{"id":344199,"date":"2025-12-14T20:34:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/ambient-music\/jasdeep-singh-degun-jogkauns-2025-real-world-avant-music-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T20:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:34:52","slug":"jasdeep-singh-degun-jogkauns-2025-real-world-avant-music-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=344199","title":{"rendered":"Jasdeep Singh Degun \u2013 Jogkauns (2025; Real World) \u2013 Avant Music News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=3365515093\/album=606767462\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the biggest challenge facing Jasdeep Singh Degun when he decided to put Raag <a href=\"https:\/\/jasdeepsinghdegun.bandcamp.com\/album\/jogkauns\"><em>Jogkauns<\/em><\/a> on record: how to keep it on a single LP. In the Hindustani tradition, ragas can run two hours or more. The structure of a piece gives the performer immense amounts of freedom. Both vocalists and instrumentalists explore that freedom at length.<\/p>\n<p>Degun, for all his respect for the tradition, is not your typical raga-playing sitarist. At age 34, perhaps the best young sitar player in Britain, he has written for orchestra and collaborated with a string quartet. This is his first proper Indian classical recording.<\/p>\n<p>The clash of civilizations is audible. It starts with Degun\u2019s most fundamental choice. Jogkauns is a fairly modern raga, dating back to the 1940s. It was popularized by vocalist Kumar Gandharva and has mostly been the province of vocalists ever since. He\u2019s not playing Zeppelin, but he is stepping out a bit for a sitar player on his first classical outing.<\/p>\n<p>Once the music is underway, his scale shades toward the west. I don\u2019t want to overstate this: Degun evokes the quarter-tone-like scale associated with the form. It\u2019s still 90% Indian classical. The remaining 10%, though, makes the product more accessible to western ears. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the goal, or even it was a conscious decision. But some of Degun\u2019s phrases could well have come from a blues guitarist.<\/p>\n<p>The almost-western effect really kicks in on side two, when the solo sitar is joined by Harkiret Bahra on tabla. After the reflective, exploratory first side, some passages with the tabla are positively foot-tapping. Degun takes his climaxes seriously, too. He accelerates to thrilling high points that some western improvisors can only envy.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Degun threads the needle. He gives us a coherent reading of a sprawling piece in exactly 42 minutes. It doesn\u2019t meander, and neither does it rush against the deadline. I\u2019d love to hear the two-hour version in person, but spinning the record three times in succession sounds like a pretty good idea, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the biggest challenge facing Jasdeep Singh Degun when he decided to put Raag Jogkauns on record: how to keep it on a single LP. In the Hindustani tradition, ragas can run two hours or more. The structure of a piece gives the performer immense amounts of freedom. 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