etSitara

When I opened to this album and let it flow through me, then I felt strong emotional expression. A fusion of dark and light, cold and warm, traped and free sincere emotions. A lot of good work done! Thank you for sharing your music!

Solyuga floats into view of your ears and mind instantly cloaking you with its combinatory effect. Lovely variation and strangely compatible structures within these intertwining layers of musical existence.

mRat starts rhythmically with a few sources and slowly adds the melody, slightly melancholy. There is variation in the source of the rhythm that builds nicely and is eventually backed up by a bass noise. Once this is in place there's more variation on the rhythm, nice gear-changing. Then all scores settle into one wholesome track again. Suddenly, the rhythm changes drastically leaving you in desolation, but it fights its way back, ebbing and flowing. Now, there's a new sound on the block, part rhythmic, part melody dubwise. Then everything drifts in and out of your mind. Brilliant track.

Hamagito starts with a seductive vocal sample, and supports it with a classical background. Piano makes itself heard and what seems to be a moment of some confusion, is a clever little combination of the various levels of sound. It's almost like it shouldn't work, but it does very well.

StaRiverSun sounds like floating in the 'sea' of space, not under water but outer water. The sitar earths you and also contributes curiously well with the larger element. We are treated again to another apposite melody. Then the focus falls on the sitar for a while as the melody returns to join the unusual trio. Which is when an extra sense of rhythm is added!-) Good timing for the music. That fourth aspect predominates at the end with added spaciousness.

kRaga Intro brings us into a series of tracks and sets us up for a busy time perhaps, sounds like a marketplace.
kRaga1 is lead by the sitar with undercurrents of melody and a very loose sense of structure.
kRaga2 again predominated at the start with sitar and a lighter sense of percussiveness. Another rhythmic melody pops up and promptly disappears to finish with a combined ending.
kRaga3 starts with background, a strange warbling noise that gains in spaciousness. Then the sitar slowly emerges from the apparent chaos, very calmly and almost sensuously. The background foreground ??? changes here and there, it seems to almost be in antithesis.
kRaga4 is firing on all cylinders from the start, much more lively. Classical KraftiM, beautiful sitar and nice drums. Nice mix. Quite hypnotic in places. Snake-charming (I'm a Chinese Snake):)-<
kRaga5 is midrange and sitar to start, quite airy and light. Almost sounds like the very devil himself fiddling away in there, at times, as the intensity builds to the end.
kRaga Outro is much deeper and definite than the intro, like something that needed sorting out has been achieved. It has! An unusual blend of musical genres that works exceedingly well.

This was actually quite difficult for me to review and could only have been worsted by the sitar being a didgeridoo. As instruments I dislike them fairly intensely, whereas I love keyboards and percussion. Each to his own, and regardless of my personal likes and dislikes this is some seriously good, very interesting and challenging fusion.

Well done my friend(s)!

I'm slowly working my way though KraftiM; you have to because he creates extremely absorbing pieces that must be given full attention.

It is more that they take your complete attention - ambiance like this is not ambient background but full mental absorption :)

Great ethno-ambient. Would be perfect if not for the track 3 "Hamagito", which is an older work of KraftiM - based on annoying speeches and not a particularly good tune.

However, the rest is GREAT and I encourage you to check it out - of course only if you're a fan of intelligent atmospheric electronic music.

Oh, and one more thing. Is it Mr. Rat on a cover? He was a very cute rodent.