Artist description Some day music will be the means of expressing universal religion … there will come a day when music and its philosophy will become the religion of humanity….The material sound of instruments… is really the outcome of the universal sound of the spheres, which can only be heard by those in tune with it. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi mystic Basquerole is world music’s answer to Kruder and Dorfmeister. A merger of lush, exotic melodies and harmonies from India, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, India, Spain, and Morocco bounce off of euphoric electronic grooves and ambient textures. This is music to trance, dance, and to celebrate the universal sound of the spheres. The songs on the “Radiance 2002 EP” range from driving dance-floor numbers like “Mithras Melting” to the subtle heartbeat caress of violin and flamenco guitar on “Winter Moon.” Their sound is varied, spanning the tabla-sitar-funk psychedelia of “Morning of Radiance” to the catchy and playful chorus of oud, rebab and sarod on “Koalas at Work.” Bay Area based Basquerole integrates love for acoustic world instruments with appreciation for the possibilities of sampling, and they record all their own samples. The Basquerole duo began as the musical wing of the Zambra dance project, the featured Flamenco/Arab fusion act in the 2001 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Eliot Bates brought his skill as an oud player and Arabic singer, and Dan Fries his flamenco virtuosity to the dynamic performance, and they discovered their mutual love of many cultures of musical expression. Eliot Bates has produced over 30 albums of Arab, Turkish, Afghan, Bulgarian, and Javanese classical and modern music. He is also noted as a performer of the oud and as a Turkish singer, with over 1000 performances in the US, Mexico, and abroad. In addition to Basquerole work, he’s the mastermind behind the ambient project Kaderci, and performs with the bands 3spell and Kinetik Trance. Dan Fries is one of the Bay Area’s leading flamenco guitarists, with five years of stellar performances—from SF’s Yerba Buena Center, to China and India—with noted artists such as La Tania, Andr�s Mar�n, and in the Bossa Nova combo NovaTalk. He brings a vast background in African rhythm and Indian classical music too, as he studied in India and America with Ali Akbar Khan, and with Ghanaian master drummer C.K. Ladezkpo.

Location san francisco, CA - USA

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