Songs
re-arranged Indian melody, original composition, melody from Kashmir
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Videos
Live at LIBfestival, California, 2018
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- country:USA
- region:Middle East
- style(s):Fusion, Ethno
- label:Karavan Sarai, Electrofone
- type:Small Ensemble, Duo, Trio
- gender:male, female
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal, electronic, percussion, visual, string
- artist posted by:Ryan Sijan
Line up
- Carmen Rizzo (electronic programmer, composer)
- Narayan Sijan (Oud, Saz, Vocals)
- Schirin Chams-Diba (dancer and choreographer)
Links
KARAVAN SARAI
World Music/Electronics & Dance Ensemble
Silk Road (Middle Eastern to Indian) World Fusion Music. Electro-acoustic mystic melodies meet electronic grooves with mesmerizing dance.
•Composer, multi-instrumentalist (Egyptian oud, Turkish saz), and vocalist Narayan Sijan lived on the Silk Road from 1994-2006, learning and performing music with mystics, masters and locals on a shoestring budget. He creates an innovative alchemy of musical storytelling from original compositions and re-arranged traditional melodies.
•Schirin Chams-Diba offers a visual feast of sacred temple and traditional dances of the Silk Road, invoking elegant movement traditions of her native Persian lands, the colorful gypsies of India, and the magical power of belly dance. •Electronic music is created by two-time GRAMMY nominee producer and programmer Carmen Rizzo whose credits range from Seal, Paul Oakenfold, A.R. Rahman, as well as co-founding the world/electronic act Niyaz.
•Karavan Sarai’s debut album Woven Landscapes (2015) reached #6 on the world music charts (CMJ) and their current album Painted Sands (2018) peaked at #4 with over 10 weeks in the Top Ten World Music Charts (NACC).
• Festival highlights include Symbiosis and Lighting in a Bottle to Red Poppy Art house in San Francisco.
•This evocative visual and sonic journey carries listeners to a nighttime courtyard of a virtual Silk Road inn, the Karavan Sarai that gave the project its name.
karavansaraimusic.com