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GET A REAL TAMBURA

Boaz Shalom | san diego | 11/17/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"WHAT IS SO AWFUL, DREAFULLY AWFUL, ABOUT TOO MANY RECORDINGS OF CARNATIC MUSIC TODAY, A REAL CRYING SHAME, IS THE USE OF THESE HIDEOUS SOUNDING ELECTRONIC DRONE IMITATION TAMBURAS, THAT IN ADDITION TO HAVING AN IRRITATINGLY FAKE SYNTHETIC SOUND, ARE USUALLY ON TOO LOUD AND, WORSE, RECORDED RIGHT UP FRONT AHEAD OF THE MUSIC. THIS ALBUM, BY AN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT MUSICIAN, A REALLY FINE ONE, IS REALLY BADLY RECORDED, THE DRONE IS THE LOUDEST THING, AND THE MRIDANGAM ACCOMAPANIST SOUNDS LIKE HE IS IN A CAVE.



IF YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT WELL RECORDED CARNATIC MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE, AND GET GOOD LINER NOTES AT THE SAME TIME, GET VIDWAN: RAMNAD KRISHAN ON NONESUCH. SEE MEDIEVALMUSIC.ORG FOR MORE INFO ON SAME. THANK YOU, AND SORRY, GANESH."