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KW in the Multiverse

from Quarantine Dreams by Brooklyn Raga Massive

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"KW in the Multiverse" David Ellenbogen, Kenny Wessel and Mari Tanaka (written by David Ellenbogen).

This is a song I've had in my head since I came across a book on indian rhythms in Ghana in 1999. Feverish with Malaria, I mentally repeated this rhythm during my entire stay in the hospital: dha ki ta, ki ta, dha ki ta, dha ki ta. When they'd take my temperature and replace the IV, the doctors and nurses couldn't understand how I was in such a good mood, "you realize you're 103%!?" The mental focus and the joy, I was receiving from breaking through the barrier of 4/4 time, the bars wherein I had resided my whole life released a huge amount of energy. I was feeling amazing and full of gratitude. The doctor, impressed, even paid my bill, (he said he "loved jews," my first and only time hearing that sentiment in many years of travel!) trusting that I'd come back and pay. Only one night after regaining consciousness on the floor of the bathroom, drenched in so much sweat it was as if I took a shower, I was able to walk home a mile or two from the bus stop.

I am thrilled to have recorded this with my first real music teacher from high school Kenny Wessel who has remained a teacher and role model both as a musician and more importantly, as a person to this day. He has literally guided many of my musical journeys connecting me with Debashish Bhattacharya in Calcutta and Edu Nascimento in Brasil.

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from Quarantine Dreams, released May 7, 2021

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Brooklyn Raga Massive Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Raga Massive is an adventurous nonprofit musicians' collective that creates cross-cultural understanding through the lens of South Asian classical music by providing direct support to artists, fostering collaboration through iconic concerts and jam sessions, facilitating cultural exchange through educational initiatives, and producing performances, festivals, and one-of-a-kind albums. ... more

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