Karsh Kale is an Indian American artist who is known as a composer, producer, musician, and DJ. Regarded mostly for his tabla drumming and film scores, Kale flirts with all sorts of noises in his work, and on his seventh album, Up<\/i>, his highly eclectic sounds range from rock, pop, folk, and electronica, all while being sung in multiple languages.<\/p>\n
The album leads off with \u201cHigh,\u201d where Kale’s mood is set with flutes, beats, and tabla, and continues into \u201cUp,\u201d where Karsh’s distinct singing is backed by a sitar. \u201cButterfly Effect\u201d brings in electric guitars, and then later adds a busy electronic element with strings. \u201cThin Line Of Blue\u201d is where things get more ambient, and the strong keyboards with electronic beats draw parallels to the sort of post-rock coming out of Iceland. <\/p>\n
At the middle, \u201cPlay (Electric Tabla Nights Mix)\u201d is a busy, party anthem for a foreign land, while \u201cBe Like Water\u201d goes the opposite direction into space-lounge music territory. \u201cShiva\u201d then brings the energy back with hooks and has the most rock based template on the album.<\/p>\n
Near the end \u201cFollowing Sunlight\u201d meshes Kale’s experience with both Eastern and Western sounds with a sing-a-long appeal, while \u201cWake\u201d is a one-minute interlude with just a sarode and keys. \u201cShyam\u201d then closes the album out with programmed drumming, guitars, a bansuri, and Monali Thakur’s expressive vocals. <\/p>\n
Piecing together sounds from classical, Hindustani, and rock, Kale’s time in the Asian underground scene, Indian classical concerts, and behind the drum kit for rock bands culminates here in a listen that is both cultured and progressive. But it also does a great job in not alienating the listener. While it’s unlikely that Kale will see much mainstream attention for Up<\/i>, those with an ear for a cinematic and soaring quality will find much to enjoy here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":32691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[9808],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-44461","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-karsh-kale","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44461"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44461"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}