« Jhala », part 4 of Mahadev Cometo’s last album « Freedom ».
Listen all tracks and/or buy the album here « Freedom ».
Thank you very much Trig Fardust for your video, I love it !!!
« Jhala, झाला is a term in Hindustani classical music which denotes the fast-paced conclusions of classical compositions or raga. It is often characterized by the overwhelming of the melodic component by the rhythmic component. This is sometimes effected by the rapid striking together of the chikari between notes »,
– says Wikipedia.
Journalists from MTV London interviewing Al Comet after the Europe Pirat Tour (MTV airing videos from Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails or Björk at the time!).
Topped by a flight with Al Comet’s father piloting the journalist crew filming Al Comet free style stunts in the second plane, – wing to wing!
Short version:
Al Comet and Betrand Siffert in one plane,
the filming crew in the other, – Fribourg-Ecuvillens.
Album and tracks » Europ Pirat Tour.
Talking about planes and pilots, – have a look at the Hunter Gallery.
Portrait du Fri-Son 2015
Taken from a drone flight by Mahadev Cometo.
Details and video: Portrait du Fri-Son
Playing with Rajaneesh Tiwari, Hari Paudyal, live au bord du Gange, Varanasi, 2011.
View Mahadev playing with friends.
Al Comet – Egg Shaker
TYG unplugged at the centre culturel suisse in Paris 2008 03 17.
Al Comet, who in the normal course of things makes almost all the noise at Young Gods concerts, applies himself singlemindedly here to setting egg shaker accents during the refrain of ‘Charlotte’. [text: ‘doceddi’ on YouTube]
Movie by Stefan Davi, Karim Patwa, Switzerland, January 2017
« More to come (for additional confusion) » and similar risks can be expected if Koch-Schütz-Studer and The Young Gods go for a common tour. Two experienced border-expanding bands – but also seven individuals, all excellent musicians – let their creativity run wild after a rehearsal weekend. Because everyone should be free to do what he wants. Supersonic Airglow illuminates magical moments on and behind the stages in which the improvising artists discover new sounds.
[swissfilms.ch, Trailer: supersonic-airglow.com]
Recorded by Al Comet at Boa Studio
Mixed by Bertrand Siffert, Benedict Saillet and Al Comet at Relief Studio » album Sitarday
« Sitardayvideo » 3’50”, 2001
Video clip « Lioba »
Video: Alain Favre, more Alain Favre – Al Comet.
Music: Al Comet, playing « Lioba » the melody that brought Swiss soldiers to tears when fighting in foreign lands…
As somebody noted:
This time the comet is heading towards the sun, native of the guitar, to the first vibrating string on a cleverly empty content.
Up the axis of good:
Ogoz, Andalusia, Turkey, Pakistan to Bollywood. Al Comet on a flying carpet in the West is moving the digital science of electrons, flying over cities and countryside.
The left engine is the reason, the right engine, intuition.
Comet replaces oil by levitate pushing us again and again forward: In the sky, arms outstretched, the Third Eye wide open!