DESCRIPTION:
A short film by Jöns Jönsson about the meeting between the Swedish group Beches Brew and four of today's greatest Karnatic instrumentalists in Chennai and the concert at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha on January 3, 2016.
With Ghatam V. Suresh, Khanjira N. Amrit, Violin Akkarai Sornalatha and Flute J. B. Srutisagar and from Sweden: ”Sopandev” Bengt Berger, drums; Lise-Lotte Norelius, percussion/electronics; Stefan Bellnäs, bass; Mats Öberg, keyboard/harmonica; Göran Klinghagen and Max Schultz, guitars; Staffan Svensson, trumpet; Sir Thomas Jäderlund, saxophones. Photo by Anna Intemann and sound by Sigge Krantz. English subtitles. Thanks for support from Musikverket, Guru Karaikudi Mani Iyer and Y. Prabu, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha.
The music is excerpts from Dagar, Djur, Eight Forty-five, Flabby Dick, Happy Hindu, Kakraba Hi Five and Kamelen (The Camel), all composed by Bengt Berger.
The musicians from India will visit Sweden and Scandinavia in October 2016 for a concert tour with Beches Brew.
More about Beches Indian Brew at http://countryandeastern.se/beches-indian-brew/