ChArTaL
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Music from 4 Serene Souls
Taiwan
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| Member Since | 8/3/2007 | | Band Website | http://blog.yam.com/chartal | | Band Members | Saddik/ Guitar
Janelle/ satar, violin, voice
Yo / Sitar
Waka/ Tabla | | Record Label | Unsigned |
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| About ChArTaL |
~ Inspired by the entrancing melodies and meditative rhythms of India and central Asia, the group ChArTaL brings together four talented musicians. ChArTaL welcomes you to share the passion and joy of music, the universal language of peace.
Join the journey to harmony and brotherhood, with ChArTaL!
The formation of “ChArTaL” was no accident. The four musicians in the group all come from the Far East, and “musically” represent Indian, Turkish, and Arabesque traditions. Together, the musicians have recreated the three major cultural contours that trace along the legendary and ancient Silk Road. While Taiwan has little to do with the history of the Silk Road, the musicians met here, and a shared love for world music brought them together. With a broad global outlook, the members of ChArtTaL hope their soulful music inspires peaceful musical reflections within; so much so, that the fancy idea of fused styles fades away to the experience of a refreshing new mood, as the ingenuity of an ageless musical art reveals the great memory of civilization. Let the magic fingers of ChArTaL transport your experience beyond conventional “Ethnic music” into a brand new fusion of music and spiritual passion…
“ChArTaL” combines three types of music: the music of the North Indian Classics, “Raga” and “Tala;” and the classical repertoire of the Uyghurs, the “12 Muqum.” The group cultivates a deeper fusion of improvisational styles that unite Indian, Central Asian and Flamenco music that together provide a unique cross-over standard: the more ancient global classics are fused with modern jazz, contemporary folk and various popular styles to create an exciting and novel world musical inspiration.
Waka (full name: Toshihiro Wakaike) / Indian Tabla
Waka was born in Osaka, Japan.In 1987, Waka went to Varanasi, India. For 8 years, he worked with Master Shree Keshav Rao Nayak on benares styles of playing Tabla. Later in 2001, He also worked with Master Shree Dilip Mukherjee for 7 years on Farkabad styles. Having been experienced in tabla performing art, Waka has given numerous concerts and workshops in India, Japan, Thailand and Taiwan, and four major international released records.
http://www.myspace.com/tablawaka
Yo (Full Name: Ryohei Kanemistu) / Sitar
Yo was born in Chiba, Japan. During a backpacker trip to India in 2001, he encountered the Indian instrument “sitar”. In 2002, Yo formed a jazz duo “Saraswati” in Okinawa. In 2004, he entered Hindusthani classical music department at Visva-Bharati university in India, and began his serious studies in sitar performance. Having had 6 years of experiences with sitar and North Indian music, Yo has been invited giving numerous concerts and workshops in India, Japan and Taiwan, such as Visva-Bharati university hall, Arobind Asram, International development institute(India) ,Kyoto Saga art collage(Japan), Pas36, German Culture Center, Little White House, Eslite Bookstore (Taiwan--, and so forth.
http://www.myspace.com/sitaryo
Saddik Shiao / Guitar
Saddik is a Taiwanese born contemporary guitarist who is based in Taipei. He is specialized in folk, jazz, classical and flamenco styles. Having been recognized as one of the most devoted musician believers in Osho, the well –known Indian spiritual philosophy, Saddick became a major figure in the styles of combining religious practices into his western trained norms and idioms of playing. Saddick has worked with musicians from all over the world, such as Rahim(Finland), Bhati(Australia), Atmo(Germany), Neera(UK), Dinraj(US), and so forth. Saddik has also been an active figure in cross-over music scene.
Janelle Chang / satar, violin, voice
Janelle is a Taiwan-based multi-instrumentalist on violin, erhu, piano, satar(Uyghur bowed tambour), vocalist, composer and improviser, whose styles combine Chinese, Turkic, Near eastern, jazz, classical and contemporary of sorts. Having studied in contemporary improvisation Department at New England Conservatory and the Art Research Institute of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, Janelle has established an unique personal style of improvisation and composition fused with these three major contours: ethnic, classical, jazz and contemporary music. Janelle has worked with the top-rate artists from all these fields on numerous concerts and recordings, including Joe Maneri, Hankus Netsky, Tami Machnai, Hey Rim Jeon, just to name a few. Her works have been highly-appraised by influential music figures such as Joe Maneri, Ran Blake, Danilo Perez, George Garzone, and the Chinese pop producer, Guo Rem Haung. Her recent projects are the world music and contemporary fusion in the fields of Chinese, Silk Road roots, western folk and jazz, with group ChArTaL and Sizhukong.
http://www.myspace.com/janelleyichen
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