About

Mauritius Island Active Artist

Creation, Indian Classical, Electro, Jazz Available For: Music Festivals, Concerts, Events, Masterclass Live

As an Artist, Shakti Shane Ramchurn has got the chance to learn and collaborate with great Maestros of the Indian Classical Music, Blues and Jazz Musicians and Music Directors from various disciplines and countries. After 15 years of learning and completing a Degree in Indian Classical Music Performing Arts Tabla, specialised in playing with Kathak Dance and also worked for four years as a Tabla Instructor in a very reputed University in Mauritius, in 2008, Shakti decided to live an Artist life and to create his own identity and started exploring various music styles, such as Lounge Music, Blues, Jazz, Swing, Sega, Maloya, African Rhythm and Percussions which lead him to his creation, the EL TABLA PROJECT.

Our mission

Shakti has worked with great Mauritian and International Artists such as ANNA PATTEN, ERIC TRITON, PHILIPPE THOMAS, STEPHEN BONGARCON, LINLEY MARTHE, GILBERT POUNIA, TILOUN, TALIKE GELE, JEAN ALAIN ROUSSEL and many more. Under the Patronage of Eric Triton, Shakti has been playing almost 150 concerts and Festivals round the Globe. It has been a very rich Journey which helped him understand better the essence of World Music. Also as a Music Composer and Arranger, Shakti has composed, recorded and arranged Music for Big Dance Ballet and Shows and Dance Creation with the collaboration and knowledge of ANNA PATTEN (C.S.K) DIRECTOR ART ACADEMY.

The Journey

The Journey is a Mauritian Solo Tabla Electro Live concept. From a minimum duration of 30 mins to a maximum duration of 1 hour, Shakti explores and demonstrates various moods, aspect and emotions of the Solo Tabla Playing in a very modern and stylish way. After practicing and experimenting his Solo Performances for almost 27 years in a closed room, Shakti came with this project with the only intentions to share his Music, his Passion and his way of listening, arranging and playing the Tabla Solo. The simple way of describing the project is the I&I concept. It is Shakti playing, accompanying, and improvising with himself on the stage. The concept is based on a tailor made soundtrack, Composed, Recorded, Arranged and Mastered by Shakti himself, where he plays intricate Rhythms, Orchestration, and Thunderous Rhythmic Compositions, which are often played in a traditional manner, but in order to share his music to the modern world and technologies, Shakti composed an Electro Background designed especially for this concept. The project is a Live Sound and Light Experience. The lightings are specially designed and programmed to match each second in the Music Background, where the lights will also perform Rhythms together with Shakti on stage.

EL TABLA TECHNICAL RIDER

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EL TABLA MASTERCLASS

Introduction of the Tabla

The Tabla is a very old and ancient tradition which was kept secret for many years. In this segment Shakti will introduce the Instrument and talks about the various aspects of it and also demonstrate how it is being played.

The Rhythm cycle

The Tabla uses very complicated Rhythm Cycles and Beats which is very different from occidental way of counting Rhythm. In this segment Shakti will explain how to count and improvise using the Indian Rhythm Cycle and the language of the Tabla.

Improvisation

This segment focuses in improvisation and creation in complicated Rhythmic Patterns. For example, improvising in 16 beats and be able to recognise the starting point of the Improvisation each time.

Orchestration

This part is mainly for confirmed Musicians and Artists as it deals with very complicated calculations and rhythms. One must master the metronome in order to understand the class as Shakti will explain how to play Traditional Tabla compositions in a very different way with any type of Instruments whether Percussions, String Instruments or even Vocal.

The Sega

The Sega is a Traditional Folk Music of Mauritius using the RAVAN as the main Percussion Instrument. In this segment Shakti will introduce the RAVAN, the way it can be played, improvising and also how to play the Tabla in a sega, where the melodic aspect of the Tabla will be introduced.

Dance creation

In this segment Shakti will do creative work with Dancers. Working Session and creation where The Tabla can fusion with their style or vice versa.