xilddx Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Delighted that Sheema's new album just got a lovely 4 star review in The Guardian/Observer! [url="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/24/sheema-mukherjee-solo-debut-review-singular-creation"]http://www.theguardi...ngular-creation[/url] [i]Sheema Mukherjee: Sheema review [/i][i](ECC100)[/i] [i]– a singular creation Classically trained but a fusioneer by nature, sitarist [url="http://www.mukherjee.co.uk/"]Sheema Mukherjee[/url] has played with trance troupe [url="http://transglobalunderground.net/"]Transglobal Underground[/url] and folk radicals [url="http://imaginedvillage.com/"]the Imagined Village[/url] among others. This solo debut ([url="http://www.eccrecords.co.uk/ecc100"]vinyl/MP4 only[/url]) draws from her palette with panache. Slash Sitar is a showboating rock thrash (air sitar, anyone?); Sikkim Girls comes drenched in Bollywood strings; Morning Celeste is a dreamy neoclassical raga; and the driving Little Dragon sounds as though John Lee Hooker had mastered the sitar. More unexpected are sweetly sung covers of Radiohead and Françoise Hardy and playful evocations of 60s pop (Mrs Moo) and sodden samosas on an English beach (Bit God). A charming, altogether singular creation. [b]Neil Spencer[/b][/i] Here's a video of a few numbers from our second show in the Bournemouth International Centre. Top night! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqeTH90bO1s[/media] Edited October 14, 2014 by xilddx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Sounds like you have another great project on the go. I liked the Slash Sitar sound. Good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 im very liking 2 9 10 11 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Thanks chaps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Great review. Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Thanks Mark. Now begins two days of 12 hour rehearsals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Lovely review mate! Neil Spencer typically knows his onions too when it comes to spotting good music. Well, I usually agree with him... and of course my own taste is impeccable Very excited for you and all the best for the launch event on Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1409036540' post='2535597'] Lovely review mate! Neil Spencer typically knows his onions too when it comes to spotting good music. Well, I usually agree with him... and of course my own taste is impeccable Very excited for you and all the best for the launch event on Thursday. [/quote] Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 This is lovely, Nigel. And available on vinyl too!! I'm gonna order a copy. Funnilly enough I saw a sitar player at a local gig this weekend. He was accompanied by a guy on 6 string bass. It was magical! I was thinking of starting a thread to see if anyone had any recommendations for sitar/Indian/fusion type music. But spookily enough, here was your thread just when I needed it, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Awesome. (<--my favourite new word since watching the Lego Movie ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1409158937' post='2536966'] This is lovely, Nigel. And available on vinyl too!! I'm gonna order a copy. Funnilly enough I saw a sitar player at a local gig this weekend. He was accompanied by a guy on 6 string bass. It was magical! I was thinking of starting a thread to see if anyone had any recommendations for sitar/Indian/fusion type music. But spookily enough, here was your thread just when I needed it, lol [/quote] Thanks Shell! Do you know who the sitarist was? Just finished about 12 hours of rehearsal. It was fantastic. Brilliant studio in Kings Cross, seems like all the great and good use it, called The Joint. We had our own sound engineers with their digital desk and in ear monitoring for everyone (except me, I had a wedge), so all monitor mixing is stored and ready to go tomorrow. It was without exception the best rehearsal sound I've ever been a part of, by miles! The band sounds fabulous too, Chris Taylor on bass, Ged Lynch on drums, Mitel Purohit on tabla, Simon and Tim from the Kick Horns on flute and various saxes, Simon Richmond MDing and running the production, and Sheema. It's a real honour playing with these fabulous musicians, it's very humbling, and they are such lovely people and unremittingly professional. Can't wait for the gig tomorrow!! Edited August 27, 2014 by xilddx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1409032048' post='2535582'] Now begins two days of 12 hour rehearsals [/quote] A mere bagatelle for a man of your calibre. Looks like a great set-up. Edited August 27, 2014 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1409168574' post='2537111'] A mere bagatelle for a man of your calibre. Looks like a great set-up. [/quote] Cheers man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Alas, Nige I can't remember the name of the sitarist I saw. I did speak to him afterwards but I'm afraid I'd had a few ales by then (blushes). Unfortunately for the Brum music scene he is now off to China to teach English for a year! He may come back with some interersting influences though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Some footage from our show at the Bournemouth International Centre last week. It was a brilliant gig to play, my first time with in ear monitors too, I'm a total convert! I'm on guitar and BVs, Chris Taylor on Bass, Simon Palmskin Richmond on BVs/MacBook/Percussion, Simon and Tim from the Kick Horns, Mitel Purohit on tabla, Ged Lynch on Drums, and Sheema on sitar and vocal. What a band to play with! If you watch it, I hope you enjoy it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqeTH90bO1s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 That was ace! Nice work fella! Cheers, Norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 [quote name='Norm' timestamp='1410530199' post='2550448'] That was ace! Nice work fella! Cheers, Norm. [/quote] Thanks Norm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 'Kinell, what a gig!! Thoroughly enjoyed that from start to finish. Looks and sounds great. And the band are superb - those practice sessions clearly paid off as you all made it look as though you've been playing together for years. I especially like 'SitSka' and 'Mrs Moo'. Sheema comes across as being lovely - I warmed to her immediately - and wow, what a musician. Very good indeed mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 great vid are you bringing Sheema and the band along to the bass bash ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Aww thanks guys I tell you what, it's been fascinating working in a professional environment with such superb highly experienced session musicians. One thing I learned was that for all their chops, what stood out most for me was their musical memory and ability to pick things up so quickly. If Sheema asked do this or that, they did it mostly first time, and didn't need to be shown twice. Chris the bassist picked up a quite complicated line Sheema played him, and he had it first go. I think that's the thing, that ability to hear, play, and remember. No f***ing about. It was intimidating trying to keep up with that, but I did okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Loved the video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Excellent stuff, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great sense of fun shone through as well. What happened to the vocal mix on the second song though? The guy was clearly singing something but it wasn't in the mix. ( glad to see you lost the leather strides though ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1410692274' post='2551930'] Excellent stuff, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great sense of fun shone through as well. What happened to the vocal mix on the second song though? The guy was clearly singing something but it wasn't in the mix. ( glad to see you lost the leather strides though ) [/quote] Cheers Fly! He's making soft percussion sounds like shickiboomahh, so it's not very audible, it wasn't in rehearsals either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 [quote name='spike' timestamp='1410690920' post='2551914'] Loved the video [/quote] Thanks Spike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) Well, apparently some of the music press can't handle vinyl. [color=#37404E][font=Helvetica, Arial,]"The guy doing PR for Sheema’s album is reporting back a stubborn apathy from sections of the music press who refused to listen to the album as it’s 'vinyl only' and couldn’t be bothered to go to a digital link or put the USB stick in their computer to transfer the high res files."[/font][/color] The album is on very high quality vinyl, with a gatefold sleeve and lovely packaging. [font=Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif][color=#37404e]it comes with a tiny flip out USB stick that looks like a tiny album (I love that!) It contains WAVs of the album tracks.[/color][/font] [font=Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif][color=#37404e][/color][/font] Edited September 14, 2014 by xilddx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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