TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 11 JULY, 10am
As part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, Asian Arts Agency and ICA present the London premiere of the Sarathy Korwar Drum Ensemble.
Genre-breaking drummer, producer and composer Sarathy Korwar presents a live rendition of his forthcoming album – the first release on his own new label – made up entirely of live drums, drum-triggered electronics and human voices.
For this special one-off show, the band will comprise 10+ drummers, playing an expansive version of the album.
Expect hypnotic and trance-inducing cyclical drum patterns – futuristic folk music that draws from South Asian temple procession rituals, jazz percussion ensembles and contemporary minimalism.
“His rhythmically intense, entrancing vision adds a whole new spin to the Indo-jazz continuum.” (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ MOJO)
The album is performed as one continuous piece of music without breaks. Interludes and solo spotlights draw the focus on specific musicians and exchanges, all within the framework of a single running piece of music.
“Korwar takes in the political and radical history of jazz as a voice of the disenfranchised, and applies it to the Indian diaspora experience in contemporary Britain” (The Vinyl Factory)
