Mandala Tribe is a synergetic combination in electronic music with Jazz and Indian music. Music where keys, tabla, vocals, and flutes intertwine organically with electronic elements. Firmly rooted in Indian classical music, the ensemble offers a contemporary spiritual sound that reimagines tradition. Decoding Raga’s in dynamic beats, harmony and with an itching electro-acoustic sound and spiritual touch.
At the heart of Mandala Tribe is the voice of Shashwathi Jagadish, a young Indian Carnatic vocalist. She is joined by Heiko Dijker (tabla, beats), Mark Lotz (flute, bansuri, fx), and Stefan Schmid (keys, electronics) — three world music pioneers with experience in projects such as Zuco 103, Chris Potter Tentet, and New Cool Collective. Together, they explore the rhythmic and melodic beauty of Indian raga through their unique dynamic interplay that highlights improvisation and a distinctive electro-acoustic palette.
Shashwathi Jagadish – vocals
Stefan Schmid (Zuco 103, New Cool Collective) – electronica, beats, keys
Heiko Dijker (Scapino Ballet, Tablatronics) – tabla, beats
Mark Alban Lotz (Chris Potter Tentet, Giovanca) – flute, Bansuri, fx
Mandala Tribe … a relief between all the pre-composed music that was heard this day. Firmly played tabla, a beautiful lyrically-played flute, compelling beats, and deep-moving Moog parties revealed the encounter of jazz, world and electronics. Exactly what the Music Meeting Festival represents. (Mixedworldmusic.com).
Performances for theVrije Geluiden (VPRO) Television, Mark My Wor(l)ds series, Mini JazzFest Amsterdam (Bimhuis), Music Meeting, Nijmegen, Deventer International and November Music, s’Hertogenbosh.
This review also features a short live clip from the Music Meeting festival performance.
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mark2012-05-24 18:59:532019-03-05 11:21:10Live at Music MeetingShashwathi, a Carnatic musician from Chennai, was only five years old when she was inspired to start singing by her grandmother. She was later trained by multiple Gurus for 20 years in Chennai. She holds a Masters Degree in Music from the University of Madras and is also trained in western Classical music completing the 8th Grade in Western Vocals from The Trinity College of London. At the age of 15, she was awarded the title “Sangeetha Bhaskara” from the Gnanaskandan Trust in Chennai.
Shashwathi currently resides in The Hague and is currently collaborating and performing concerts with artists in the Netherlands such as Kalpana Raghuraman, Denden Karadeniz, Tim Kliphuis and Rutger Muller and to name a few.
While in Chennai, she has performed at numerous temples and Sabhas all over Chennai, Bangalore, Mysore and Mumbai. Shashwathi made her movie debut for the Maestro Illayaraja for the Telugu movie Gaayam 2 and has sung backing vocals for renowned music directors like A R Rahman, Sharreth, Vijay Antony, Imman, Ramesh Vinayakam, Vishal Chandrashekar and many others.
Pianist, composer, producer in settings ranging from Jazz, Electronic, Pop, Afro Cuban/Salsa, Bossa, Rock, Punk, House, DnB, Techno, Lounge, Free Form Impro. Part of the New Cool Colllective and New Cool Collective Big Band, Caro Emerald and his Guerilla sleaze Duo Hygiene. Together with Lilian Vieira and Stefan Kruger forms the band Zuco 103.
He winner of the Silveren Harp, the Edison award and nominated for the BBC World Music Awards in 2003.
Part of the faculty of The Royal Conservatory, The Hague for the Art Of Sound.
Heiko Dijker is an Amsterdam based tablaplayer, composer whose playing is marked by enthusiasm and energy, depth of knowledge and rhythmic poetry. After years of traditional training in India, living in a small clay hut and doing saintly practice in the Himalaya, he continued to learn with grandmaster Faiyaz Khan in the Guru-Shisya (Master-Disciple) system. Currently Heiko has joined his traditional skills with his electronic production and composition, and has produced several albums.
Heiko has worked with artists like Shankar Mahadevan, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Meeta Pandit, Purbayan Chatterjee, Saskia Laroo, Melissa Etheridge, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lavinia Meijer, Rembrandt Frerichs and Ravichandra Kulur.
Next to his concerts, Heiko gives masterclasses all over the world at universities & conservatories, and teaches at the SKVR Rotterdam & at the Gandhi Centre in Den Haag.
Growing up in Thailand and Uganda, my hunger for musical adventures has taken me around the world, where I explore and redefine diverse traditions. Vibrant collaborations with unique voices in music are always a priority, approaching them in unconventional ways to capture the essence of life and celebrate it through sound.
I want my music to be of uncompromising quality. With a personal language that blends the aesthetics and techniques of contemporary classical and non-Western music with the vitality of jazz, there has been significant international recognition for solo performances and innovative interpretations of contemporary music, jazz, Afro-Cuban religious folklore, cross-overs with Turkish, Moldavian, Senegalese, and Indian music, underwater music, and free improvisations from Istanbul.
I actively seek out unique challenges, leading to genre-defying collaborations with theater, visual arts, film, dance, performance art, and VJ. In roles as a soloist, composer, producer, bandleader, teacher, and curator, numerous festivals and concert series have been launched in the Utrecht/Zeist region, serving the community through art.
Passion for music education has driven the delivery of clinics and masterclasses worldwide, and a faculty position is held at the Conservatories of Rotterdam and Utrecht.
My obsession with music drives me to use my voice to reach beyond the ordinary, fully surrendering to artistic expression.
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