sitar / percussion / bass (duo/trio)

( in two alternative formats : with or without pre-recorded backing layers )




purusa/peter schaefer has studied sitar in india, usa and australia, with krishna chakravarty (disciple of ravi shankar); sarode master the late ali akbar khan; his disciple the late ashok roy, and sitarist dr chandrakant sardeshmukh (disciple of ravi shankar) and composition with peter sculthorpe. his music has been performed, recorded and broadcast in australia and overseas both by his ensemble and such classical performers as the seymour group; petra, gagliano and elektra string quartets; and state symphony orchestras.

he plays a hemen sitar, in performance using various roland signal processing and synthesizer modules to produce a wide timbral range from pure acoustic sitar, to mixing with electronic effects and midi-triggered timbres for extended 'horn' sustain ... this is appropriate to the stylistic range of his performance style, which mirrors a broad experience of eastern and western musics, from traditional north indian to contemporary/jazz/world music styles, and incorporating influences from ravi shankar to john mclaughlin to jan garbarek, among many others.




associate artists :

david jones / alex masso / paul derricott / jared underwood / chris fields / dave goodman : drums/percussion
michael galleazi / samuel dobson / mervyn sequeira / adrian legg : basses




sitar / percussion / bass repertoire examples :

expans I
expans III
expansIV
expans V (flow / lovesong)
expans VI (honey be / pulse / passages / edgecolours / pulse / curush)
expans VII (seven heaven / saljan / turnpoint)

be / angelclaws
(you and the) bliss
(i will you) will
(know your) heart
mooncloud
(love is) seeing
(all is) one
(mantra/songs I - VII)

dreamode
earthsong (raga gaia)

(all composed peter schaefer)





sitar/percussion/bass mp3 excerpt : " expans I "
( peter schaefer : sitar / peter ready : percussion / chris bell : bass )
from forthcoming cd " expans I II III "
(headphone listening recommended)