Essar, Qais
Echoes Of The Unseen
Qais Essar is an acclaimed Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer known for his mastery of the rabab - the national instrument of Afghanistan, and the precursor to the sarod in Indian classical music. Echoes Of The Unseen is a record which draws on the deep roots of Afghan and Indian classical music, and is filtered through Qais desire to push the rabab into new territory - whether sonically, through advanced techniques, or compositionally.