Quiet [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

Sheila Chandra

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Narada
• ASIN: B000040OKD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,822 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Quiet, initially released by Indipop in 1984, marks vocalist Sheila Chandra's departure from the pop dance-beat style of her work with Monsoon, and lays the foundation for her successive recordings. These 10 pieces of a cycle (entitled Quiet 1-10) are layer upon layer of traditional Indian instrumentation coupled with Chandra's now trademark wordless vocals. Even at this stage in her early development and musical collaboration with Martin Smith and her husband Steve Coe, Chandra's exotic voicing registers as something quite special. Not as nuanced or centered as later work like AboneCroneDrone or Zen Kiss, Quiet remains an ambitious and innovative selection in what would become world music. --Paige La Grone

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Speaking in Tongues is Indian drum language, August 17, 2000

By	W. Buttler "jumbuk" (Croydon Hills, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Have to comment on this - whether you like the effect or not, the "meaningless cacophony" remarked on by at least one reviewer of Sheila's CDs is actually the complex system of "bols" or syllables used by teachers of traditional Indian drumming to pass on the "thekas" or rhythm patterns to their students. Each syllable represents a particular drum stroke, and it is a very effective way of memorising and explaining the patterns.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Syllables, November 17, 2002

By	Nick Cartier (Shangri La, Tibet) - See all my reviews

I have heard many people wonder about and often criticize Ms. Chandra's use of non-lyrical syllables in her music... and I thought maybe i would try to clarify, so that future listeners are not scared off. The syllables very closely resemble the drumming sounds used in Indian classical music. Any person who has studied even the smallest amount of Indian music will see the similarities in them instantly. These sounds are called "bols" and are a way to recite what the drums play, used both for practice with rhythms and sung musically. So in effect, a seasoned Indian drummer could listen to Sheila's voice and play it back to her on his instrument. They aren't nonsense...

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Quality, March 10, 2000

By A Customer

The music is good, but the CD quality is extremely bad. It seems to be recorded from a LP and you can hear the scratch sounds throughout