David Rankin
Completely blown away by the variation, the quality, the marriage of past, present and future and once again the strong message conveyed. Open your mind and ears and revel in this album.
Favorite track: Utopia Is A Colonial Project.
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Digital download available as a 24-bit 48kHz wav file. Also includes an 8-page pdf booklet featuring text and images relating to the KALAK project.
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CD in oversized gatefold wallet with 8-page booklet.
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Black vinyl LP with cover photography by Fabrice Bourgelle, plus an 8-page booklet created by Sijya Gupta, with Korwar’s notes on the concepts behind the project.
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Last few copies of this crystal clear vinyl edition with alternative cover photography by Fabrice Bourgelle, plus an 8-page booklet created by Sijya Gupta, with Korwar’s notes on the concepts behind the project. Also includes a rotating card KALAK rhythm wheel.
Originally released as a numbered limited edition of 400 through Dinked shops, these are the remaining 'spare' copies manufactured in case of defects. Please note: this remaining stock includes both numbered and unnumbered copies.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Dark green vinyl LP with alternative cover photography by Fabrice Bourgelle, plus an 8-page booklet created by Sijya Gupta, with Korwar’s notes on the concepts behind the project.
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Dark green vinyl LP with alternative cover photography by Fabrice Bourgelle, plus an 8-page booklet created by Sijya Gupta, with Korwar’s notes on the concepts behind the project.
Exclusive screenprinted KALAK cork & rubber turntable mat, in an editon of 50.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited edition dark green vinyl LP with alternative cover photography by Fabrice Bourgelle, plus an 8-page booklet created by Sijya Gupta, with Korwar’s notes on the concepts behind the project.
Exclusive screenprinted KALAK cork & rubber turntable mat, in an editon of 50.
Exclusive KALAK T-shirt printed white on maroon ethically sourced shirts printed in India. KALAK logo on front, and KALAK rhythm design on the back. Please note that these T-shirts are on the small size; for UK/EU orders we recommend ordering 1 size up, and for US orders we recommend ordering 2 sizes up.
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The follow up to the politically charged, award-winning More Arriving is an Indo-futurist manifesto - in rhythmic step with the past and the present, it sets out to describe a route forward. KALAK celebrates a rich South Asian culture of music and literature, which resonates with spirituality and community, while envisaging a better future from those building blocks.
Recorded at Real World studios with meticulous production by New York electronic musician, DJ and producer Photay, who translates these communal rhythms and practices into a timeless and groundbreaking electronic record. There’s a spirituality and warmth at play in the polyrhythms, group vocals and melodic flourishes.
The KALAK rhythm is the fulcrum upon which the 11-track project balances. After an intense lockdown induced period of reflection and meticulous note-making, Korwar boiled this down to the circular KALAK symbol which he then presented to his band before recording began. With the symbol projected on the walls in order to de-code and improvise around, Korwar had utter faith in the musicians he’d assembled and conviction in the concept.
The final part of the KALAK project is realised in the cover artwork by New Delhi-based designer Sijya Gupta. Korwar and photographer friend Fabrice Bourgelle took a light sculpture of the KALAK symbol on a road trip around Southern India, through Chennai, Pondicherry and Auroville. The evocative shots appear on the cover of the various formats, with each one offering a different angle on the country, continent and culture that inspired the album.
Vocals on 2 by Kushal Gaya
Vocals on 4 by Noni-Mouse
Vocals and drums on B3 by Kodo
Group vocals by Sarathy Korwar, Rohini Kharkar, Tushar Menon, Tamar Osborn, Alistair MacSween, Fabrice Bourgelle and Photay
Arranged, produced and mixed by Photay
Recorded at Real World Studios
Engineered by Oli Jacobs and Oli Middleton
Mastered by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering, Berlin
1, 7, 10, 11 written by Korwar/Shornstein
2 written by Korwar/Shornstein/Gaya/Osborn
3, 9 written by Korwar/Shornstein/Danalogue/MacSween/Osborn
4 written by Korwar/Shornstein/MacSween/Osborn/Noni-Mouse
5 written by Korwar/Shornstein/MacSween/Osborn
6 written by Korwar/Shornstein/Osborn
8 written by Korwar/Shornstein/Kodo
Sarathy Korwar published by Metropolis Songs Ltd
Evan Shornstein published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. obo E. Shorn (ASCAP)
Alistair MacSween published by Bucks Music Group Ltd
Danalogue published by BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd
Kodo published by Strictly Confidential
Tamar Osborn, Kushal Gaya and Noni-Mouse - copyright control
Artwork and layout by Sijya Gupta
Images by Fabrice Bourgelle and Sarathy Korwar
Great debut record from ELY featuring yours truly on drums and some other great players from London and Lefkosia, Cyprus including Tamar Osborn and Panagiotis Mina. Sarathy Korwar
The sound of movement enlightening the difference between loneliness and solitude…
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” -or something to that effect…
azucena’s ghost
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
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