Al Gromer Khan and Kai Taschner - Black Marble and Sweet Fire

In this cool, creative transcultural fusion by Al Gromer Khan and Kai Taschner, the harmonies, melodies, and sonorities of Indian and North African music join with modern sensibilities and studio technologies, transporting listeners to a seductive landscape. Described as "a modern Mughal ambience," the music is inspired by a wistful recollection of the historic Mughal era of the declining Indian empire of the late 18th/19th century. With its exotic and transformed colors, complex rhythms and refined musical tenor, the music of Black Marble and Sweet Fire borders the techno-tribal style of Jon Hassell sans the funk and jazz elements. If you can imagine a collaboration between Hassell, Steve Roach, Robert Rich, and Harold Budd using Indian music as the foundation, you'll begin to imagine the world of Al Gromer Khan and Kai Taschner. Predominantly rhythm-activated and driven, the collaboration turns away from Khan's trademark concepts of "music from a distance" and "music as perfume" in f