Brahmaputra by debashis sinha

Establishment combines debashis sinha’s works „Adeva_v000_04“ and „Brahmaputra“ to a digital double release EEST15 & EEST16. Deb's craft as percussionist and sound composer is on full display in these twin journeys into spirtualized spaces and decolonized technologies.

Brahmaputra (EEST16)

In Brahmaputra, debashis sinha travels even deeper into mythology, in a release named for the holy Hindu river. It’s a record that itself evolved, starting in sounds for Toronto-based filmmaker Srinivas Krishna’s work “When the Gods Came Down to Earth.” There is a thematic thread, too, like a boat traversing a river - through the Bengali folk drum madal played in the first track, images of locations in Deb’s ancestral India, and other holy places in the Hindu pantheon with their associated tales. That opening percussion gesture is unfolded through all these spaces, mythical and modern.

Tracklist

1.	Kaliya	3:08

2.	Raameshwaram	5:27

3.	Thar	6:54

4.	Lonim	4:41

5.	Bhutapala	3:41

6.	Sins	5:48

7.	Ghanta	5:19

8.	Niila	5:55

9.	Ta liq	3:56

Credits

released December 14, 2022

Mastering: Peter Kirn

All programming, drums and percussion ds
Viola on Raameshwaram by Kathleen Kajioka
Electroacoustic Drehleier on Lonim by Ben Grossman
Vocals on Bhutapala by Sophia Grigoriadis and Jayne Brown, vocals on Niila by Sophia Grigoriadis
Vocals on Sins by Suba Sankaran

Thanks to Jutta Brendemuehl, Leena Sinha
"Niila (variations II)" is for my daughter

Some of the music made on this record was first composed for the multi-screen film installation "When The Gods Came Down To Earth" by Srinivas Krishna, which was produced with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts

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