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.

Dha Ghe TiTe ft Yazdan Dadbeh

Bintang Manira Manik is an Indonesian versatile musician, improviser, and sonic artist that is currently based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His choice of sound is a teleport portal between the past, present and future combining chants music with acoustic traditional instruments and electronic sound. Besides playing in various bands as a multi percussionist and creating solo projects, he is also actively creating and collaborating at the intersection of theater, film, dance, performance and visual art.