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Release Date: 09-06-1997
Label: Hearts of Space
Catalog Number: HS11061-2
Barcode: 25041106122
Musical Style: New Age
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghazal de Savoy | 5 | Boot and Paisley |
| 2 | Bahadur Shah's Last Poem | 6 | Night Crossing |
| 3 | Black Marble and Sweet Fire | 7 | Mercedes (the Passion of the Late Nizam) |
| 4 | Prayer for X | ||
Description:
In this elegant transcultural fusion, two modern German artists revive the stylish opulence, nostalgic grandeur and poetic refinement of India’s great 19th century Mughal Empire.
Black Marble and Sweet Fire is an original work of art woven from historic inspirations, traditional instruments, ambient electronics and exotic percussion.
The music is rhythm-actuated and the atmosphere is spatially charged, with Khan on Indian sitar, surbahar (bass sitar) and keyboards, Taschner on keyboards and sound design, plus Middle Eastern and North African percussion, contralto and a bit of gentle Urdu poetry.
Biography:
Al Gromer Khan is the best European member of the legendary Khani-Gharana lineage of sitarists, a tradition that considers melodic beauty to be the highest musical virtue.
