PANTERA by RD Burman !?

Pantera, the name is associated mainly with an American metal band who are famous for their song "Cemetery Gates". But Pantera is also the name of an album released by RD Burman in 1987.

Now I am very new to indian composers and when I was suggested this album by my friend who is a musician himself. I felt that i have to listen to them. The music itself surprised me as it was a mix of Latin Jazz and Rhythm.


RD BURMAN - PANTERA - IN EVERY CITY (YOUTUBE)

RD BURMAN - PANTERA - CAMINANDO (YOUTUBE)




Pantera (1987), was a Latin Rock album, produced by Pete Gavankar (father of Janina Gavankar). The album was an international collaboration, for which RD Burman partnered with Jose Flores in San Francisco.

"My epitaph now and then cries,
 Loaded with larvae and mere lies.
A walk of life, a sound? His parasitic round.
Discarded footwear and fear he hides."

 - A W Manfred.


I once wrote a poem. I call it a dada poem. It is a mixture of words put together from different mediums of print and in limerick style. I did read that poems are read by the reader and interpreted in their own way, hence I do not want to reveal my own interpretation of the poem. But I would say out of the two universal states of mind. This poem hovers around "fear" and not "love". And it is mandatory for a human to understand what fear is, to fully comprehend what love is. PS: As for A W MANFRED, that would be my own pseudonym.(I thought I needed one) A W stands for "Ashwyn Warrier" and Manfred is a name which means "Peace" - In fact a very Libran name.

Surreal Soup - A dream from last night !

"Dreams are messages from your subconscious". Wikipedia considers dreams to be successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud wrote extensively about dream theories and interpretations in "The interpretation of dreams". Some people are in complete control of their dreams, lucid dreamers they are called. These people can actually control the world inside their minds like if it were a virtual reality world. Dreaming has been known to exist forever. The ancient Shamans are said to wander into dreamworlds to seek answers and be one with the higher power. Also considered as a gateway to meditation and higher phenomenon like (OBE) Out of Body experiences. What intrigued me, as a dreamer who has had only one lucid dream so far is the actually lucidity and content of the world inside our minds. The content can be explained as completely surreal and juxtaposed. If one were to dream without any control over one's dreams, one would run into strangely juxtaposed ideas and imagery. Surreal Soup is a compilation of dream visuals put together in a bizarrely unorderly way to make you think of certain things you would not think of, in that particular moment of time.



Please click on the below link to see the experimental short, I happened to create with the help of my crew. It was purely academic and the start to an exploration which will continue through out my living years.

See SURREAL SOUP - A DREAM FROM LAST NIGHT