Music Of The Deserts - Sound Scapes by Zakir Hussain CD $16.99

Music Of The Deserts - Sound Scapes Music CD By?Zakir Hussain

'Music of the Deserts' is a part of multi platinum selling Sound Scape series. The album features composer Zakir Hussain along with Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Sadik Qureshi, Vinayak Vohara, Taufique Qureshi, Piyush Kanojia and Salim Merchant among others.

Putting in the words of Zakir Hussain:

'Desert impresses me. There is absolute silence, but in its midst, you hear so many things - the sweep of the wind, the cries of the birds and the rustle of the animals moving across the sandy surface. I respond to the earthy environments of heat and cold, the engulfing awesomeness of the harsh contours. Desert people fascinate me with their pristineness, and organic approach to life.

The traditional cultures of the deserts in our part of the world (India, the Middle East and North Africa) have much in common in terms of rhythms and instruments. In my compositions, I have used these common elements and included popular traditions from all these areas to take the listener through the experience of being there, bringing together sounds, rhythms and melodies that I have heard in these deserts myself. You will hear, as I did, melodic strains that seems to echo through all these areas - the result perhaps of nomadic flows - and in the insistent, urgent percussion beats, you too will glimpse the courage and valour of all desert people.

A different aura surrounds the mysterious ice desert of Ladakh with its Tibetan and central Asian connections. This composition is my musical interpretation of its landscape, majestic yet bleak, and the deep spirituality of its people and monasteries.'

Tracks Listing

1. Sandstorm
2. The Great Indian Desert
3. Ladakh, The Ice Desert
4. Desert Heartbeat
5. Where Deserts Meet
6. Nomads