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- Members:
- Burn your panpipe samples and scrub the dishes with your ambient synth pads: this is not your auntie's world music band.
Sama' Duo retains an improvisational focus, applying a deep core of both cutting-edge and ancient improvising methods within the musical traditions of India and the Middle East. The Duo reaches into the inner aspects of form and method from the established traditions, adds their previous experience as post-modern improvisors to the process and wraps it all with a rhythmically- driven, wide-ranging rock/funk ethos.
The group takes as its name a nuanced Arabic term that describes the spectrum of relationships between intense listening, sprituality, and music-making itself.
The Duo was chosen in 2006 to provide the music score for the independent film "Birth of a Pillow" by director Sharmy Pandey, from Kolkata, India. The film is a 47 minute feature with no dialogue, requiring a continuous music score that would amplify and emotionally detail the story to a very high degree.
The Duo's current instrumentation is fretless electric guitar and drum set, though they still use the sarod/tabla combination that marked their earlier phase, as well as the underutlilzed oud/gome combination. - Genre:
- world music, experimental, India
- Hometown:
- Albuquerque, N.M.
Events
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- Sama Duo at KISS Coffee
404 San Felipe, just off Mountain R...
Saturday, August 8 at 7:00pm - Sama Duo - early, all-ages sho...
Bleeding Eardrum
Monday, July 13 at 6:00pm - Sama Duo in Taos at Adobe Bar ...
Adobe Bar At Taos Inn
Wednesday, June 10 at 7:00pm - Sama Duo steps out in 'Burque...
Atomic Cantina
Monday, June 8 at 9:30pm - M. Stefan Dill - solo fretles...
Crash Mansion
Saturday, September 20 at 7:00pm - Film Shoot Part Of Gig @ Huna...
Hunab Hookah lounge
Friday, May 9 at 10:00pm
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- Site Changes, New Mailing List - And New Release Planned! 9:21pm Aug 4
- Adobe Bar rocked! 1:10am Jun 11
- new tracks and new tunes! 7:17am May 13
quick random updates/news:1) Solo oud piece inspired by and dedicated to those struggling for truth in Iran should be up in a few days.2) Is thinking of a side music project ( like i really have the time for it lol)... Is NM ready for a taqwacore band? I'm hearing it, tunes are coming. It's time,...
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Sama Duo Busy/inspired: taqwacore band personell being settled; solo oud piece dedicated to Iran will be posted in a couple of days
Sama Duo using the electric pedalboard w/ oud -- distortion not working so well, but wah, octave splitter and reverse delay are intriguing!
Sama Duo co-op gig rushed but ok-- thanks sis, Marla, Maaite, et. al.! sorry i couldn't catch up with all of u, but i appreciate the support!
One of the fascinating things about Sama Duo is that Jefferson and I are always pushing our own envelopes, always redefining what the Duo can do. We're restless in that way. No sooner do we define ...more
Sama Duo Sama Duo will be at LaMontanita Co-op in Santa Fe this Sunday, 3 p.m.! acoustic set (oud, percussion)
Sama Duo epic and diverse, or overly ambitious and long winded? you'll decide: the Sama Duo release will be 2 separate CDs: acoustic + electric
Sama Duo Latest CD development: We will retrack all the oud pieces. No deadline + new (2 me) oud = this will be a good thing :)
Cass A friend of mine from Taos caught your show last night--she had a blast! She also said you guys worked straight through with no breaks--impressive. :-)
Location:Adobe Bar,Taos Inn
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, October 28th
Sama Duo
put up two videos -- solo oud test versions of some material that will end up in duo form on the CD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslOP_9fY
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This is another new piece Jefferson and I are working out with the oud, with a solo test version here. A slow , wistful melody, it's becoming one of our favorites. The Duo version of this will likely be the closing piece on the forthcoming CD.
Sama Duo Its done! CD tracking completed as of last night! Exhausted, but its all in the can. Much now to listen through and sort; a lot of takes. As my friend Subho put it once to me , " You know have to make this ocean of music into a river..."
Sama Duo rec.session last night (5): electric stuff all wrapped up. Oud /tabla mic placement checked, ready to roll on that later this week.
