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Indian Vibes
Mathar
We're cruising around SF late one night looking for a place to live when on KALX, Cal's outstanding student run radio, on comes the funkiest, groovinist, sitar driven tune We've ever heard. We make a mental note to try to find the tune but quickly forget once we get back to the house hunting chore. Imagine our surprise when a couple of weeks later Jeffrey, one of the product designers here at work, plops down a curious looking CD on our desk that turns out to be that long lost tune. This disc is an EP length CD of mixes of the same basic theme - Mathar (guess it means mother in Hindi). The first track, the Radio Edit, lays down the basic Mathar beat with some funky sitar. It's high energy, reverbed out sitar grooving on top of deep bass and tons of layered bongos and other various percussion pieces. The other tracks work off the same vibe, but mix it up - they are not strictly the same thing over and over. The Richard Fearless Remix throws a totally different bass line in there so convincingly that you're effectively in a different tune and never relate back to the Mathar theme other than being reminded by a hint of sitar. Other mixes keep more of the theme but vary it up by altering the mood or surrounding the theme up with other textures. Apparently, this tune has been going around forever, being horded by the pychedelics since it's creation back in '69 and then rejuvenated by a number of different people for 90's dance floor mixes. An essential on the turntable for your next rave or a pick-me-up after your next dinner party!
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