There have been lots makes an attempt to fuse conventional Indian and Middle Eastern music with EDM, and it appears to run the gamut in phrases success. Some fusion efforts can end up haunting and beautiful, whereas others come out downright hokey and even the wookiest wook at Youtopia wouldn’t have an interest. Luckily multi-instrumentalist and depraved producer Mah-Ze-Tar’s newest album Liquid Lotus falls squarely within the haunting and exquisite class.
Such a fusion east and west is an extremely tough course of, as each Indian and Middle Eastern music are arrange in another way structure-wise. The staffs, the notes and most significantly the timing are nearly straight opposite to the extra easy and common construction Western music. With the profit EDM being a looser construction which might accommodate the intricate insanity that's Persian and Indian music, Mah-Ze-Tar is taking over a brand new problem by additionally incorporating parts jazz and classical music. As if this kind fusion weren’t tough sufficient.
In the title monitor f Liquid Lotus, Mah-Ze-Tar (given identify Maz) offers an enchanting efficiency mixing conventional Persian violins and the Indian sitar with EDM beat which lands someplace between journey hop and home. The juxtaposition these beats offers Maz simply sufficient room to jam the numerous and varied notes the sitar and Persian violin into the monitor with out it sounding too busy or being overly intericate, taking away its danceability. The music is passionate and soulful, however what brings all of it collectively is Maz’s personal vocals. Ambient and indie-inspired, the existential and relatively easy lyrics “Liquid Lotus” float merely above the advanced music, tying every little thing collectively and making a extra full sound construction than if it had simply been the music alone.
It’s no marvel that Mah-Ze-Tar has performed at Burning Man and Lightning in a Bottle along with being half the Santa Barbara Middle Eastern Ensemble. He is actually straddling worlds along with his music and with Liquid Lotus, he’s poised to realize recognition in all them.
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