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samaduo
Nu-Jazz / Experimental / Jam Band



Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Member Since9/21/2007
Band Websitehttp://www.norumba.com
Band MembersMustafa Stefan Dill (sarod, fretless guitar, oud) is well known in the area for his guitar, sarod, and oud work, leading a variety of his own ensembles as well as playing in mJane, Out of Context, Zevk Ensemble, and others. He has peformed solo concerts at numerous improvised music, jazz, and guitar festivals, including FMP's Total Music Meeting, Wirral Guitar Festival, Paderborn Guitar Festival, Zuid Nederlands Jazz Festival, and others.

Jefferson Voorhees ( tabla, naal, tar) resides in Albuquerque and is one of the regions most versatile and sought after percussionists. His resume includes such projects as the Tom Guralnick Trio, Bayou Seco, Stove, and Out of Context, among many others. His time spent in India studying music and percussion (as well as his performances with Iraqi oudist Rahim Alhaj) adds some particularly unique qualifcations for the project.
InfluencesK. Sridhar, Ali Akbar Khan, Amjad Ali Khan, A.R. Rahman, Zakir Hussain, Dhrupad, Led Zeppelin, Asha Bhosle, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Harry Partch, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, bhangra, Tagore, Bill Dixon, Peter Broetzmann,
Sounds LikeThis is not your typical world-music-samples-with-new-age-synth-pads-and-a-drum-program.

While often serene, it is by no means placid. The degree of dialogue and improvisational interplay, the unpredictable journeys the Duo travels to, draws the listener in, inviting one to fully engage, rather than just passively listen.
Record LabelNorumba
Type of LabelIndie


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SAMA' DUO (Mustafa Stefan Dill, Jefferson Voorhees): TRANSCULTURAL IMPROVISATIONS



Rehearsal: Untitled Yaman Rock/Funk Tune





Rehearsal: Mist, Part 1





Rehearsal: Mist, Part 2





Solo Fretless:





Burn your panpipe samples and scrub the dishes with your ambient synth pads: this is not your auntie's world music band.

Sama' Duo retains an improvisational focus, applying a deep core of both cutting-edge and ancient improvising methods within the musical traditions of India and the Middle East. The Duo reaches into the inner aspects of form and method from the established traditions, adds their previous experience as post-modern improvisors to the process and wraps it all with a rhythmically- driven, wide-ranging rock/funk ethos.

The group takes as its name a nuanced Arabic term that describes the spectrum of relationships between intense listening, spirituality, and music-making itself.

The Duo was recently chosen to provide the music score for the independent film "Birth of a Pillow" by director Sharmy Pandey, from Kolkata, India. The film is a 47 minute feature with no dialogue, requiring a continuous music score that would amplify and emotionally detail the story to a very high degree.

The Duo's current instrumentation is fretless electric guitar and drum set, though they still use the sarod/tabla combination that marked their earlier phase, as well as the underutlilzed oud/gome combination. Click here for some early demos of this direction.

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Wendy Darling





Jul 7 2009 4:34 PM

glad our paths crossed!  thanks for listening, and best in all your musical endeavors

-WD
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Jun 30 2009 4:33 AM

Thanks for the add.
Best wishes and regards from Greece
Spyros
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Jun 23 2009 12:54 PM

Good morning. I've enjoyed listening to the music of "Mist" parts 1 & 2 as recorded in the videos here. It's always fascinating to see artists enraptured in their own improvised worlds of music, especially having visited so many of my own in years gone by. Best wishes to you both.

- Chip QNP
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Jun 22 2009 1:09 AM

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Jun 18 2009 4:25 AM

pilamiya for the friendship, keep on keepin on!
much luv and respect,
your sisters on the four winds tour
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Jun 16 2009 2:33 PM

Wow! Untitled Yaman Rock Funck Tune is awesome!

This time very indian sounding, but also rocking roll!!

Again, loved it!
Paulo Grua





Jun 16 2009 2:15 PM

Thank you! Glad you like it!

I'm listening to your page right now; awesome!! "New Song in 5" is sick - rock/balcanic sounding, just love it!
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Apr 19 2009 7:02 PM

thank you!
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Mar 22 2009 5:44 AM

Hello MSD, your new Rock/Funk Tune Smokes!

Peace,

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New Music Up At:

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Mar 15 2009 12:25 AM


Thanks so much for being a friend and fan, hope your upcoming weekend rocks ! Please see our latest blog for our new video , Suraj was nomimated for Best Rock Vocalist at the World's Largest Indie Awards, please help make our Dreams a reality by voting for us.

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Dec 15 2008 12:01 AM

Thank you for adding me and thank you again for your kind words in your request. I listened to your fretless solo "Alap Jor" by way of introduction to your music even as I read through your biographical materials, fascinating!

I felt myself transported by "Alap Jor" but am unable to articulate a description of that place. I do know, however, that I want to return there.

"...the spectrum of relationships between intense listening, spirituality, and music-making itself." Yes! I commend you.

It is my genuine pleasure to have made your acquaintance.

- Chip QNP

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”
- Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
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Dec 13 2008 1:32 AM



Finally had time to check out your unique sound , was worth the wait !
Thank you your kind intro really touched us, welcome to motherjane’s world, a place where we merge our ancient Indian heritage in our appearance while embracing the music that rocks our souls.
Please check out our Rockumentary we made it for our new friends around the world.
Do keep in touch, we need you to make our dreams a reality.
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Dec 2 2008 6:05 PM

greetings from the benelux,
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Nov 15 2008 4:35 AM

Here's another funny one, but don't show it in front of the kids
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Nov 1 2008 8:57 PM

aww cool thanks for that. Glad you liked it here. The guitar festivals going strong still which is good :)
Like your stuff by the way, very unique and rather stylish
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Oct 22 2008 2:05 PM

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Oct 19 2008 6:32 PM

Great music and sound!
Thanks for the add!
best wishes
Daniele Siliquini





Oct 7 2008 8:44 PM

Hey
thanks for the add!
nice music


Daniele
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