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BIOGRAPHY:
Rajesh Mehta is an award-winning Indian-American trumpet innovator and composer who has innovated several hybrid trumpets including the “DRUMPET” in Amsterdam and the microtonal “NAGA PHOENIX TRUMPET” in Singapore. Mehta graduated from M.I.T. in Humanities and Engineering (with studies at U.C. Berkeley) in 1986. As a Senior Creative Arts Fellow of the American Institute of Indian Studies, he founded the innovative music production platform "ORKA-M" in Chennai in 2005-06, which was greatly influenced by his research on and musical collaboration with South Indian temple musicians. 

 
ALBUM INFORMATION
Malagasy Breath CD concept © Rajesh Mehta 2022 was created using a process of virtual exchanges via internet video calls and Individual recordings made by each musician in Hamburg, Berlin and Duisburg, Germany in 2022. The individual tracks were built into an architecture with the excerpts of the indri lemur songs as the foundation. 

CREDITS:
Indri lemur songs recorded by the Ethology lab of the University of Torino University in Maromizaha forest, Madagascar
Acid Rain solo composed by © Rajesh Mehta GEMA 2022
Group tracks co-composed by © Rajesh Mehta, Georges-Emmanuel Schneider, Keith O’Brien GEMA 2022
Mixed and Mastered by Georges-Emmanuel Schneider 2022
Photos Rajesh Mehta and Sky Cage Quartet by © Sophia Hegewald 2021

Special Thanks to Daria Valente, University of Torino and Christine Huizenga

TRACKLISTING

1. Acid Rain
2. Initiation
3. Intervention
4. Provocation
5. Resolution

MUSICIANS
Rajesh Mehta: Hybrid trumpets and extensions
Georges-Emmanuel Schneider violin: Stroh violin, live electronics
Keith O’Brien: Electric guitar and electronics
Chad Popple: drums, tabla and percussion

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Malagasy Breath

Rajesh Mehta's Sky Cage Quartet - Provocation (Malagasy Breath 2023)

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