Amit Chaudhuri- Found Music

‘Found Music’ released in October2010 continues with some of the concerns of Chaudhuri’s first album  ( This is not Fusion) – that is, to find new contextsfor musical material. “This might mean discovering ‘Layla’ in Todi, Gershwin’s‘Summertime’ in raga Malkauns, or making space within a song with country andwestern and ghazal elements for words like ‘Buri nazar wale tera muh kala’. Inthe new album, the Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’ reappears in the ragasKalavati and Abhogi; the Beatles’ Norwegian Wood is reborn in raga Bageshri. Italso contains (as does the first album) my original compositions – ‘CountryHustle’ is about growing up in Bombay reading Lone Ranger comics; ‘One FineDay’ is an improvisational piece set to a 10-beat cycle; ‘Rain’ provides a newcompositional, harmonic home for raga Megh. ‘Found Music’ echoes MarcelDuchamp’s ‘found objects’ – the idea that everyday objects can be transformedby being relocated in an art-space, and in the space of the imagination.” SaysChaudhuri.

The new cd delights withperplexing hooks and heart touching compositions, ones that promise to exciteeven after repeated listens. The Kick one can derive from ‘So you want to be aRock and Roll star’ follows such an inexplicable hangover that it rings betweenone’s ears for a long time after.  FoundMusic displays Amit Chaudhuri in his essence. His maturity has somewhat tamedthe madness that he showcased on his first album. Nonetheless, it is theserenity that triggers his rare songwriting ability that is exhibited andpossible only through his sultry effortless vocals