WOMAD festival, Reading, England 2002. On site was a small indoor sports centre used for activities and one event, in a small room was a drum workshop with just around 150 people watching. It was mainly one good drummer warming up for his performance later that night on the main stage. It was very informal and I managed to sit literally right behind the guys kit. He was 6 feet in front of me playing unbelievable grooves. The guy next to me clapped at yet another amazing rythym and when I glanced it was Trilok sitting next to me watching this drummer. As a percussionist/drummer myself, he is someone I've listened to a lot and greatly admire. The drummer, by the way, was Billy Cobham! Both legends, to me. Trilok gave a workshop straight after. Quite a day! Still quite hard to believe it was real, lol, given the informality of it and the relatively small gathering- unlike the packed crowd at their brilliant main stage performances that weekend. Really enjoy your drum reactions. Thanks for promoting him to people that have yet to discover him. PS and yes, like an 8yr old boy, I did get their autographs, lol.
First saw him on tour with John McLaughlin. Head exploded. Immediately bought McLaughlin Trio live album at the time. During his solo that night he played a bowl of leaves, a bowl of shells and would strike cymbals and dip them into water to alter the pitch and the decay.
Holy Heart Failure 😳 Someone has reacted to Trilok Gurtu without me endlessly requesting (two reactions so far 😁for his song Cherry Town). Check out his albums The Glimpse, Miles Gurtu or Arkeology. All completely different and absurdly creative. Awesome drummer. Outstanding composer. Love him ✌️🎶 🥁 🪘
I was fortunate to be at this gig with a bunch of my students. Simon Phillips, Dennis Chambers performed too but this is the performance I shall never forget.
Hey Andrew. So good to see another Trilok video! I hadn't come across that one, just another level on top of what he already does. As it happens I've started up playing my tabla again, so I was tuned it straight away. Like you said, there's so much language involved in Indian music. Zakir Hussain said "you have to know your lines." I actually met Zakir after a recital in the Town Hall at Fremantle WA. I really need to dig deeper and learn a bunch more. ...Oh btw, have you seen what Andrew Gander has done with Indian rhythms. He did a PhD on it!
Wow, absolutely fantastic! Love it! And did he throw a neck crack in (5:14) on purpose? Gotta wonder if that was intentional, with everything else he had in there. Thank you for another eye-opening percussionist to explore
Lots of folks have brought up Trilok's tenure with John McLaughlin in the 1990s; however, prior to that was a 5-year stint with the "chamber jazz" quartet Oregon. They originally formed around 1970, an offshoot of the Paul Winter Consort; sadly, in 1984 their percussionist/sitarist Collin Walcott died in a car crash while touring in Germany. In 1985 a memorial concert for Collin was held in NYC, and Trilok sat in with Oregon; not long after, he joined the band full-time, stayed with them for 5 years. His approach and Collin's have a lot in common, in a somewhat mirror-image way -- Collin as a westerner who studied Indian music (played tabla and sitar), Trilok as an Indian who adopted western techniques and sounds.
The story of my introduction to Trilok Gurtu ages me so bad, lol. He was on the cover of the first issue of Modern Drummer I ever bought, in 1992. I read the interview and looked at the pictures and thought, "Man, that rig looks CRAZY! I wonder what the hell THIS guy sounds like?" A few months later, I got lucky and found "John McLaughlin Trio At Royal Festival Hall" on cassette tape for $1 in 'the cutout bin' - five points to anyone who knows or remembers 'the cutout bin' at the record store. Maaaaaaan, I wore that tape OUT. That album dropped many, many seeds in the fertile soil of my young-drummer brain - sounds, textures, found instruments, odd meters, stretching the tempo around an ostinato like a rubber band. I've been listening to that album for nearly 30 years now, and maybe in another 30 I will fully understand everything he's doing. Indian funk runs deep.
I've only known Trilok Gurtu from his tenure as part of the John Mclaughlin trio in the late 80s/early 90s so around this time but those were some really special performances
Oh so true ! more people ought to know aboutthis man when I turned the 'puter on and saw the notification I immediately went for "the good" headphones looking forward to Hearing this , thanks everyone . Yesyesyes !! Ihave seen it b4 , magical stuff ,when one experiences him doing what he did on that setup it can make you wonder , "is anything else really needed , he just delivered pretty near all the things "mear mortals" could ever hope to get right , lotsa spelling errors , me brain is gone .
he is a bit esoteric, inner circle :D first time i came across him was in the advanced listening recommendations in the drumming book "master odd meters" by manni von bohr in the late 90s, specifically the song "21 spices" live
I saw him with John McLaughlin mind blowing the facility the speed he is a true artist breaking all the rules truly one of a kind . To me he is drummer/Percussionist supreme GREAT CHOICE This made my day
Was he on his knees the whole time? You said he used his left foot at one point to work the high hats. I missed that but I'm trying to imagine being on one knee while using the foot on the other leg. Sorcery, I tell you! Wow! Is there a reason he plays like this? Without a seat, I mean? In other news, Andrew...has the rain stopped yet? I just read an article that said an Emirates A380 had to turn around mid flight and head back to Dubai, I believe, bc the airport in Auckland was flooded. 13 hours in the air and they landed where they started. Hope you're dry and out of danger, my friend. Enjoyed the vid of you and your son yesterday in the park. That was crazy rain!
Yep. Kneeling with left foot on a chopped-down hi-hat stand. Now that he's a bit on in years, he's finally broken down and returned to a seated kit with a bass drum, still surrounded with lots of his crazy toys and shit. What a master.
Had a short chat with Uzeb's drummer Paul Brochu at a clinic in the early 2000s. When asked about great players to check out, he immediately mentioned Trilok Gurtu. That was years before UA-cam became what it is now. What an incredible thing to be able to watch all these wonderful performances!
I've been watching a few of your videos recently. I'd love to see you do a reaction to Dave Haley of Psycroptic. Every time I see him perform it blows me away: ua-cam.com/video/U32YlFTzZ0o/v-deo.html
I saw Trilok perform in Salt Lake City UT a few years after this event. That experience completely changed the meaning of percussion for me.
WOMAD festival, Reading, England 2002. On site was a small indoor sports centre used for activities and one event, in a small room was a drum workshop with just around 150 people watching. It was mainly one good drummer warming up for his performance later that night on the main stage. It was very informal and I managed to sit literally right behind the guys kit. He was 6 feet in front of me playing unbelievable grooves. The guy next to me clapped at yet another amazing rythym and when I glanced it was Trilok sitting next to me watching this drummer. As a percussionist/drummer myself, he is someone I've listened to a lot and greatly admire. The drummer, by the way, was Billy Cobham! Both legends, to me.
Trilok gave a workshop straight after. Quite a day!
Still quite hard to believe it was real, lol, given the informality of it and the relatively small gathering- unlike the packed crowd at their brilliant main stage performances that weekend.
Really enjoy your drum reactions. Thanks for promoting him to people that have yet to discover him.
PS and yes, like an 8yr old boy, I did get their autographs, lol.
I'll always remember this guy as the madman who managed to hypnotize me with a small gong and a pot full of water. A truly unique artist.
I think he could crush a coconut with one hand. The strength and dexterity, holy crab!
First saw him on tour with John McLaughlin. Head exploded. Immediately bought McLaughlin Trio live album at the time. During his solo that night he played a bowl of leaves, a bowl of shells and would strike cymbals and dip them into water to alter the pitch and the decay.
Fantastic album my friend
Loves Trilok (and Knight Rider). Diggin’ this!
Holy Heart Failure 😳 Someone has reacted to Trilok Gurtu without me endlessly requesting (two reactions so far 😁for his song Cherry Town). Check out his albums The Glimpse, Miles Gurtu or Arkeology. All completely different and absurdly creative. Awesome drummer. Outstanding composer. Love him ✌️🎶 🥁 🪘
What an amazing percussionist.
💯
I saw him with John McLaughlin at Cheltenham Town Hall on the day before they recorded 'Live at the Royal Festival hall'. MINDBLOWING.
Truly incredible player
Trilok is only known by drummings inner circle
Not many know of him
But I've been a fan since 1993
He's a genius amongst insects
I was fortunate to be at this gig with a bunch of my students. Simon Phillips, Dennis Chambers performed too but this is the performance I shall never forget.
Incredible
AxerivSCOTT
That was refreshing. Amazing vid Andrew.. always a big fan of drummers who make the kit sound reflect the drummers skill and personality.
100% Pete
I saw him live here in Argentina in 1991, along with John Mclaughlin and Dominnique Di Piazza.
the best concert of my life
Hey Andrew. So good to see another Trilok video! I hadn't come across that one, just another level on top of what he already does. As it happens I've started up playing my tabla again, so I was tuned it straight away.
Like you said, there's so much language involved in Indian music. Zakir Hussain said "you have to know your lines." I actually met Zakir after a recital in the Town Hall at Fremantle WA. I really need to dig deeper and learn a bunch more. ...Oh btw, have you seen what Andrew Gander has done with Indian rhythms. He did a PhD on it!
I saw him live with The John Mclaughlin Trio around this same time in the mid 90's. Very unique. Great stuff!
Awesome
I saw him with John mc Laughlin and Dominique do piazza… a great master
I started listening to him years ago based on Bill Brufords admiration in interviews.
Wow, absolutely fantastic! Love it!
And did he throw a neck crack in (5:14) on purpose? Gotta wonder if that was intentional, with everything else he had in there.
Thank you for another eye-opening percussionist to explore
Lots of folks have brought up Trilok's tenure with John McLaughlin in the 1990s; however, prior to that was a 5-year stint with the "chamber jazz" quartet Oregon. They originally formed around 1970, an offshoot of the Paul Winter Consort; sadly, in 1984 their percussionist/sitarist Collin Walcott died in a car crash while touring in Germany. In 1985 a memorial concert for Collin was held in NYC, and Trilok sat in with Oregon; not long after, he joined the band full-time, stayed with them for 5 years. His approach and Collin's have a lot in common, in a somewhat mirror-image way -- Collin as a westerner who studied Indian music (played tabla and sitar), Trilok as an Indian who adopted western techniques and sounds.
The story of my introduction to Trilok Gurtu ages me so bad, lol. He was on the cover of the first issue of Modern Drummer I ever bought, in 1992. I read the interview and looked at the pictures and thought, "Man, that rig looks CRAZY! I wonder what the hell THIS guy sounds like?" A few months later, I got lucky and found "John McLaughlin Trio At Royal Festival Hall" on cassette tape for $1 in 'the cutout bin' - five points to anyone who knows or remembers 'the cutout bin' at the record store. Maaaaaaan, I wore that tape OUT. That album dropped many, many seeds in the fertile soil of my young-drummer brain - sounds, textures, found instruments, odd meters, stretching the tempo around an ostinato like a rubber band. I've been listening to that album for nearly 30 years now, and maybe in another 30 I will fully understand everything he's doing.
Indian funk runs deep.
I've only known Trilok Gurtu from his tenure as part of the John Mclaughlin trio in the late 80s/early 90s so around this time but those were some really special performances
We won't have another Trilok in 100 years 😅 he is simply amazing!
That was absolutely beautiful! I got totally immersed in the moment.
Thank you Andrew.
Now I know what heaven sounds like! ✌️❤️🤗
Oh so true ! more people ought to know aboutthis man
when I turned the 'puter on and saw the notification
I immediately went for "the good" headphones
looking forward to Hearing this ,
thanks everyone .
Yesyesyes !! Ihave seen it b4 , magical stuff ,when one
experiences him doing what he did on that setup it can make you
wonder , "is anything else really needed ,
he just delivered pretty near all the things "mear mortals"
could ever hope to get right ,
lotsa spelling errors , me brain is gone .
Wow...that was like percussion interpretive dance. Amazing
Stunning!
Saw him years ago in a clinic in Sydney. Jaw dropping performance 👌
Gimme a second to pick up my jaw... 🤯
This is very cool. Reminds me of (and I know he came first, but I’m experiencing him second) - reminds me a little of Sarah Thawer.
Utilising completely unique non western rhythms
@@AndrewRooneyDrums exactly.
he is a bit esoteric, inner circle :D first time i came across him was in the advanced listening recommendations in the drumming book "master odd meters" by manni von bohr in the late 90s, specifically the song "21 spices" live
Very unique David
Can you imagine Trilok Gurtu and Nate Smith on the same stage? It could end all creation. Very cool video.
That'd be awesome!!
I saw him with John McLaughlin mind blowing the facility the speed he is a true artist breaking all the rules truly one of a kind . To me he is drummer/Percussionist supreme GREAT CHOICE This made my day
I was not aware of this guy. Impressed, is simply not a good enough word, that was insane.
You must check John mc trio live, florianapolis with kei eckard and trilok
Was he on his knees the whole time? You said he used his left foot at one point to work the high hats. I missed that but I'm trying to imagine being on one knee while using the foot on the other leg. Sorcery, I tell you! Wow! Is there a reason he plays like this? Without a seat, I mean?
In other news, Andrew...has the rain stopped yet? I just read an article that said an Emirates A380 had to turn around mid flight and head back to Dubai, I believe, bc the airport in Auckland was flooded. 13 hours in the air and they landed where they started. Hope you're dry and out of danger, my friend. Enjoyed the vid of you and your son yesterday in the park. That was crazy rain!
Yep. Kneeling with left foot on a chopped-down hi-hat stand. Now that he's a bit on in years, he's finally broken down and returned to a seated kit with a bass drum, still surrounded with lots of his crazy toys and shit. What a master.
It's NOT "Try Lock", it's "Tree Lok". Listen to how John McLaughlin introduces him in the McLaughlin Trio Live album. Thank you.
I wonder if Aric Improta is a fan or was influenced by Trilok?
Please Check out 99 mm parabellum bullet-inferno or any other song from them there pretty amazing
“Trill-ock” (not Try-lock)
Had a short chat with Uzeb's drummer Paul Brochu at a clinic in the early 2000s. When asked about great players to check out, he immediately mentioned Trilok Gurtu. That was years before UA-cam became what it is now. What an incredible thing to be able to watch all these wonderful performances!
Ranjit barrot soon?
I've never heard of him David!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums John mc Laughlin ´s drummer ua-cam.com/video/qHZc1yOpjq4/v-deo.html
@@AndrewRooneyDrums ua-cam.com/video/X5YcYYYO4pQ/v-deo.html. Maestro Ranjit Barot
Great reaction. Just one remark. His first name is pronounced Treelok.
Oh dear!! Really?
Apologies
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Hell, people STILL don't know how to pronounce "Neil PEERT," so don't beat yourself up. 😆
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THE RYTHM is Indian
I've been watching a few of your videos recently. I'd love to see you do a reaction to Dave Haley of Psycroptic. Every time I see him perform it blows me away: ua-cam.com/video/U32YlFTzZ0o/v-deo.html