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Amelia Cuni // Mumbai 04.02.1996 2xLP

Amelia Cuni // Mumbai 04.02.1996 2xLP

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Born in Milan, Italy, living in Berlin, Amelia Cuni, who has been honing her skills in North Indian classical music Dhrupad in India, released a double record from the Australian experimental label Black Truffle in September 2022.

A long raga drone from her concert in Mumbai in 1996.

Labels and other works Click here for more information. ///Click here to see more Black Truffle releases available at Tobira. 

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Black Truffle:

"Following on from the stunning recording of her 1992 performance at the Berlin Parampara Festival (BT079), Black Truffle is pleased to continue its documentation of the work of Berlin-based Italian singer Amelia Cuni, one of the great contemporary exponents of dhrupad, the oldest surviving style of North Indian classical vocal music. Beautifully recorded in concert at Vishweshwarayya Hall, Mumbai. 04.02.1996 presents expansive performances of three ragas stretching across four sides and almost one and a half hours of music. dwells for over twenty-five minutes on its opening alap movement, accompanied only by tanpura, her limpid yet full-bodied voice moving from graceful exposition in free tempo to increasingly rhythmically active variations, gradually spiraling upward in register. She is then joined by master pakwahaj player Manik Munde for the raga's dhrupad and dhamar sections, the resonant tone of the drum and his constant invention with t he complex 14-beat serving cycle as the perfect accompaniment for Cuni's ecstatic melodic developments.

On the more solemn Raga Bhairav, Cuni's alap, again stretching out over a whole side, is particularly notable for its powerful held notes and mastery of microtonal movement of pitch. Munde returns for another rhythmically intricate dhamar movement, the record ends with the buoyancy of the Raga Alhaiya Bilaval, whose mode has, for the Western listener, an unmistakably 'major' quality. of press clippings contemporary with the recording, which demonstrate Cuni's success with Indian critics. Arriving in a gorgeous gatefold featuring stunning color photographs of Cuni taken by legendary Australian fashion photographer Robyn Beeche (who resided in India from the early 90s), Mumbai. 04.02.1996 is a document of indescribable beauty and a moving testament to music's ability to cross national and cultural borders. 

Artist: Amelia Cuni

Label: Black Truffle

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Born in Milan, Italy, living in Berlin, Amelia Cuni, who has been honing her skills in North Indian classical music Dhrupad in India, released a double record from the Australian experimental label Black Truffle in September 2022.

A long raga drone from her concert in Mumbai in 1996.

Labels and other works Click here for more information. ///Click here to see more Black Truffle releases available at Tobira. 

----------------------------

Black Truffle:

"Following on from the stunning recording of her 1992 performance at the Berlin Parampara Festival (BT079), Black Truffle is pleased to continue its documentation of the work of Berlin-based Italian singer Amelia Cuni, one of the great contemporary exponents of dhrupad, the oldest surviving style of North Indian classical vocal music. Beautifully recorded in concert at Vishweshwarayya Hall, Mumbai. 04.02.1996 presents expansive performances of three ragas stretching across four sides and almost one and a half hours of music. dwells for over twenty-five minutes on its opening alap movement, accompanied only by tanpura, her limpid yet full-bodied voice moving from graceful exposition in free tempo to increasingly rhythmically active variations, gradually spiraling upward in register. She is then joined by master pakwahaj player Manik Munde for the raga's dhrupad and dhamar sections, the resonant tone of the drum and his constant invention with t he complex 14-beat serving cycle as the perfect accompaniment for Cuni's ecstatic melodic developments.

On the more solemn Raga Bhairav, Cuni's alap, again stretching out over a whole side, is particularly notable for its powerful held notes and mastery of microtonal movement of pitch. Munde returns for another rhythmically intricate dhamar movement, the record ends with the buoyancy of the Raga Alhaiya Bilaval, whose mode has, for the Western listener, an unmistakably 'major' quality. of press clippings contemporary with the recording, which demonstrate Cuni's success with Indian critics. Arriving in a gorgeous gatefold featuring stunning color photographs of Cuni taken by legendary Australian fashion photographer Robyn Beeche (who resided in India from the early 90s), Mumbai. 04.02.1996 is a document of indescribable beauty and a moving testament to music's ability to cross national and cultural borders. 

Artist: Amelia Cuni

Label: Black Truffle