Tabla powder power with: Otm Shank – Powder (Saqib Remix) #House #Tabla #TechHouse

What sort of powder do you use? Less a party ask than tabla player conversation. Here offered by Otm Shank on Powder (Saqib Remix).

Otm Shank goes for the mysterious vibe, offering only, “Who is Otm Shank? Some say he had an illustrious career in Bollywood before appearing in Hollywood. Others say that he has always been here.” The remix is from Brooklyn-based Pakistani producer Saqib.

Luckily, the Powder (Saqib Remix) track is rather cool. This is Tabla House in full effect. It mixes some quite classical tabla and other Asian sounds with beats and grooves that are somewhere between a relaxed House vibe and Tech House. There’s a consciously hypnotic quality to the pace of the beats and the trippiness of the vocal sample. And then there are the tablas. They keep on coming, mesmerising you. UNtil the world disappears and the pitter patter of the tabla is all that is left.

As for the “What sort of powder do you use?” question that peppers the track, tabla players use powder to keep the surface of the drums dry and the track features a conversation between a student and his guru about what sort of powder to use. 

And the original mix

~ by acidted on February 21, 2022.