Trio Tarana
Trio Tarana is led by percussionist/composer Ravish Momin who currently resides in New York City. He was born in India, and spent his childhood in Mumbai (Bombay), & Bahrain (Middle-East.)
Since he had also absorbed diverse influences growing up, he was not prepared to discard them, for one specific musical idiom. He had felt rootless, without a unique musical identity. As an Asian American percussionist living in the United States, he had long wanted to create music that both, utilized his Indian musical traditions reverentially, and was also reflective of his diverse influences, thus rightfully depicting his hybrid musical identity.
Therefore, the creation of Trio Tarana, in 2003, was a natural culmination of all of those diverse influences. "Tarana" itself refers to a song-style in North Indian Classical Music, where nonsense syllables or mnemonic drum sounds are used to spontaneously create a fluid chant or composition. In keeping with their namesake, the trio primarily utilizes Indian and East-Asian rhythms as the foundation for a new creative musical experience; they also employ compositions that seamlessly blend written material with spontaneous group interaction. The ensemble's mission is to continue to mature as a unit, and to share their unique Asian-American musical concept and identity with different audiences, worldwide.
INFLUENCES:
This Heat, Circle, Led Zeppelin, John Coltrane, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Hermeto Pascoal, Duke Ellington, Olivier Messiaen, Miles Davis, Gamelan, Amalia Rodriguez, Haruna Ishola, Pandit Ravi Shanker, Aretha Franklin, Trilok Gurtu, Dirty Projectors, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Salif Keita, Muhal Richard Abrams, Ivo Paposov, Hassan Kassai, Faust, Machito, Alfred Schnittke, Anton Webern, Giacinto Scelsi, Bjork, SugarHill Gang, Caetano Veloso, Henry Threadgill, Krzysztof Penderecki, Jimi Hendrix, Om Kolsoum, John Zorn, Kadri Gopalnath, Nick Cave, Fela Kuti, Herbert, Dalek, Simon Shaheen, Fields of the Nephilim, Ellery Eskelin, Astor Piazolla, Billie Holiday, Keith Jarrett, Robert Dick, Sofa Surfers, Eric Dolphy, Diamanda Galas, Baba Maal, Sam Rivers, Public Enemy, Don Cherry, Ethiopiques, Godflesh, Ornette Coleman, Dr. Octagon, Xenakis, Horace Tapscott, Cesaria Evora, Sonny Sharrock, Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Lester Bowie, Skinny Puppy, Grandmaster Flash, Gerry Hemingway, Pharoah Sanders, Morton Feldman, Bob Marley, Peter Gabriel, Squarepusher, Albert Ayler, Kanyakumari, Min Xiao Fen, John McLaughlin, Current 93, Booker Little, Coil, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Autechre, Sonic Youth, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Shivkumar Sharma, Charles Ives, Psychic TV, Test Department, Ray Charles, Foetus, Subhumans UK, Flying Lotus, [...]
