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Talvin Singh — Butterfly
Album: OK
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6.4

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Total ratings: 1633









Released: 1998
Length: 4:23
Plays (last 30 days): 1
(Instrumental)
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Very Pat Metheny in a good way.
 Hannio wrote:

I'm a sucker for anything with a sitar or bagpipes.  Come to think of it, a sitar-bagpipe mashup would be awesome.



have a listen to the Vancouver band "Dehli 2 Dublin", their album Electric Planet feature some fun celtic-indian vibes.  Cheers.
Also check out Skye-based Celtic fusion band, Niteworks! 
I needed that this morning! I can't be grumpy and lethargic now ...
It's OK
Butterfly? Sounds like mosquitos!
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
For me, seeing someone play tabla really well is a joy to behold. A good player can do things with two drums, palms and fingers that you would not have thought possible. Talvin has to be one of the most accomplished players there has ever been. Not only has he mastered traditional playing, he has taken it through to fit into other styles and pushed the limits.

I can totally understand not everyone 'getting it' but it certainly has a place here on RP to let people hear something they would normally never listen to.  

Seven years on from seeing Talvin and this post, I actually bought a second hand set of Tabla drums and have to report that they are the most difficult drums I have played. Admittedly, I did not take ANY lessons, but it only increases my admiration for anyone who plays them well.  

Yes I know RP is all about embracing new sounds, new artistsetc   Getting out of your comfort zone.  But, Lordy, this is just terrible.  Sounds like a 33 played at 45.  
WOW, I'm a huge RP fan, and I'm a huge Talvin Singh fan, but this is the first time I have heard to the two together!!
 Hannio wrote:
I'm a sucker for anything with a sitar or bagpipes.  Come to think of it, a sitar-bagpipe mashup would be awesome.

 
You should check out that new album by Bhadraksh MacPherson.
I'm a sucker for anything with a sitar or bagpipes.  Come to think of it, a sitar-bagpipe mashup would be awesome.
Great mix... Awesome vibes!
About to fly to India and buy me a Royal Enfield then spend the next x years exploring .... this will be on the soundtrack for sure. {#Cheesygrin}
absolutely scrumptious piece, I just need to stop reading while listening to it! 👳
 dig wrote:
Have you had your coffee today?

 
{#Jump}
Whoa, manic... I was hoping to follow up with "Bhindi Bhagee."
Love this!
WON-DER-FUL
Thank you, RP!!! 
 citybiker wrote:

Is this how "The Orange Blossom Special" is done on the other side of the globe?



 

yes
I've been having a good day with PSD, then a 10-rating comes up!
Have you had your coffee today?

Is this how "The Orange Blossom Special" is done on the other side of the globe?


A certain DJ and station owner is in a very percussive mood tonight. Cut after cut big time on the tablas congas. Let it rip, Bill, but the volume does threaten to destroy my desk top speakers! 
 

Tablas on red bennies. 
I love classic Indian music... But this makes me very nervous!
Try for instance to listen (or play) Ustad Vilayat Khan or Ravi Shankar.
Wonderful!  I am so glad RP airs so many different styles of music.
I dig it.
 Poacher wrote:
For me, seeing someone play tabla really well is a joy to behold. A good player can do things with two drums, palms and fingers that you would not have thought possible. Talvin has to be one of the most accomplished players there has ever been. Not only has he mastered traditional playing, he has taken it through to fit into other styles and pushed the limits.

I can totally understand not everyone 'getting it' but it certainly has a place here on RP to let people hear something they would normally never listen to.  
 
Agreed, Usually people get slammed for not 'getting' The Grateful Dead or some such untouchable, but this piece demonstrates more expertise than most can apprehend. Not being elitist, just applauding your note.
loooooooove the tabla!
{#Drummer}
I tried really hard to like this but came up short. There are parts that are pretty neat, but there isn't enough neat to overpower the yuck.
 Poacher wrote:
For me, seeing someone play tabla really well is a joy to behold. A good player can do things with two drums, palms and fingers that you would not have thought possible. Talvin has to be one of the most accomplished players there has ever been. Not only has he mastered traditional playing, he has taken it through to fit into other styles and pushed the limits.

I can totally understand not everyone 'getting it' but it certainly has a place here on RP to let people hear something they would normally never listen to.  
 

Well said Poacher....

 Poacher wrote:
For me, seeing someone play tabla really well is a joy to behold. A good player can do things with two drums, palms and fingers that you would not have thought possible. Talvin has to be one of the most accomplished players there has ever been. Not only has he mastered traditional playing, he has taken it through to fit into other styles and pushed the limits.

I can totally understand not everyone 'getting it' but it certainly has a place here on RP to let people hear something they would normally never listen to.  
 

Well said Poacher....
I like this music! Check:Prem Joshua .

I know it's good for me. Broadens my horizons. Grinning and bearing. Just barely, but hanging in there. {#Think}
 Poacher wrote:
I can totally understand not everyone 'getting it' but it certainly has a place here on RP to let people hear something they would normally never listen to.  
 
I agree!
I certainly "get it" but don't want "it" most of the time. I can appreciate this music, but in many mixes here on RP I find this kinda stuff distracting and annoying.


oh make it stop. oh wait, i can! pause! :0
Great music to work to.... Western Beats and Indian Melodies... AWESOME!

{#Lol}

Sweet groove.


This is the best song EVER! I could listen to it again and again! Keep playing this RP!
For me, seeing someone play tabla really well is a joy to behold. A good player can do things with two drums, palms and fingers that you would not have thought possible. Talvin has to be one of the most accomplished players there has ever been. Not only has he mastered traditional playing, he has taken it through to fit into other styles and pushed the limits.

I can totally understand not everyone 'getting it' but it certainly has a place here on RP to let people hear something they would normally never listen to.  
Ah.  Good stuff. 
now..i am ok {#Good-vibes}
At times I like this kind of stuff... but right now I'm already working under pressure and it's making me more jittery...

Cool. My money's on Harry Manx for Bill's follow up.
 Hannio wrote:


Who ever knew you could make an instrument out of a bird's butt?
 
hahahaha!
the manic tabla tapping is making me nuts!
Well , more than I was a moment ago. 
All that and a whole box of ho-hos.

great great i am in better spirits
Sounds like drum and/or bass to me

Music for a fast elevator.....more naan please.

I don´t think so, sorry. RT are you out there?
im doing everything really fast
I leave the room for 10 minutes to get a snack ... and what the hell is this?
Interesting. Don't mind it, actually. 
 Misterfixit wrote:
The cloacao solo bit is terrific!  Whereas the Brazilian cloaca is played by percussive squeezes, the Andaman cloacao is percussively played via a nose flute device.  The spelling difference is attributed to Portuguese sailor's who were shipwrecked there in the 1500's.
 

Who ever knew you could make an instrument out of a bird's butt?
I saw Talvin play a few weeks ago. Simply awesome Tabla playing. 

We took a taxi to the gig and the driver used to rodie for him and did not know he was in town - a total coincidance. He also mentioned Talvin was a lazy git and would not carry his own drums. That said, he seemed a top guy on stage and performed without loops and with a most excellent sita player. 

Had to go for a curry afterwards. 

Its a 9 for me. Splendid!  

Thought this was Karsh Kale. If you like this stuff, check out his music (DK/Tabla Player out of NY).


 rdo wrote:
All right! Aphex Twin, my favorite.
 
I wish. The odd time Bill'll play Flim, but usually it's The Bad Plus' verison — which is fine, but it's not RDJ.

Ahh, a tasty morsel of Asian dub-n-bass. Definitely worth putting on the headphones for.
The cloacao solo bit is terrific!  Whereas the Brazilian cloaca is played by percussive squeezes, the Andaman cloacao is percussively played via a nose flute device.  The spelling difference is attributed to Portuguese sailor's who were shipwrecked there in the 1500's.
 alux wrote:
All you haters just need a decent set of headphones, this is gorgeous.  
 
I am listening through Bose headphones. It's righteous.

The combination of Drum&Bass with more traditional Indian sounds on this track work really well for me.
Heard it on RP. Bought the album. Thanks B&R! {#Guitarist}
 planet_lizard wrote:
No - this is the whole point - without the juxtaposition we are back to flacid ambient supermarket musak - the percussion gives it vitality and originality!
 
{#High-five} Great mounds of steaming agreement from me! In fact the intricate percussion is the most interesting thing in the song.
Some of the bongos(s) sound like they're lifted from Afro Celt
Love this!
All right! Aphex Twin, my favorite.
India Loop Guru. Very good!

cool groove
All you haters just need a decent set of headphones, this is gorgeous.  
i've developed a great fondness for indian music after visiting a few times
now i even like indian movies - kinda like a hard days night in hindi
hahahaha
I like it {#Dancingbanana}
Wow!
Never thought i'd hear Talvin Singh on RP.
Love it!

planet_lizard wrote:
No - this is the whole point - without the juxtaposition we are back to flacid ambient supermarket musak - the percussion gives it vitality and originality!
there's' nothing vital or original about it.
Ugh!! this manic tip-tapping B.S. is driving me nuts!
Sounds like the chipmunks meet indian pop... How do you say garbage in indian?
Fredrikson wrote:
die, world music! :'(
Uhm ... people from the country that brought us ABBA should think twice before grouping music from other countries into a lump category so they can dismiss it more easily. ... Closed-minded parochial stereotyping is *our* job! (Go U.S.A.!)
great stuff. He's worked with Tabla Beat Science.. if you like his stuff, check them out
I'm really digging this song. I wish it were nighttime.
Diggin' It!
fairbanksconcert wrote:
Would be so much better without the frantic drum machine - it forces the beautiful melodies to the background, and is far too fast-paced to match the melody.
No - this is the whole point - without the juxtaposition we are back to flacid ambient supermarket musak - the percussion gives it vitality and originality!
Would be so much better without the frantic drum machine - it forces the beautiful melodies to the background, and is far too fast-paced to match the melody.
Every album this guy has ever made or collaborated on is genius. And this is the top song. ...and okay with the A and Y is a scrabble word, OK? Copy entire set, paste directly into ipod.
Candela wrote:
https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?&logout=yes
BRAVO!
Fredrikson wrote:
die, world music! :'(
https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?&logout=yes
OK is not a valid scrabble word.
I'm surprised, and very happy to hear Talving on Radio Paradise! Great song!
Ian Anderson has gone techno before, in the sad early 80s when drum machines hit the scene, and the result was nothing that shall ever be heard on RP (I hope). Fortunately he came to his senses after one album, and the good, old Tull was soon back in heavy metal Grammy-winning form. Wouldn't surprise if Sir Ian (is he knighted yet?) has dabbled in Buddhism too. Nice tune here, by the way. phreels wrote:
Ian Anderson goes techno buddist!
federico wrote:
I would not call "frantic" such a repetitive, and predictable, rhythmic line. Have you ever heard Art Blakey?
Yep......and have you hard Trilok Gurtu?
I'm feeling hungry
wow - never expected to hear this on RP - this album is simply amazing
Nifty. I hear ties to some of the later work from ACSS, yes?
die, world music! :'(
phreels wrote:
Ian Anderson goes techno buddist!
Okay... this may not be "pure Indian" music, but it sure beats the pants off the Indian-trance music that was played yesterday. (Lost at Last - yech.) A jazzy beat (and flute) is somehow much preferrable over a heavy disco beat! By the way, the RP link is to a version unavailable in the U.S. Here is the same album, minus one track, available though Amazon.com - OK in the U.S.
Editorial Reviews Amazon.com OK is one phrase that's universally known and understood, and on OK Talvin Singh tries for a similar global connection. A classically trained tabla player, he's performed with Björk and Massive Attack, holds his own club nights in London, and is the leading light of the burgeoning Asian Underground movement--in other words, a man of many parts. He brings them all together here--the Bollywood strings, the kannakol patterns of Indian music, and the skittering rhythms of drum & bass and jungle--to create something that is new and thoroughly vibrant. This is Britain at the millennium, drawing on its immigrants, full of Eastern promise, and ready to dive headlong into the future. An album of both intelligence and passion, it is more than OK; it's a complete marvel. --Chris Nickson
D&B on RP - I kinda like it...
Rockin'
I just love tabla.
C'est du Loooouuunnnge ! MDR!!! THX, RP!!!
A fine example of the genre at its best - the frantic rhythms creating a contrasting backdrop to the beautiful harmonies. I love it.
I would not call "frantic" such a repetitive, and predictable, rhythmic line. Have you ever heard Art Blakey? Sorry, it's the jazz fan in me ....
Restless wrote:
different :)
Welcome to the World
Drum'n'bass! A fine example of the genre at its best - the frantic rhythms creating a contrasting backdrop to the beautiful harmonies. I love it.
Very nice. One of the things I love about Radio Paradise is the exposure I get to music I can't hear anywhere else -- like this tune. Fairbank's two stations from the University of Alaska do a fairly good job of keeping it mixed-up, but not quite as good as you folks do. Funny story. My partner used to live in Paradise, CA, from whence ya'll broadcast. He had never heard of Radio Paradise until I introduced it to him after hearing ya'll streaming on the student radio station here in Fairbanks! Odd world we live in these days.
different :)
algrif wrote:
But are you sure about nº 2 ?
Sounds just wonderful from here.... hear.
Ian Anderson goes techno buddist!
Wow thats unexspected... But really nice :D Not sure i like the beat so much but the music is really soothing :D
lovely tune, haven't heard it in ages.
Half-listening, I thought it sounded celtic, and then I heard the sitar. yay!
Well, you had to follow Miles with something. It could have been worse than this, I suppose. (btw, I give this a 7 as it happens)
diane wrote:
This is climbing my ratings. I can't wait 'til I like it an 8's worth!
Where's it starting?
This is climbing my ratings. I can't wait 'til I like it an 8's worth!
Excellent. Great musicians!
algrif wrote:
Follows nicely on from Miles. Good sigue Bill.
here here!
Follows nicely on from Miles. Good sigue Bill.
good song , good album in fact, where else could we hear it but rp!
MojoJojo wrote:
All songs can be reviewed or measured by the following (among other things): (1) Does it qualify for dancing bananas? (scale: 1 to 10) (2) Would cowbell (or more cowbell) help this song? (3) Does it sound like Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Dave Mathews? In this case: (1) Definitely: Two (2) Oddly, no (3) See #2
But are you sure about nº 2 ?
The obvious segue is Paul Horn playing flute inside the Taj Mahal about 30-35 years ago.
Cool relaxing stuff with this nifty sitar twanging away in the background...