video : "Rhythm of the Drum" (Udhav Shinde Trio)

The Udhav Shinde Trio has been playing together on and off for about 4 years now. (Being on different continents makes it hard to play together regularly, but we're working on it.) For me, it's been a rich experience. Udhav's rhythmic vocabulary is mind blowing, and challenging for me to blend with, but he's such an intuitive musician and warm human being that it's always a pleasure to try. Judy's ability to get to grips with these melodies (with lyrics in Marathi) is amazing, and she gets better and better. (She also works her *** off keeping things going and organising.) It's still quite an experimental unit, but hopefully we'll develop things further in future.

In this video, we worked with dancer Sujata Goel and lighting designer Davey Cunningham to try to blend the music with visual and dance elements. Constraints of time and resources were tough, and (unbelievably) the "professional" cameraman we hired threw away some of the best master footage without our consent, but fortunately we were able to salvage enough to put this together - with the blessed help of Sujata's friend Saai (who happened to also be shooting video) and Orlando Verde, who made the final edit.