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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)

[Verse]
I need a lighter, but I'll never lie to her
I've got a rapier, but I wont ever rape her
Don't mistake my edgy mind for sinister intents
I'm just a rebel with a cause, fighting against the trends

[Chorus]
Dangerous words, misunderstood deeds (ooh-yeah)
In a world that's judging, breaking at the seams
Don't label me, don't try to put me down (put me down)
I'm an advocate for truth, turning the tables 'round

[Verse]
I need a lighter, but I'll never lie to her
I've got a rapier, but I will never rape her
Don't mistake my edgy mind for sinister intents
I'm just a rebel with a cause, fighting against the trends

[Chorus]
Dangerous words, misunderstood deeds (ooh-yeah)
In a world that's judging, breaking at the seams
Don't label me, don't try to put me down (put me down)
I'm an advocate for truth, turning the tables 'round

I need a lighter, but I'll never lie to her.
I've got a rapier, but I won't ever rape her.
Don't mistake my edgy mind for sinister intents
I'm just a rebel with a cause, fighting against the trends
(Dangerous words, misunderstood deeds!)

Advocate of Truth

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Tekst (j. Niemocki):

Tirśz wafel, my geñśzym añllad, tak pakt watekaśzym!
Haśze mullry, laśze, allke, my exiszteśzym tak ejne!
Watekaśzym tak ejne, atekaśzym, datekaśzym! 
Landrynburg, Niemotten, Krieger illy Ledynsburg!
My watekaśzym tirśz ejde! 

Tirśz Wafel! Ubaśze ejne bajner!
Tak unia sićzym illy giñćzyśzym
Tak ejne, watekaśzym 
Ogorkew oniriśz biellt!
Haśze spaśzeń geñśzym tak ejne!
Geñśzym!
Tirśz Noriaśze!

Ty, Ja, Tata illy Mama, Dada illy Baba, watekaśzym foj myr niudepaćze!
Ty, ja, ewrajoń, my giñćzyśzymp foj myr niudepaćze!
Ćzorsone frirśz wohj pakt, watekaśzt oniriśz ejne front!

Tirśz Wafel! Ubaśze ejne bajner!
Tak unia sićzym illy giñćzyśzym
Tak ejne, watekaśzym 
Ogorkew oniriśz biellt!
Haśze spaśzeń geñśzym tak ejne!
Geñśzym!
Tirśz Noriaśze!

Tirśz Wafel! Ubaśze ejne bajner!
Tak unia sićzym illy giñćzyśzym
Tak ejne, watekaśzym 
Ogorkew oniriśz biellt!
Haśze spaśzeń geñśzym tak ejne!
Geñśzym!
Tirśz Noriaśze!

Tirśz Wafel!

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This song does NOT belong to me. I didn't make it and it is not my song.
Song can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ANpaFxI-A

「東方 Arrange」 Walk Yourself

Bend

"Revival" takes me back to my earlier influences such as Biohazard and other NYHC bands that delivered powerful riffs and in-your-face lyrics - all delivered with that trademark aggression. The song explores being constantly put down by a narcissist until you are just a shell of your former self. That is until you realize what is happening and make moves to escape.

"Hardcore Punk has always resonated with me, and I find myself coming back to it on the regular."

This happened to me years ago. I think I am over it and it is water under the bridge, but then when I see someone who looks like that person, my blood pressure rises, and I get super angry and anxious. So, I know I am nowhere near being over it, and it still affects me to this day. I am also angry I allowed someone to do that to me over an extended period of time.

When it was time to pen lyrics for the hardcore riffs, I did as I usually do: I hit record, stepped up to the mic, and started yelling. The first verse is pretty much exactly what I yelled off the cuff, just freestyled into the mic. Then I wrote the rest of the song around it.

"I hit record, stepped up to the mic, and started yelling. The first verse is pretty much exactly what I yelled off the cuff."

Revival

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

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