A piece by my friend Ken Shorley, inspired by my absurdly URL'd website www.edediteditededitedit.com

Ken is an amazing percussionist, musician, composer, teacher and comedian.

Ed Edited It (website themesong)

Delhi kaida from Suresh Talwalkar. 

info here:
http://52kaidas.blogspot.com/2011/09/year-of-jhaptal.html

Delhi Kaia, Jhaptal

Lucknow kaida in Jhaptal, from Swapan Chaudhuri

info here:
http://52kaidas.blogspot.com/2011/09/year-of-jhaptal.html

Lucknow kaida, Jhaptal

An excerpt of a 90 minute tabla solo concert at Musideum in Toronto, Jan 15, 2012

I wrote about this composition in this blog post (includes a studio recording of the composition): 
http://52kaidas.blogspot.com/2010/07/dha-dha-gegenage.html

Ed Hanley-tabla
Rattan Bhamrah-esraj

Farukhabad Chalan-Kaida Live

Created a long time ago for a modern dancer, and recently resurrected by another modern dancer.

Ed Hanley-tabla, voice, composition, arrangement, recording, programming
Parmela Attariwala-viola
Debashis Sinha-riqq
Suba Sankaran-voice

Tata Blablabla

A short tabla solo in rupak tala (7 beats). Includes 3 parans, and a couple of kayda-relas.

Tabla solo Rupak

Part of the 52 Kaidas project: http://52kaidas.blogspot.com/

Ed Hanley-tabla, electric mandolin, keyboards, recording, mixing mastering etc
George Koller-dilruba, fretless bass 

Farukhabad Chalan-Kaida

An excerpt of track 9 on Autorickshaw's album So The Journey Goes. A bit of an experiment with a multitracked vocal lehara (Suba Sankaran-voice). I doubled the tabla part (not digitally...i played it twice, hence some flange-y sounds at times). Rupak tala, kayda.

Tabla solo (from Maa)

This is track #1 of a companion album I'm making to Charanjit Singh's Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat...Raga=melody, Tala=rhythm. So, 10 different rhythmic cycles, featuring classical tabla solo repertoire, done in the style of the original 10 Ragas album.

Ed Hanley-tabla, programming, recording, editing, mixing
Dylan Bell-keyboards


Ten Talas to a Disco Beat: Jhaptal

Chartal ki Sawari is the most heavy metal of all talas. (11 beats)
liner notes here: 
http://52kaidas.blogspot.ca/2013/05/double-post-heavy-metal-tabla-in.html

Ten Talas to a Disco Beat: Chartal ki Sawari

Palta Theka in Jhaptal from the cycles Project. Liner notes here:
http://52kaidas.blogspot.ca/2013/05/a-pair-of-jhaptal-recordings-from.html

Cycles website:
http://www.cycles-film.com/

Credits:
Ed Hanley-tabla, voice, udu, shaker, programming, recording, mixing 
Larry Graves-Green Egyptian Parade Drum 
Lisa Patterson-Duduk 
Adam Ogilvie (age 2.5)-bell

Material drawn from teachings by:
Pt Suresh Talwalkar
Pt Swapan Chaudhuri
Sri Karaikudi Mani

Jhaptal Palta Theka

Liner notes here:
http://52kaidas.blogspot.ca/2013/05/a-pair-of-jhaptal-recordings-from.html

Bass Veena alapana here:
http://tala-wallah.bandcamp.com/track/alap-raga-bilaskhani-todi

From the Cycles Project:
http://www.cycles-film.com/

Musicians:
Ed Hanley-tabla, baya, didgeridoo 
Larry Graves, Talia McGuire-gongs 
Justin Gray-bass veena 
Laurie Stevenson, Wendy Fisher, Lori Fox Rossi, Vicki Persig, Christine Hein & Suba Sankaran-singing bowls and bells

Jhaptal Kaida, 2 speed experiment w bass veena

(old) music, originally commissioned by Nova Bhattacharya for choreography by Peggy Baker, featuring the mad percussion skills of Alan Hetherington.

Dug out to serve as soundtrack to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ygi4nkExo

A dark comedy about current affairs. Or maybe it's a tragic romance? 
Definitely a horror flick: The robot's inner monologue... O.o

Brought to you by: Tala-Wallah Cathode Ray Science: Sometimes, We Just Make Stuff! 

All footage public domain from The Prelinger Archives.

beeeeeeeeeep...*carrier signal lost*

Lady, I wouldn't trust that robot if I were you...

Ed Hanley began his tabla training in Toronto, Canada with Ritesh Das, and has studied with master drummers Swapan Chaudhuri and Anindo Chatterjee. His interest in all aspects of Indian classical rhythm have led him to study outside of the Hindustani tabla tradition as well, focusing on Karnatic vocal percussion and drumming traditions. He has studied mrdangam repertoire and Karnatic rhythm theory with Karaikudi Mani, and solkattu, kanjira, mrdangam repertoire and improvisation with Dr. Trichy Sankaran.  Ed has performed across Canada, the USA, Europe and India in a variety of world, jazz and classical settings with artists and ensembles including Autorickshaw, The Toronto Tabla Ensemble, The Penderecki Quartet and Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana.  Ed has composed, produced, and engineered a number of compositions for dance including works by Nova Bhattacharya, Peggy Baker, Roberto Campanella, Natasha Bakht, Jenn Goodwin, Mitch Kirsch, Gitanjali Kolanad and Menaka Thakkar.  Ed has co-produced three Autorickshaw albums with Suba Sankaran, including the critically acclaimed, JUNO nominated CDs, Four Higher and So The Journey Goes.

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