Rudresh Mahanthappa/Indo-Pak Coalition – Snap
"Snap" is the second track on Rudresh Mahanthappa's long awaited album Agrima, which reunites his Indo-Pak Coalition with Rez Abbasi on guitar and Dan Weiss on tabla/drums. The recording will be independently released October 17, 2017 via digital and vinyl only.
The group has been hailed by The New York Times as "a trio equally grounded in folk tradition and jazz improvisation, propos[ing] a social pact as well as a musical ideal." The ensemble's three formidable talents first documented their group conception in 2008 with Apti, which won praise from The Guardian for its "irresistible urgency."
Agrima, the long-awaited follow-up, finds Mahanthappa and the group expanding aesthetic horizons: adding a modified drum set, incorporating effects and electronics, and working with a broader audio canvas overall. The core of the band's sound, the vibrant presence of Indian rhythmic and melodic elements in a charged, modern improvisational framework born of the New York jazz scene, remains firmly in place.
