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In today's world the word "fusion" has lost it's punch in describing original music, but friedsitar, which combines Hindusthani Music with Jazzy Blues-rock, is indeed unique. The unlikely ingredients; Sitar, Contrabass,Tabla and Drums, fit perfectly together, like the reunification of long separated friends.Friedsitar has discovered a true meeting point between Ancient-Eastern and Modern-Western systems of improvisation and composition, with spontaneity, aliveness, and subtlety.
The concept was born in Victoria, Canada in 1996 after a meeting between it's founding members; Edward Powell and Scott White Over the succeeding years Powell and White performed with several percussionists to finally settle with the young and very talented Emil Heyrovsky of Prague. As a trio the group has performed widely in Europe and is capured on it's debut CD "FRESH"