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Review – The Stables, Milton Keynes
ShivaNova - SunDance
MK Music –
Steffi Lewis
A FUSION OF MUSIC, DANCE, COLOUR
AND LIGHT
This
week I’ve been traveling the world thanks to The
Stables. On Tuesday I was in Africa with Nuru Kane, on
Wednesday I was in Asia with Shiva Nova. You know what amazes
me the most? Even though the music was separated by thousands
of miles, the similarities were frightening.
The
house lights went down and the band walked on stage. Made up
of Indian Percussion, Vocals, Keyboards, Violin and Flute
you’d think they’d be happy with that. But no …
Shiva Nova did something different.
They
had a synthesised backing track and each section of the show
had a different genre theme. Drum & Base, Celtic, Clubby.
I
was amazed at how it worked so well together. And for the
sections that didn’t have a backing track, they picked
another genre and gave it an Asian twist.
At
one point I was hearing Australian aboriginal rhythms, then
Celtic flutes and violins, and I found myself comparing what I
was hearing to similar sounds I remembered from the previous
nights Nuru Kane set.
It
amazes me that the further back in time you go, the more
genres travel the world. Suddenly I realised that the roots of
what we hear today, and consider to be our foundation genres
are firmly embedded in these two musically under-rated
continents.
The
band were made up of:
And
they all played extremely well together. For my first
introduction to Asian music, I was amazed at how beautiful it
really was. Add in the backing track from Priti’s synths
and you had a fusion of Eastern and Western music that can
only be described as brilliantly conceived, and professionally
executed.
Then
you have to add something else into the evening. Something I
really wasn’t expecting …
The
three dancers, all from The Creative Dance Company were superb
and they added an extra level to the show, which not only
fused two diverse cultures of music, but mixed in movement,
light and colour.
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