BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:46c7768c072933c11266a5419586f603 CATEGORIES:DEFAULT CREATED:20220620T155545 SUMMARY:Guy Buttery, Mohd Amjad Khan & Mudassir Khan - The Old Mushroom Farm LOCATION:The Old Mushroom Farm\, Karkloof Road DESCRIPTION:Note Venue Change - the performance has moved to The Old Mushroom Farm\nGuy Buttery invites Indian virtuosos to South Africa for a National tour\nJust weeks before South Africa went into lock-down, award winning artist Guy Bu ttery was invited to perform a concert tour of India. It was on this trip t hat Buttery collaborated with tabla master, Mohd. Amjad Khan and sarangi vi rtuoso, Mudassir Khan. The tabla is the principal percussion instrument fro m the Subcontinent and the sarangi is the 43 stringed “Indian box cello”. T he fruits of this collaboration resulted in their celebrated trio album One Morning in Gurgaon, which was released in both the UK and on vinyl in Japa n. Garnering rave reviews from across the globe, their record made the Albu m of the Year list for NPR and also charted at #10 on the World Music Chart s in Europe. This Winter Guy is returning the favour and has invited both o f these artists for a National tour of South Africa, kicking off at the Nat ional Arts Festival in Makhanda before moving through the Western Cape, Kwa Zulu-Natal and Gauteng.\nPrior to their first performance in India together , all three musicians had never actually met before, let alone made any mus ic together. Before their first concert they had only ’practised’ via voice recordings and exchanged texts somewhere between Hindi and English to brea k down the various parts of the set. Ultimately it was this unrehearsed app roach, combined with the inauspicious and eleventh-hour nature of their fir st meeting, which provided the stardust for their collaboration. Guy explai ns, “Due to Delhi traffic, our intended dry run was shaved right down to a single 60 minutes, giving us just enough time to shake hands, share a chai and tune our instruments. As a result, we went in totally blind to that fir st concert, yet what unfolded on stage over the next hour left me in comple te awe - so much so that after our performance I immediately set about aski ng anyone who would listen how we could track down a local studio to captur e our newly formed trio. As luck would have it, the very place where we had performed that first night had a basic recording set-up and we somehow man aged to secure a single morning to record.”\nBoth Mohd. Amjad Khan and Muda ssir Khan are renowned masters of their respective instruments, steeped in the Indian classical traditions from a young age. Although guardians of the ir musical heritage, One Morning In Gurgaon highlights their willingness to push the envelope of their instruments, expertly highlighted by Amjad whos e tabla playing is marked by uncanny intuition and masterful improvisationa l dexterity. Likewise, Mudassir has harnessed the potential of the rare and notoriously difficult sarangi, an instrument whose sound most resembles th at of the human voice, and an instrument which Guy confesses to, “Being ove rly obsessed with.” The combined experience of Guy’s acoustic guitar wizard ry with these two Indian master musicians culminates in an experience which is as pure and uninhibited an example of empathetic collaboration as you’l l find anywhere: A musical conversation between musicians exchanging each o ther’s ideas in the spur of the moment and feeling out the areas of crossov er with a depth that goes far beyond mimicry.\nSince their spontaneous reco rding session in India, the trio have not seen each other. The upcoming SA performances will reunite these three artists in a once-off, not to be repe ated national tour.\n \nTOUR SCHEDULE:\n29th June - 1st July – National Art s Festival, Beethoven Room, Makhanda (4 concerts)\n2nd July – The Slave Chu rch / 8pm / 40 Long St. / Cape Town City Centre - https://qkt.io/HlceOH (ht tps://qkt.io/HlceOH) \n3rd July – The Olympia Bakery / 8pm / Kalk Bay - htt ps://qkt.io/QcB2eg (https://qkt.io/QcB2eg) \n8th July – The Hilton Theatre / 7pm / Hilton College, Hilton - https://qkt.io/gamhilton (https://qkt.io/g amhilton) \n10th July – NIROX / 2pm / Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng - https: //nirox.howler.co.za/NiroxGurgaon (https://nirox.howler.co.za/NiroxGurgaon) \n“A spontaneous dream. A compendium of enrapturing sonic stories.” - PopMa tters\n“Dexterous, defiant and delicate all at once.” - Texx and The City\n “magically spirits you away to this land of enduring mystery and majesty.” - The Herald\n“these masterly improvisations weave from strands of several musical traditions a rich tapestry that is downright mesmerizing.” - Minor7 th\n\n \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Note Venue Change - the performance has moved to T he Old Mushroom Farm

Guy Buttery invites Indian virtuosos to South Af rica for a National tour

Just weeks before South Africa went into loc k-down, award winning artist Guy Buttery was invited to perform a concert t our of India. It was on this trip that Buttery collaborated with tabla mast er, Mohd. Amjad Khan and sarangi virtuoso, Mudassir Khan. The tabla is the principal percussion instrument from the Subcontinent and the sarangi is th e 43 stringed “Indian box cello”. The fruits of this collaboration resulted in their celebrated trio album One Morning in Gurgaon, which was released in both the UK and on vinyl in Japan. Garnering rave reviews from across th e globe, their record made the Album of the Year list for NPR and also char ted at #10 on the World Music Charts in Europe. This Winter Guy is returnin g the favour and has invited both of these artists for a National tour of S outh Africa, kicking off at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda before m oving through the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

Prior to t heir first performance in India together, all three musicians had never act ually met before, let alone made any music together. Before their first con cert they had only ’practised’ via voice recordings and exchanged texts som ewhere between Hindi and English to break down the various parts of the set . Ultimately it was this unrehearsed approach, combined with the inauspicio us and eleventh-hour nature of their first meeting, which provided the star dust for their collaboration. Guy explains, “Due to Delhi traffic, our inte nded dry run was shaved right down to a single 60 minutes, giving us just e nough time to shake hands, share a chai and tune our instruments. As a resu lt, we went in totally blind to that first concert, yet what unfolded on st age over the next hour left me in complete awe - so much so that after our performance I immediately set about asking anyone who would listen how we c ould track down a local studio to capture our newly formed trio. As luck wo uld have it, the very place where we had performed that first night had a b asic recording set-up and we somehow managed to secure a single morning to record.”

Both Mohd. Amjad Khan and Mudassir Khan are renowned masters of their respective instruments, steeped in the Indian classical tradition s from a young age. Although guardians of their musical heritage, One Morni ng In Gurgaon highlights their willingness to push the envelope of their in struments, expertly highlighted by Amjad whose tabla playing is marked by u ncanny intuition and masterful improvisational dexterity. Likewise, Mudassi r has harnessed the potential of the rare and notoriously difficult sarangi , an instrument whose sound most resembles that of the human voice, and an instrument which Guy confesses to, “Being overly obsessed with.” The combin ed experience of Guy’s acoustic guitar wizardry with these two Indian maste r musicians culminates in an experience which is as pure and uninhibited an example of empathetic collaboration as you’ll find anywhere: A musical con versation between musicians exchanging each other’s ideas in the spur of th e moment and feeling out the areas of crossover with a depth that goes far beyond mimicry.

Since their spontaneous recording session in India, t he trio have not seen each other. The upcoming SA performances will reunite these three artists in a once-off, not to be repeated national tour.

 

TOUR SCHEDULE:

29th June - 1st July – National Arts Fes tival, Beethoven Room, Makhanda (4 concerts)
2nd July – The Slave Chur ch / 8pm / 40 Long St. / Cape Town City Centre - https://qkt.io/HlceOH
3rd Ju ly – The Olympia Bakery / 8pm / Kalk Bay - https://qkt.io/QcB2eg
8th July – T he Hilton Theatre / 7pm / Hilton College, Hilton - https://qkt.io/gamhilton
10th July – NIROX / 2pm / Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng - https://ni rox.howler.co.za/NiroxGurgaon

“A spontaneous dream. A compendium of enrapturing sonic stories.” - PopMatters

“Dexterous, defiant and d elicate all at once.” - Texx and The City

“magically spirits you away to this land of enduring mystery and majesty.” - The Herald

“these m asterly improvisations weave from strands of several musical traditions a r ich tapestry that is downright mesmerizing.” - Minor7th

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