• 3-LP GATEFOLD EDITION

• 12", 33 1/3 RPM

US-born, India-grown and London-based percussionist and tabla player Sarathy Korwar debuted as leader two years ago with studio album Day To Day recorded in India (participating was one of the new British jazz scene's leaders - tenor Shabaka Hutchings) and released on hip Ninja Tune label. The album contained an eclectic mix of Indian music, dialogues, electronics and London sound and was a partially successful debut, hardly more.

My East Is Your West, Korwar's second release,is a strong improvement. Massive triple-vinyl live set is all-organic and contains all-new material. Band's line-up is slightly modified with British female tenor Tamar Osborn replacing Shabaka Hutchings, additional alto sax player Jesse Bannister and improved Indian instruments section (incl. Santoor/Tabla player John Ball, Mridangam / Kanjira player B.C. Manjunath and Bansuri player Aravindhan Baheerathan).

As a result, the new band (named Upaj Collective) sounds much more "Indian" and recalls Shakti's Indian fusion sound. This is not strange, third album contains a John McLaughlin composition, "Mind Ecology". And that's only for starters - album's songs are covers of renown spiritual jazz, fusion or World fusion songs, just seriously reworked and presented as Indian music scented longish pieces.

PERSONNEL:

• Sarathy Korwar - tabla, drums kit
• Domenico Angarano - bass
• Aravindhan Baheerathan - bansuri (flute)
• Giuliano Modarelli - acoustic guitar
• Alexander MacSween - keyboards
• Tamar Osborn - baritone sax, flute
• Jasdeep Singh - sitar
• John Ball- santoor, tabla
• Jesse Bannister - alto sax
• Aditya Prakash - vocals
• B.C. Manjunath - mridangam, kanjira

Recorded live at the Church of Sound, London, on 1 February 2018

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. A Street In Bombay

• SIDE B
• B1. The Creator Has A Masterplan
• B2. Mind Ecology

• SIDE C
• C1. Malkauns (Part I)
• C2. Malkauns (Part II)

• SIDE D
• D1. Journey In Satchidananda
• D2. Hajj

• SIDE E
• E1. Earth

• SIDE F
• F1. Mishrank
• F2. Utopia And Visions