Serpents of Pakhangba - EP​(​2019) by Serpents of Pakhangba

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Sometimes, a faint, naive call for music that stems from the actual friendship of the people involved seems too ggod to be true to happen. The unrestrained will to just create for the sake of it and enjoyment coming out of it that is infectious in times when there is actually a big push on well-presented product. What if there is a will and idea behind it that actually works?
From the hands of an accomplished producer Vishal J Singh comes Serpents of Pakhangba first ep.
There is a feel to it that makes you think that this is not only the actual music group but a theatrical project, especially thanks to Madhura dreamy, haunted vocals and the arrangements which I would situate in the term of orchestration.
Think of deconstructed Mr Bungle, Frank Zappa, Gong, Magma, the blast from Gorguts, etheral ethnic musings from Ole Lukkoye but in North East Indian version. Plus the feeling of the ritual in a more stage version - these are just a few of the tropes that can give you a hint what you are dealing with. Add an excellent, clear production to it. Free harmolodism of the arrangements and the dream of the sleeping whale's weight of associations with just a free flow of thoughts that this piece can give you.
Just dip into it...