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In world music, collaboration is the new cool! - brunch feature

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In music, there’s no such thing as a comfort zone. That’s what Mumbai learned at the 11th edition of TEDxGateway 2020, themed Ideas Worth Spreading, where exceptional international talent showed that musical genius is a product of collaboration.

Thumming it up

A few years ago, Australian star beatboxer Tom Thum, who uses his mouth and vocal chords to create an array of sounds from a trumpet to a turntable scratching, entered into a surprising collaboration with composer and symphony conductor Gordon Hamilton. ‘Thum Prints,’ this collaboration between the Brisbane boys, not only wowed audiences but has had other orchestras following suit. They make forward-looking, experimental music, inviting the audience into their imagination.

“It’s our original music, which we’ve worked on together and taken all over the world,” says Gordon. “We did an eight-minute version for the beatboxer and orchestra youth at TedX, where we collaborated with the Bombay Chamber Orchestra. It’s a very different way to use beatboxing. Tom is always looking for ways to take beatboxing into different landscapes.”

Gordon Hamilton and Tom Thum’s collaboration is called Thum Prints ( Shivangi Kulkarni )

This is exactly what Tom accomplished at the Jodhpur RIFF music festival in 2018, where he spent three days collaborating with folk musicians to create an hour of scintillating music. “My friend Bobby Singh is an incredible tabla player in Australia,” Tom explains. “He’s taught me different ragas and we’ve played together a few times. This project with Rajasthani folk artistes was intense and insane. They do a lot of spoken rhythms and drums and clappers. Neither of us spoke each other’s language, but we spoke the language of music.”

Wide open spaces seem to inspire musicians like little else can. Gordon, 38, who has travelled the world as a music composer and conductor and in his role as artistic director of The Australian Voices, went to Antarctica last year, where he composed a symphony called Far South, in which field recordings of ice, ocean and whales interact with the orchestra. After such solitude, it’s no wonder that Mumbai is a bit of a sensory overdose for him! “This giant tapestry of humans… I have never been in a city this big in terms of population density before,” he says.

“My friend Bobby singh is an incredible tabla player in australia. He’s taught me different ragas and we’ve played together.” -Tom Thum, Australian star beatboxer

For Tom (34), who wrote graffiti at 14, breakdanced at 15, and beatboxed at 16, and put out his first album at 21, it was exciting to check out the local musicscape on his first visit to Mumbai. “The SacredWorx Foundation (an NGO that works to empower the underprivileged) hit me up on my FB page. Gordon and I did a workshop in exchange for a tour around Dharavi. All the local beatboxers came and we jammed. I was super impressed. The Bombay Beatbox Community, they’re really, really good.”

Gordon and Tom were especially taken by the talent and enthusiasm of a young dancer who goes by the name of @bboy_prokid_09. “He is maybe like 15 years old, but there’s a seven-storey high mural of him in Dharavi that Guido van Helten, my friend from Brisbane, painted,” grins Tom. “He did some really sick B-boying. Everywhere we went, he was like throwing down and breaking – in the leather goods store, on the train over-bridge, in the middle of the street… His style far outweighs his age, as if he’s been B-boying for 20 years or something! He reminded me of me when I was that age!”

Freedom by moonlight

Winning the 2019 Grammy for Best New Age Album certainly made them happy but didn’t send them over the moon as much as performing together does. The musical foursome called Opium Moon is made up of Canadian-American violinist Lili Haydn, her husband Itai Disraeli, an innovative Israeli bassist, Iranian santoor master Hamid Saeidi, and acclaimed American percussionist MB Gordy. The Los Angeles-based ensemble’s music is so eclectic, it’s hard to categorise. But everyone who listens to it agrees it’s bliss inducing.

Lead Singer of the Grammy Award-winning band Opium Moon Lili Haydn (centre) with Tom Thumb and Gordon Hamilton in Mumbai ( Shivangi Kulkarni )

Lili Haydn, who has collaborated with and opened for everyone from Roger Waters, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and Sting to the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his nephew Rahat, is the epitome of positive and primal energy. MB calls her their central driving force; Itai calls her the ‘fearless leader.’

“Every time we get together, it’s like it’s the first time. We love the audience but if we played for ourselves, it’d be just as exciting.” -Itai Disraeli, an Israeli bassist

“She’s the love of my life, a combination of really strong and powerful and also very soft and emotional,” Itai says. Lili, who hasn’t let humble beginnings or even brain damage from an accident get in the way of her musical journey, maintains that the angels brought the group together. “It was pure magic the first time we played,” she says.

This past year has been super intense as they won the Grammy, and are now regrouping for a new record. Independently, each of them has worked on various projects, including soundscapes for films. Hamid elaborates, “All of us are composer-producers and we each play in our own bands with 245 different projects. But whenever we get together, we start playing and we forget any outside negativity or any disagreements with each other.”

“Whenever we start playing together we forget any outside negativity or any disagreements with each other” -Hamid Saeidi, Iranian santoor master

Itai explains, “This is because our music is transforming. It’s very improvisational. We know the structure and the melodies, but we don’t know the note we will play from show to show. Every time we get together, it’s like it’s the first time. We love the audience but if we played for ourselves, it’d be just as exciting.”

Hamid, whom they affectionately call the Prince of Persia, says, “My entire study in music was to be able to improvise. It’s not about base or percussion or violin or any other instrument, not even about music. It’s about energy.”

“One of my favourite records is Call of the Valley by Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and classical flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia” -Lili Haydn, Canadian-American violinist

“Hamid comes from a very old culture and his roots are very deep, but he’s modern too,” says Itai. “He brings soul to our sound.”

With MB, Itai seems to have found the perfect drum to his bass. “I’ve played with a lot of good drummers, but with MB, it’s something special. He’s like the foundation, the Earth, on which we build our music.”

Lili calls the magic between MB’s percussion and Itai’s bass guitar ‘the fire.’ “Hamid and I are sort of in the heavenly realm but the way MB and Itai play makes all the elements – fire, earth, water, air – come together to create this fantastic realism. Without that fire, Opium Moon wouldn’t be as interesting, sexy and compelling.”

“Studying tabla in graduation changed everything for me, even the way I approach the drum set” -MB Gordy, American percussionist

The name Opium Moon is inspired by the work of Sufi poet Hafiz. In a poem, he writes, ‘The bird’s favourite songs / You do not hear / For their most flamboyant music takes place / When their wings are stretched / Above the trees / And they are smoking the opium of pure freedom…’ The band’s music is all about that.

From HT Brunch, June 7, 2020

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PETRICHOR & CO, Hamilton, Brisbane

Cuisine: brunch

Saute your appetite with an incredibly delightful brunch at a local cafe (conveniently located on the way to airport before I left). The picture says it all with the vibrant colours of the pumpkin hummus dish, which reflected in its mouth-watering flavours and textures. 

**ratings: 9.2g edibles | 9.2g value | 9.0g service | 9.0g ambience

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Heart Beach AUD / CAN

25/11/16 - Hobart at The Grand Poobah

01/12/16 - Melbourne at the Gasometer

02/12/16 - Sydney at the Vic

03/12/16 - Canberra at ANU

04/12/16 - Thirroul at Frank’s Wild Years

05/12/16 - Melbourne at the Northcote Social Club

16/12/16 - Vancouver BC at Studio Vostock w/ Dadweed

17/12/16 - Victoria BC at the Copper Owl w/ Island Eyes, Noble Wolves

14/01/17 - Victoria BC at Wheelies w/ The Let Me Downs

09/02/17 - Vancouver BC at The Astoria w/ Postlost, Devours, Tulip

11/02/17 - Victoria BC at Vinyl Envy w/ Bridal Party

10/03/17 - Vancouver BC at Lana Lou’s w/ Bridal Party and Little Sprout

06/04/17 - Vancouver BC at Half Satan w/ Pale Red, Be Afraid, Dadweed

08/04/17 - Edmonton AB at The Sewing Machine Factory w/ Birds Bear Arms, Lovlett, Dadweed

09/04/17 - Edmonton AB at Skymall w/ Dadweed, Wet Secrets

10/04/17- Saskatoon SK at Vangeli’s w/ Pure Bliss, Dadweed

11/04/17 - Winnipeg MB at HMS Arlington w/ Dadweed

12/04/17 - Regina SK at The Artful Dodger w/ Doubt it, Dadweed

13/04/17 - Medicine Hat AB at Captin’s Cabin w/ Strange Animal, Dadweed

14/04/17 - Calgary AB at Tubby Dog w/ Crystal Eyes, Dadweed

15/04/17- Penticton BC at the Whole w/ Believeh, Dadweed

20/04/17 - Toronto ON at the Rivoli

21/04/17 - Toronto ON at the Night Owl

22/04/17 - Toronto ON at the Hideout

23/04/17 - Guelph ON at DSTRICT

28/04/17 - Montreal QC at Le Cagibi

29/04/17- Ottawa ON at Black Squirrel Books w/ Quivers, How Far to Mexico

13/05/17 - Ottawa ON at Bar Robo w/ Galapagos

15/05/17 - Montreal QC at La Marche a Cote w/ Still Kicking, Beloveds

03/06/17 - Montreal QC at Geist House w/ Eauvais, Dieariot & Ola Kado

03/06/17 - Toronto ON at the Horseshoe Tavern w/ Dennis Ellsworth & The Mercy Dolls, Highlife, Beige

07/06/17 - Guelph ON at Silence w/ Devin & The Dark Light, Ten Boy Summer and Eddy Evvy

08/06/17 - London ON at Grooves Records

09/06/17 - Sudbury ON at the Asylum

10/06/17 - Thunderbay ON at the Apollo w/ Fat Cop

11/06/17 - Winnipeg MB at the Handsome Daughter

16/06/17 - Regina SK at the German Club w/ An Ant And An Atom, Foonyap

17/06/17 - Edmonton AB at the Needle w/ Borscht (solo)

19/06/17 - Saskatoon SK at the Capitol Music Club w/ SuperMoon, The Sips

20/06/17 - Live to air performance on CJSW Calgary, 9pm

21/06/17 - Calgary AB Sled Island Festival at Local 510 w/ Mothers, The Garrys, WINT, Marlaena Moore

29/06/17 - Penticton BC at Saint-Germain Cafe Gallery w/ Yarrows

30/06/17 - Live to Air performance on CiTR, Vancouver

30/06/17 - Vancouver BC at Lana Lous w/ Dadweed

04/07/17 - Victoria BC at City Square

06/07/17 - Pathetica Festival, Vancouver BC

08/07/17 - Live to Air performance on CKXU, Lethbridge

08/07/17 - Lethbridge AB at the Owl w/ Brunch Club, Jay Blissette

11/07/17 - Thunder Bay MB at the Apollo w/ Shitty Dates

12/07/17 - Sudbury ON at the Townehouse w/ Odyssey, Oli Palkovits

13/07/17 - Toronto ON at the Piston w/ New You, Hormoans, Justin McDonald Band

14/07/17 - North Bay at White Water Gallery w/ Dave Dino White

25/07/17 - Montreal at Barfly w/ Weeping Witch, Sun Feels Cold

09/08/17 - Bar Le Ritz Montreal w/ Slothrust

01/11/17- Melbourne at the Gasometer w/ Summerflake, Dolphin (Tas)

02/11/17 - Thirroul (NSW) at Frank’s Wild Years

03/11/17 - Sydney at the Oxford Arts Factory w/ Imperial Broads

04/11/17 - Canberra at the Phoenix w/ Passive Smoke, House of Strangers, Little Lunch

08/11/17- Melbourne at the Gasometer w/ Low Talk, Mount Trout (Tas)

09/11/17- Wollongong at Rad w/ Sun Sap, Stay at Home Son

10/11/17- Newcastle at Hamilton Station w/ Treasure Troves

11/11/17 - Brisbane at The Bloodhound w/ Kitchen’s Floor, Cannon, Kindling

15/11/17 - Melbourne at the Gasometer w/ Shovels, SM Jenkins, Ghost Drop

17/11/17- Adelaide at the Metro w/ Blush Response, Little Dust

22/11/17 - Melbourne at the Gasometer w/ Hayley Couper, Ciggie Witch

02/12/17 - Launceston at Sawtooth Gallery w/ Slag Queens

09/12/17 - Hobart at the Brisbane Hotel (Hobart + Music = Yeah!) w/ Stationary Suns, Quivers, Slag Queens, K Mason, Carl Renshaw, Saul Latham

26/12/17 - Hobart at Taroona Bowls Club w/ Quivers

29/12/17 - Falls Festival

27/01/18 - Hobart at the Brisbane Hotel w/ Elan Vital, The Pits, Filthy Little Star

28/02/18 - Montreal QC at Bar Le Ritz w/ The Wooden Sky

07/04/18 - Sainte- Therese at Le Montecristo w/ The Castagnes

04/04/18 - Montreal QC at La Sotterranea w/ Dresser, Claustra

08/06/18 - Montreal QC at Bar Le Ritz w/ Camp Cope

16/06/18 - Montreal QC at Pool House w/ The Castagnes