Rajesh - 1982 - Infinite Fusion

Rajesh

1982

Infinite Fusion - Explorations In Musical Syntheses

Fast Side

01. Makers Of The River Crossing

02. The Fury

03. Dawn

04. Dance Of The Gopis

05. Sparkling Spangles

Slow Side

06. Indian Love Melody

07. Lament

08. Emotion

09. Lovers

10. Reality

11. Indian Love Melody (Orchestrated)

Rajésh- Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals, Lyrics

Ustad Rais Khan - Sitar

Ustad Shamim Ahmed - Sitar

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flutes

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma - Santoor

Ustad Zakir Hussain - Tabla

Robert Ahwai - Guitar

Les Davidson - Guitar

Remo Fernandes - Guitar

Isaac Guillory - Guitar

Kevin Peek – Guitar

Louis Banks - Keyboards

Gordon Beck - Keyboards

Ken Freeman - Keyboards

Francis Monkman - Keyboards

Pete Wingfield - Keyboards

Dallas Smith - Flutes, Saxophones

Braz Gonsalves - Flutes, Saxophones

Brian Odger - Bass

DeLisle Harper - Bass

Simon Phillips - Drums, Percussion

Ranjit Barot - Percussion

Ray Cooper - Percussion

Harold Fisher - Percussion

A really good and thoroughly worthwhile instrumental album of modern Indian music, pressed privately back in the early 80s. The first side is the "slow side" and is enjoyably meditative with some outstanding ambient tracks and the occasional cheesy sax which would not be missed. The inevitable "fast side" is better with some killer funk/dance tunes with groovy sounds, breaks and mad riffing galore ("Indian Love Melody" ftw). This could easily warrant a reissue on some beardy hipster label like Modern Harmonic, Numero or some other microbrew collective.