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I'm a big fan of musical improvisation, of the sort you see in free Jazz for example. I like to play impromptu music that flows any which way with musicians who don't care so much for the tune as for its feel. Personally, I'd like to flesh out gritty, jagged lines over loose and limber grooves; savor the feeling and anticipation of constant rhythmic and harmonic change. It's a tremendous release when you can live in that moment, when sound becomes time and time becomes sound, and the next note you play is as much a part of your conscious creative thinking as it is a part of your unconscious instinct; a primeval urge to interpose at that very moment, a texture, a rhythm, an empty space, a continuation of a melody that could go anywhere, around changes that are as clueful as you are clueless... Herein are MP3 recordings of original, almost entirely improvised music from various jam sessions. Excerpts from a few improvised Jams Moon over Cuba - 8mins, feb 2004 (8 MB) - personnel: Goutham Kurra - first guitar solo, Roger Winkelman - second guitar solo, John - Bass, Gary Wesley - synth drums, a slightly latin sounding modal jam Riddims for Mature Audiences #1 - 9mins (9MB), Jun 2004 personnel: Goutham Kurra - guitar, Roger Winkelman - bass, Gary Wesley - keys, a fusion reggae beast knows not where to turnaround Every Night, a Frantic Descent into Drunken Grooviness - 17 mins (14mb) Sep 2004 Goutham - guitars, Roger - fretless bass, Nathan Frost - 6 string bass, Gary - percussion...I'll be darned if I'm going to comment on this one. The Stuff with Lyrics and Vocals Sapne (1.8MB) Sometime in 2001, I teamed up with Sandeep Kulkarni, previously lead vocalist with '90s Bombay based rock band Mayhem, and wrote a couple of songs, one of which we managed to actually record. It's a fairly short demo but boasts relatively slick production, all thanks to the superb talents of John Glaubitz. Currently the song lives its life as a part of the soundtrack to Sandeep's short animation film. Solo Music A Strange Kind of Loving #2 (6MB?) is a recording of electric guitar based improvisation over a terribly cliched ballad style background. I'm not really sure why I like this one, but I do. Some older Jams The KPM Sessions These are the results of some laid-back jamming by me (lead), Niloy (bass) and Palan (rhythm), one rainy afternoon in 1999, shortly before we played on stage for some concert at UC. Almost all of the music is improvised, as is evident. The recording quality leaves much to be desired and things seem a little bass-heavy mainly because we were jamming in my bedroom, and a mono tape player sitting in a quiet corner was doing all the recording. However, despite all the flaws and a number of incoherent sections, I feel these pieces lend themselves nicely to repeated listening enjoyment; they seem to grow on you. Syncop Heaven (3.18MB) Excuse a few confusing spots right in the beginning, for this actually has some interesting syncopated sections. Jam Sounds From the Bedroom (8.60 MB) a slow, deep, growling blues vamp with a few inspired moments. The Song That Never Began (1 MB) very short fusion-ish piece with a wierd time signature. Zappa Tribute and Reviews Oh, and if you thought that's all, here's Lumpy Gravy yet another Zappa page more coming soon or whenever... and yes, I would love to hear your comments on the music. contact me: web {at} kurra {dot} net

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." - Frank Zappa

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