{"product_id":"salamat-ali-khan-metamusik-festival-berlin-74-vol-ii-vinyl-lp-pre-order-out-10-23-26","title":"Salamat Ali Khan - Metamusik Festival Berlin '74 Vol.II (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER - Out 10\/23\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a pre-order. It will ship on or around 10\/23\/26 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Truffle presents a second volume of unheard concert performances from legendary Pakistani kyhal singer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalamat Ali Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, recorded at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie as part of the MetaMusik festival in 1974. Like the first volume, the immaculate recording by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Hönig\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (of krautrock legends \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgitation Free\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) captures Khan performing a single extended raag in the company of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eShaukat Hussein Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on tabla and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHussein Bux Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on harmonium. In addition to his stunningly inventive and moving vocal performance, Khan is heard accompanying himself on a specially tuned alpine zither (in place of the traditional swarmandal, an Indian style of zither). The lack of an underlying tanpura drone gives the music its characteristic floating quality, with the three instruments and voice masterfully dancing around one another as they sketch the outlines of this grand, 40-minute Raag Chandrakauns. If anything, this epic performance of the late-night Raag Chandrakauns is even more seductively spacious and psychedelic than the music heard on the first volume. Obeying the traditional shape of Hindustani classical vocal music performance, a gradual rise in both pitch and rhythmic activity, the music hovers for twenty minutes in a reflective calm, the pulse only gently stated by the tabla while harmonium ornamentation and zither strums float by. In this meditative space, Khan gradually orients us to the contours of the raag, beginning with long notes at the bottom of his register. His improvisation at once builds with a stunningly firm sense of internal logic and seems liberated to explore every melodic and ornamental byway that comes up along the way. By the record's second side, the music has grown into something far more frenetic, with virtuoso tabla passages at times occupying center stage between Khan's increasingly rhythmic melodic variations. Concluding with a sequence of unison tabla and voice passages of breathtaking complexity, the performance is met with rapturous applause. Arriving in a blue-toned variant of the first volume's sleeve, with acclaimed musicologist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Pannke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's liner notes in the original German, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetamusik Festival Berlin '74 Volume II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not to be missed. Essential listening not just for Hidustanti classic aficionados, but for anyone who needs reminding of the magic of collective music making in the moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48593360421082,"sku":null,"price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/5705\/3402\/files\/BT148LP_CU.jpg?v=1789254521","url":"https:\/\/jackpotrecords.com\/products\/salamat-ali-khan-metamusik-festival-berlin-74-vol-ii-vinyl-lp-pre-order-out-10-23-26","provider":"Jackpot Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}