Everyone, meet Nirmal Narayan (in his PJ's). Nirmal is one of the world's best players of a traditional indian drum called the mridangum. When I say one of the world's best, I mean one of the world's best. This guy tours and performs more than his arch nemesis, Lady Gaga, fo sho (maybe I'm making the nemesis thing up). This past weekend, he had a couple shows in the Bay area, and while he was here, we did a small collabo for the upcoming Blackmahal mixtape. Take a listen...
Blackmahal - Buddy - Nirmal Narayan Mridangum Solo by Jay Slim
We've been friends for years, but for one reason or another, we've never gotten down until now. The whole contrast of the collabo was off the hook. On my side, I'm working with all my high tech gear, like my 2-way magnetically shielded studio monitors, dual-core processing computer, and firewire analog-to-digital external soundcard and control surface. On his side, Nirmal's working with a simple drum with leather surfaces, that you tune with a friggin STONE (literally a round rock that looks like it came out of a river bed) and DOUGH that you could actually eat. One of my favorite sessions to date.
Stay tuned for the Blackmahal mixtape coming soon...
