House Culture: Terrenaissance - The Call Videos

Added: Nov 19, 2008

From: reds12tt

Duration: 5:45

Terrenaissance is about Trinbagonian World/Acousticfusion. Our music is a mix of the indigenous and the international; a synthesis of art, pop and folk.Terrenaissance taps into the many musical genres of Trinidad and Tobago as well as diverse vocal styles and languages from around the globe.The members of Terrenaissance are:Avianne Callender -- rhythm guitar, vocalsChristopher Castagne -- tenor pan, vocals, cuatroJoel Castagne -- lead guitar, mandolin, pan pipesChanzo Greenidge -- berimbau, vocalsRoger Ti -- vocals, percussionTrevor Ramesh Samaroo -- vocals, bansuriHarsh Sikumar -- tabla, naalTerrenaissance was founded in 2006 by Avianne Callender. The name 'Terrenaissance' is a combination of two French words ('terre', meaning earth/land and 'renaissance', meaning rebirth) which signify the rebirth of world music. The band is presently based in St. Augustine.Fusion music has been pioneered locally by musicians such as Ras Shorty I, André Tanker, Mungal Patasar, Clive Zanda and others. Terrenaissance takes the process further as the first band to compose and perform wholly acoustic fusion and to experiment with various languages, oral art forms and vocal styles.The band features voice, rhythm and lead guitar, mandolin, cuatro, tabla, naal, djembe, congas, bongos, dumbek, timbales, tenor pan, berimbau, bansuri, manjeera, violin, cello and assorted percussion.

Channel: Music

Tags: acoustic  and  indigenous  international  the  world 

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