Gurtu, Trilok
One Thought Away
Over the course of 34 years as a recording artist, going back to Usfret, his 1988 debut as a leader, Indian drummer and tabla master Trilok Gurtu has always gone into the studio with a working band and a specific plan. For his 21st recording as a leader, the gifted musical maverick decided to try something completely different. Eschewing the band concept, Gurtu improvised in the studio on an array of instruments, including tablas, drums, keyboards, electric bass and the Basic 1, a revolutionary stringed-percussion hybrid created by visionary German instrument maker Ferdinand Forsch.