Trilok Gurtu: Massical

 

Utpal Borpujari reviews Trilok Gurtu’s latest album "Massical"

Gurtu’s latest album ‘Massical’ reflects his thought process, which refuses to adhere to a particular genre of music — classical or mass music. Recorded in various studios in Italy, Germany and India, ‘Massical’ is what one can describe as a true international album,which involves participation by artists of various nationalities, playing compositions influenced by many cultures and instruments that come from various continents.
In a sense, this musician creates an autobiographical musical journey in this album, giving samples of various musical traditions that he has imbibed in his journey that started with the music by his mother and her contemporary classical giants. It then moved on to jazz and world music through a stint as a percussionist with RD Burman. “In the 55 minutes of ‘Massical’, I have put my entire journey from the age of five till now. I went through a lot of hardships, I had to come up with new ways of playing as people didn’t understand the way I play,” he says.

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Trilok Gurtu

Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu's year in review.

Trilok Gurtu and his Talking Tabla have been associated for 20 years with great musicians of India like his mother Shobha Gurtu, Zakir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan and Shankar Mahadevan, African divas like Omu Sangare from mali ,Angelique Kidjo from Benin and Salif Keita from Mali. He has performed a drum solo with John Maclaughlin and a song with pop great Nene Cherry. He also presented 2 live tracks at the opening of the Indian Festival in Copenhagen.

Trilok also presented a concert at Amsterdam’s prestigious Concertgebouw, where the video of his career was shown and he also played with one of top pop groups of Holland called Blof. The queen of Holland was also present.

Trilok also performed at the Hindu Festival in Chennai with Selva Ganesh and his father Vikku in a sold-out concert and did recordings with Omara Portundo in Cuba and Turkish pop star and Eurovision winner Sertab this year. In 2008, Trilok will perform at the prestigous Celtic Festival, the Brughausen & Bremen Festival in Germany and in Spain with Flamenco, Brazilian and African musicians and with Jan Garbarek and others.

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