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Release Date: 25-09-1982
Label: Erdenklang Musik
Catalog Number: EK825315
Barcode: 723091531528
Musical Style: New Age
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natürliche Liebe | 5 | Neun Muscheln |
| 2 | Mikrokosmos | 6 | Märchenberg |
| 3 | Grotte | 7 | Esotera |
| 4 | O Monena | 8 | Ruby Roy |
Description:
Tri Atma 'The three souls': A Fusion of indian rhythms and melody structures with European music and the improvisation techniques associated with jazz and rock - Melodious, rhythmic, occasionally meditative and magical instrumental music - concertante instrumental pop music. State of the art' music without a philosophical background for a pleasant ambiente. Music for the soul and for the body. Definitions concerning the music of a group which has remained true to its principles. Always in the peripheral zones of popular instrumental music, Tri Atma has outlasted the seventies' Disco Wave, New Wave, New German Wave and the Anglo-Saxon pop of the 1980's. They cannot even be tied down to New Age Music, although admittedly original elements of this music direction can be discerned in their style; this is why precisely the supporters of this music trend, which has recently become so popular, are among their best friends. This developement did not proceed without adjustments to the course. The initial recordings were still produced mainly with acoustic and analogous musical instruments and marked by Indo-European elements, while today the group works with the latest music computers and is moving away from the atmosphere of the East-West music marriage, heading towards open-future world music. However, the acoustic guitars and tablas have remained as a permanent sound component. It is in particular the resulting tension between acoustic instruments and electronic which provides the unique aspect of this group, which is one of the few successful groups performing instrumental pop music.
Biography:
Jens Fischer Born December, 1953 learned the piano and guitar as a child. At the age of 15 he played in his first rock band. From 1975 - 1979 he studied music in the classical faculty at the Academy of Music Hannover. Together with Asim Saha he founded the Tri Atma group and became preoccupied with Far Eastern music. From 1979 to 1982 he played as a live and studio guitarist in various bands. Made an LP with the studio group Dynamite Fischer which he founded and played with Inga Rumpf's group Reality, Wilde Ehe and Der Bund. In the spring of 1982 he went back to Tri Atma. In the succeeding period he also played and composed for music theatre projects, among others for Achim Gieseler's Futuristics and for the Blue Moon project. Eberhard Schoener discovered him as a guitarist and recruited him for his productions and tours. In 1986 he accompanied Jennifer Rush on her U.K. tour. Asim Saha born in Calcutta, the son of Ajit Saha, a well-known composer and vocalist in India. From 1970 to 1975 he studied Indian music, concentrating on tabla, under various masters as, for example, Kermatulla-Khan, Kamalesh Maitra and Shankarlal. In 1975 Asim came to Germany and since then he has been engaged in European music. In 1977 he founded the Tri Atma Group, a fusion of Indian rhythms and melody structure and the improvisation techniques associated with jazz rock. In 1978 this group won a special prize of the German Future Pop Musicians Festival. In 1980 Asim Saha became the lecturer at Bremen University in this field, organizing workshops and seminars at music academies and other state institutions in Germany. 1983 was the beginning of his cooperation with the Indian dancer Madhumita and with her he developed the dance programme covering music and dance from India. In 1985 he founded in Hamburg the German Institute for the Performing Arts of India, a cultural centre at which participants can become acquainted with dancing, the art of cooking, literature, music, yoga, language etc. and in general the art and culture of India.
