Manjit Singh Photo: Supplied
Carnatic singer Aakash Binu. Photo: Supplied / Advaitha Events
Auckland-based tabla player Manjit Singh's latest project is Indi'gration - a cross-cultural endeavour involving Indian, Western jazz and Māori music with the end goal of a concert in South Auckland later this year.
But the collaboration extends beyond New Zealand, with Singh inviting Indian-born Carnatic singer Aakash Chacko Binu to participate.
The two spoke with RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump while Binu was in the country for a few days.
They explained how the project started, and how Indi'gration is just the first part of a wider cross-cultural adventure, Project Pangea - named after the original global super-continent.
Auckland's Indo-Western fusion band, Takadimi, will be backing vocalists Daljeet Kaur and Aakash Chacko Binu in "Indi'gration". Photo: Supplied / Takadimi
