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Concertwalk Re-Route 

Listen with headphones to tree inspired music on the route in Heemraadspark, Rotterdam

Inspired by the many old trees at the Heemraadspark Ishtar Bakhtali filmed several trees and improvised together with saxophone player Loek van den Berg and cellist Flavia Escartin while seeing the visual recordings of these trees. From recordings of the various music improvisations Ishtar selected three and developed them into songs. These songs can be heard at the specific trees they were inspired by. When scanning a QR-code at the tree the visitor can listen to the music with their own headphones.

Passers-by and visitors are invited to observe the trees along the route and listen as if it were the trees giving the concert. This walk is encouraging visitors to experience the Heemraadspark in a different way through listening and looking at the trees from a different perspective.

Vocals - Ishtar Bakhtali
Cello - Flavia Escartin
Saxophone - Loek van den Berg

More info:
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'Re-Route' Fractals Of Light

improvised piece on hammond aurora classic

CHEEKSKETCH

very old test with homemade samples and crossfading

PROPHET AND PIANO SAMPLES

Fragoso Quinteto - Rhodophyta [Live]

Knock on Wood

Sanne Huijbregts / Greener Grass

This popballad is about being lost. Every choice you make, seems to be the wrong one.

Deze popballad gaat over de weg kwijt zijn. Elke keuze die je maakt, lijkt de verkeerde te zijn.

Image: Dana Shipman

Always Something To Lose

Tabla and the way of learning it, Guru Shishya Parampara, has been documenting compositions from 500 years back by oral traditions, this way of documentations created an internet like web from generations to generations to reveal unique traditional compositions from each states in India. This special excerpt of composition that i bring up is coming from one of the oldest tabla style, Delhi Gharana. 

Preserving tradition also means expanding it. This brings me to the journey of exploring the technology of electronic music merging with traditional tabla compositions. Each tabla parts, the big drum (Bayan) and the small (Dayan) creating an audio signal that triggers some electronic sound(bass, snare drum, and bass drum) in the compositions, this creating a more dynamic rhythm and lively electronic sound for the base of the composition.

Besides focusing on tabla parts, I also recorded some traditional instruments such as setar and morchang and tweak the sound to create another layer of electro acoustic sound in the composition. The least, I looped my free vocal style and collaborate with an amazing Iranian singer, Yazdan Dadbeh, to put the poetry about connections from the past.

'Re-Route' Fractals Of Light

Ishtarbakhtali

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