The Glorious Gongs Of Hainuwele

Upon hearing Harappian Night Recordings it is common for people to assume that it is a collage of field-recordings from a varied cast of inhabitants from the non-industrialised parts of the world. Such is the rich depth, vitality and authenticity of the recordings. The music and sounds however are created entirely by one man, Dr Syed Kamran Ali. He has such an instinctive feel for putting seemingly incongruous sounds together and such audacious irreverence in utilising any instrument or object from around the globe he can lay his hands on that what he creates is unique. The real miracle however is that his attention-defecit scatter-gun one-take approach so often works. It’s an anarchic buzz of ideas constantly usurping each other. Duelling ouds, whirling mizmars, screeching jouhikkos, tapping finger harps, rumbling monosynths, groaning harmoniums, a fist full of khene, talking gamelan lila derdeba popping giving a bent backed Dante's ring hell or like an Egyptian civilian army shitting on Eden's skull, or a Cuban guerilla force stepping on Eisenhower's throat emptying their glorious bladders on his face. And you can dance to it, Tuareg style.

Harappian Night Recordings - The Glorious Gongs Of Hainuwele (WEAVIL37DD)

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1.		Harappian Night Recordings - Mal De Ojo	1m 46s
2.		Harappian Night Recordings - Bare Cairo	3m 55s
3.		Harappian Night Recordings - Taqsim	1m 31s
4.		Harappian Night Recordings - Headless Mule	2m 12s
5.		Harappian Night Recordings - Memoria Makhnovischina	3m 52s
6.		Harappian Night Recordings - Bully Kutta	1m 44s
7.		Harappian Night Recordings - The Ire Of Konda Mangali	1m 51s
8.		Harappian Night Recordings - The Widow Chang, Lady Pirate	2m 28s
9.		Harappian Night Recordings - L'Overture Toussaint	2m 47s
10.		Harappian Night Recordings - Scarecrow	1m 22s
11.		Harappian Night Recordings - The Glorious Gongs Of Hainuwele	49s
12.		Harappian Night Recordings - The Sarimanok Flies	4m 27s
13.		Harappian Night Recordings - Lila Derdeba	3m 57s
14.		Harappian Night Recordings - Siyah Hashye	2m 37s
15.		Harappian Night Recordings - Niyai Roro Kidul	1m 19s
16.		Harappian Night Recordings - Red Eyes, Noose and Goad	4m 53s

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