{"title":"The Banwasi Collective","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"travellers","title":"Travellers","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhatever he touches - whether that be composing for Sir David\nAttenborough's Green Planet, creating immersive sound installations at\nKew Gardens or vocally recreating birdsong and natural environments -\nsound artist and composer Jason Singh brings sensitivity, nuance and\nsoul\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith diverse collaborations that include George Ezra, Rokia Traore, Sarathy\nKorwar, Talvin Singh and Shabaka Hutchings, his work is an ongoing exploration\nof the natural world and music technology. Travellers, with The Banwasi\nCollective is Singh's latest undertaking; an exciting project from an artist who\nwe've come to expect anything but the ordinary.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravellers\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of 8 tracks recorded and produced by Singh featuring a\ncollective of master musicians and vocalists, most of them from the Manganiyar\ncommunity of hereditary musicians based in Rajasthan, northeast India. The\nalbum embraces multiple genres, faiths and languages and pays homage to the\nnatural environment of Rajasthan. 'Travellers' deeply inhales the landscape,\nstories, flora and fauna of this rich desert state, and exhales soul-searing songs\nof travel, love and longing.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing traditional instruments such as the ancient khartal, morchang, bhapana,\ndholak kamaicha, harmonium, dhol and dholak, the album focuses on Sufi culture\nand the significant impact of climate change on that part of the world. 'Travellers'\nwas recorded entirely on location at Anokhi Farm in Jaipur, Rajasthan with\nadditional recordings made in London. It is interwoven with references to the\nnatural environment, making the landscape of Rajasthan the crucial seventh\nmember of the Banwasi Collective.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the songs on \u003ci\u003eTravellers\u003c\/i\u003e are based on different raags, the Indian music system\nof notes and moods, each evoking different seasons, times of day and references\nto nature. It is extraordinarily diverse - with references to Sufi poetry, Hindu\nmythology and Sassi Punnun, one of the four popular tragic romances of the\nPunjab. Songs are in Hindi, Urdu, Marwari, Sindhi and Saraiki and take the listener\non an immersive journey across religions, water and dry arid landscapes, between\nBhakti and Sufi, mortal and divine.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hudson Records","offers":[{"title":"Pink LP.","offer_id":50393195938123,"sku":"2046672","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50393186500939,"sku":"2046670","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50393198526795,"sku":"2048577","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_679b986e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726413902"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-banwasi-collective.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}