*8/ Vibration (7:26) – violins start> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo> quick fade
Genre: World
FCCs: none
Review: a genre-spanning aural landscape of world fusion with shifting influences from around the world loosely based on an Indian raga structure. I find myself on the verge of pinning down a familiar melodic phrasing when it suddenly morphs into something else. All beautifully performed. Check out the inspirations for the pieces on the inside jacket. Just sit back & enjoy the ride.
If You Like: Ancient Future, Doa, Jenny Scheinman,
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Syzygy (7:56) – table starts> uptempo jam with shifting tempos & instruments> fade
***2/ Abhogi Varnam (7:56) – violin starts> midtempo jam> fade
Triality
*3/ Movement l (6:28) – percussion starts> midtempo jam> fade
*4/ Movement ll (4:12) – violin starts> bouncy uptempo jam> quick stop
5/ Movement iii (5:13) – tablas start> lightning fast jam slows to slow tempo, then swings back up> fade
**6/ Alabama (8:13) – violin starts low> slow tempo aunting hjam with guest clarinet> swings up to midtempo, then slows again> slow fade
*7/ Vatapi Ganapatum (17:33) – violin starts with a drone> slow jam slowly builds to uptempo with different stops along the way> quick fade
*8/ Vibration (7:26) – violins start> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo> quick fade
Track Listing
| 1. | Sysygy | 5. | Triality - Movement 3 | |||
| 2. | Abhogi Varnam | 6. | Alabama | |||
| 3. | Triality - Movement 1 | 7. | Vatapi Ganapatum | |||
| 4. | Triality - Movement 2 | 8. | Vibration |