'Swartarang': Adding new melodies to Indian Classical music
Kolkata, Mar 19 (IBNS): Pandit Sanatan Goswami released his latest music album 'Swartarang', along with GiMA Award winner musician percussionist Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee (who designed the sound of the album), recently, in Kolkata.
One of the key features of this album is the experimentation with the tonality of a Western music instrument, the mini xylophone, to make it suitable for Indian music.
Playing with sticks wrapped in cotton pads to add a new tonality to this foreign instrument, Pt Goswami has ensured that Indian music gets another melody machine in its closet.
According to Pt Goswami, ”With the change of tonality, now it can be played with Indian classical besides light classical music."
'Swartarang' is based on tunes that have been played with this adapted instrument.
The album features songs of Rabindranath Tagore and has been released by Raga Music.
Pt Goswami also said that he has plans to add string sections to the same instrument to make it more suitable for Indian Classical genre.
Pdt. Mukherjee, filmmaker Raja Sen, singer Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, and actors Ankita Majumdar and Parijat Chakraborty were also present at the album release.
(Reporting by Sourajit Choudhury)
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