composer and sarod player avra banerjeehas come up with a unique global music project featuring eminent artists with a compilation of 4 unique compositions these tracks will take the listeners through a divine and contemplative spiritual journey of different experiences of wisdom timelessness serenity selfrealization love connections and synchronicity establishing a sense of ultimate peace and euphoriaread alsoi enjoy coming to kolkata again again hariharanthe 4th edition of a classical music festival in dum dum saw an impressive turnout the twoday festival conceptualised and curated by bratya basu witnessed some eclectic performances on its first day led by ustad rashid khan and armaan khan on vocals accompanied by shri yashwant vaishnav onfirmly rooted in the earthy tones of hindustani classical music this musical tree has branched out into the genres of contemporary andworld music ganga kaleidocope is the first song of the album titled manoyatri the mind voyager based on raag jog this composition takes you on a voyage on the river ganga demonstrating different dynamics and emotions that are sometimes intense yet tranquil sometimes fiercely and powerful and you feel at one with the power that drives it all just as jog signifies connection this track organically gets connected from indian music to a progressive development with western melodies and rhythm the track is played in an unconventional unison pattern with dynamics of rhythmic beats that transition from a 4beat cycle to a 9beat cycleganga kaleidoscope official video manoyartri world music muzik house productions while avra banerjee is the composer several renowned artists like mahalakshmi iyer vocal rhythm shaw guitars ojas adhiya tabla avra banerjee sarod tamal halder pianokeys bachospati chakraborty bass guitar himadri sekhar das drums and bhaswar dasgupta lyrics have joined hands for ganga kaleidocope avra is a composer and plays the instrument sarod specializing in world music he has done successful collaborations with many musicians both in india and globally as a composer he has also worked with renowned musicians like hariharan ustad rashid khan and talat aziz apart from participating artists in the current album he got nomination at the global indian music award in 2013 for the best fusion music album and the independent music award usa in 2014 avra is currently based in australia and has formed a world music group called swarasynthesis where he is both the composer and performer he had also founded a band ragamorphism while being in india speaking about this unique initiative avra banerjee says music is more an art for me than entertainment hence i wanted to create something that would be intricate and musically challenging at the same time quite contemplative to the listeners hence the idea has developed to conceive a compilation of a few compositions those are based on unconventional rhythmic patterns with a common theme of acknowledging mother nature and its creators that straightaway touches your heart and your mind and trigger to attain a spiritual awakening the first composition ganga kaleidoscope is a tribute to river ganga