Brooklyn Raga Massive: In D (Trailer)
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Brooklyn Raga Massive will be releasing their homage to Terry Riley, In D, November 21st-22nd at the 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival . You can register to watch here free of charge. Their performance will be followed by a solo performance Terry Riley himself. http://bit.ly/RagasLive

Recorded by 24 musicians with the support of the Cafe Royal Cultural Society the piece shifts between 3 ragas but is inspired by Riley's compositional approach to his seminal 1964 composition "In C"


The musicians are:
Neel Murgai, sitar (composer)
David Ellenbogen, guitar (composer)
Jay Gandhi, bansuri (composer)
Abhik Mukherjee, sitar (composer)
Arun Ramamurthy, violin
Trina Basau, violin
Charlie Burnham, violin
Gwen Banks, violin
Marika Hughes, cello
Jake Charkey, cello
Galen Passen, sitar
Samarth Nagakar, vocal
Gyan Riley, guitar
Damon Banks, bass
Tripp Dudley, tabla/percussion
Roshni Samlal, tabla
Ron McBee, percussion
Sameer Gupta, tabla
Vin Scialla, percussion/vibes
Lauren Crump, percussion
Andy Statman, mandolin, clarinet
Aaron Shragge, trumpet
Josh Geisler, bansuri
Mari Tanaka, tanpura
Kane Mathis, kora, oud

Recorded at DiMenna Studios, Engineered by Jay Newland and produced by Christopher Deputato, David Ellenbogen and Neel Murgai