Bhaji Smugglers w Dane Alderson and Marcus Perrozzi

We recently played a show at the Subiaco Arts centre, featuring a couple of very special guests, Dane Alderson on bass and the ubiquitous Marcus Perrozzi on percussion. One new thing that we did was play a version of 'Bhaji Smugglers', a tune heavily influenced by northern Indian tabla rhythms, but with the electric bass added in. The piece was originally written for drums only, so it was great to have the bass add some pitch and tonality to an otherwise really rhythmic tune. Dane's virtuosic playing was the perfect way to approach these kinds of rhythms which are at times very fast! Check out the video below, the mix for the vocals is a bit low so you miss some of the detail in the konnakol, but you get the idea...

Taal Naan w Dane Alderson, Marcus Perrozzi play 'Bhaji Smugglers' from taalnaan on Vimeo.