Duo Falak: Tira-Tira (digital outlets)

This could look a bit forbidding on paper but this half hour improvisation recorded in Tashkent by Russian guitarist Denis Sorokin and percussionist Shohin Qurbon should have considerable appeal for acoustic guitarists, those who like their jazz a bit different and anyone curious about world music.

Some background then: the musicians interpret traditional Falak music from Tajikistan which usually performed by a soloist who aims to create a state of religious trance.

The music dates back to pre-Islamic times in the Pamir mountains.

So this is a mesmerising duet between electro-acoustic guitar and percussion (with subtle interventions of Qurbon's vocal) which is both world music but has some of the improvisation of free jazz (but not right out there).

As we often say, this is not for everyone but it's the kind of music you come to Elsewhere for from time to time.

A tip: first time through play this quietly so it rolls out gently. 

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You can hear and buy this album at bandcamp here