Trilok Gurtu, 23 maggio 2005

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Nato a Bombay (India) il 30 ottobre 1951. Trilok ha iniziato a suonare sin da piccolo grazie alla sua provenienza da una famiglia di musicisti. La madre Shobha è una cantante molto famosa in India. A Trilok non piacciono le definizioni dei media sulla sua musica. Lui è qui per costruire ponti, non barriere e chiama la sua musica Jazz Boolywood. E' la musica di Trilok Gurtu. A "Udin & Jazz" ha suonato tra le altre: Tillana, Rajastan, Kalavati e Africa. Ha aggiunto che se il suo show ci è piaciuto bene altrimenti non gliene può fregare di meno. W l'onestà, ma poi non sono fatti così tutti i musicisti Jazz? A loro piace suonare solo per sè stessi, che ci piaccia oppure no!!!

Quanto ti ha influenzato musicalmente la tua famiglia?
Mia madre mi ha influenzato molto. suono grande musica grazie all'influenza di mia madre. lei è la mia maestra di musica.
E' una cantante vero?
Oh sì, lei è incredibile!!! e anche mia nonna, mio fratello. La mia famiglia proviene da una famiglia di musicisti.
Hai degli artisti che ti hanno ispirato quando hai iniziato a fare musica?
Certo naturalmente, molti suonatori di tabla. Mia madre, molti cantanti in India e un sacco di musica Boolywood. Poi ho ascoltato molta motown e anche musica classica e dopo un pò di jazz. Concludendo per lo più musica classica indiana, Boolywood and folk.
What inspires you now musically?
It's what have been inspiring me when i started to play music. I relized that music has no form, no name. I realized this because of my spiritual teacher Ranjiit Maraj, grazie a lui because of him Im relaxed. Im not acheiving anything in music, I dont care. in music ther's nothing to achieve. If music is giving me a trouble is not correct, it should give me peace and that's what inspires me. To gain my own music and my own sound and this inspires me, to be honest to music. This is the inspiration. It's not inspiration coming from any human person.
What has changed, if something has changed, from the beginning till now in your music and in your life?
I understood....from my spiritual teacher that is not a big deal. You got to achieve in life ehy you are here!!! This is a big achievement rather than being good musician and fighting for media and more attention and more popularity. For what I have Im very happy and this makes me play music really strong. I dont worry about some people liking my music, people dont like it, criticize it. I play what is honest for me. Music is a vehicle for me. It's not the end. End is when I realize why Im here. My teacher tells me that, if I fulfilled that then music..gone to will be happy to any person. Music is not everything. Im not the slave of music. Music and me are together, we are musicians as well. We are not slaves of eachother. It's open not close. Have I to do this for somebody? to please somebody??Nooo! I dont care, Ive nothing to achieve.
How do you see Asian Music Underground?
Underground? underground is metro, is really down:) Ive a lot of fans from Asian but I dont think them are the city trend musicians. Thats the problem!!! Like Nitin, Talving, they call me the mentor. i started all this. Their musical life is longer because they are musicians. But many musicians are just fashion and walk with the society wearing jeans with tags in their ass looking for a dealer. this is just fashion. What is in fashion will go. what is not fashion will stay. So I cannot say if it's bad or good. i just say if it's honest it will stay. Im doing what them do for a long time in Indian music and Im still around.
How have you felt when they've named you as their mentor?
They're very honest about this. they're very loving. This is inspiration also. Ok they're doing bad or...that's not the point. everybody is trying his capability. If it's working for them it's ok. But dont follow track because the media would push you up and then bring you down. it's all about money. Good music is important, if music is strong, powerful, I see im not as slave as powerful, people will like it, people will speak and they will come! The best promotion I get. Of course media promoting also very good but it has to be proper translation, correct. proper not only egoistic/selfish. For I want to do this to become popular/reach popularity.
your music is modern. have u choosen modern because you like this sound or to involve young people ti listen to?
My music was modern since I was born. I like this, my mother does the same. Im not there to please. Im to please myself. Music is self-fulfilment. Im not doing anything. the power inside is doing everything. im always from this. It's doing but Im not doing it to be in the charts or anything. People has misunderstood this because they think im a drummer professionist and this is in the last. If you are a singer and good looking is more easy even if you are not a good musician, is more easy.
There's not quality mayb?
Yess is more appearance and not quality. That's why Im coming to this point just to say that's not the quality. This is how the world works so Ive not to fault for this. Im doing my music, my original music that is Trilok Gurtu music!! Ive called it Boolywood Jazz. Some people like jazz, some boolywood...it's just words, is nothing..it's words that go on in the air..go on..bla-bla, and people give it so much importance. Big deal you know. So this is Trilok Gurtu music, my music and if you dont like it I really, really dont care.
You have collaborated with many artists. How these collaborations start?
It was basically becuse I was doing mostly different music in the market. They said "We would like to play with Trilok" I agree to do this and everything gone. I dont play normal. I do drummer music different then all, again good or bad, but Im not imitating anybody and if it's imitation is of myself.
You collaborated even with Robert Miles. You know he's from a place close to this town?
Yeah I know, I know.
How was to work with him?
Very nice, very good. he's very intelligent sound men and a good DJ, he has an ear for music.
It's summer time for festivals. Do you prefer festivals or gigs?
Festivals..Jazz Festivals. Ive played in Glastonbury, Reading, Perugia. Everywhere big festivals. In the festivals the atmosphere is different. Other people are playing so you got to be short and professional. You cant make mistakes.
You've travelled a lot, which is the best places you've seen?
I dont want to discriminate. It's all good or something is really bad as some industrial places. Sardegna, in Italy, is fantastic. In India some places, in Norway fantastic. Some places in Italy as I told you Sardegna on the coast in Langhe. Ive a lot of friends in Langhe, wonderful. Spain great as well.
What do you listen to for chilling out?
My own self.
What are new projects?
I do something with orchestra and a project that I did in Africa musicians from Mali. I stayed with them with no light without anything. It was a great experience and I do a duet with Du Holland. and i do a very big project in scotland with the "back pipes snear". I opened a big hall. So I do a lot of production and not only play gigs but I do production. I opened the big festival in Copenaghen "Asian Music Festival". I put things together, I make bridges.
Not barriers!!!
Yess.
When have you started this tour?
I started in June.
When will you finish it?
At the end of July.
And then?
Then I'll go to India.
And what are you going to play tonight?
I'm going to play from my last record "Broken Rythms" with orchestra, well not orchestra but the same idea.