The book “Notations 21″ (by Theresa Sauer, Mark Batty Publishers, New York) is finally in print and available on www.amazon.com! This anthology of innovative musical notation is a tribute to the late american composer John Cage’s 40th anniversary of his compilation “Notations”. Rajesh Mehta’s music-artwork “songlines ‘ jewels: bhakti” is featured on page 150 and is the only contribution from a composer of Indian origin in the book. On this site, read the full essay on songlines ‘ jewels under writings, view the music-artworks in the gallery, and buy a limited edition of hand-retouched and signed prints of this music-artwork in the shop section!!

Excerpt from Rajesh Mehta’s solo concert 28. April 2009

This is an audio excerpt from the solo interpretation of Mehta’s music-artwork “Songlines ‘ Jewels: Bhakti ” which he performed while navigating throughout the exceptionally reverberant acoustics ( 4-5 seconds echo ) of the Norwegian industrial butter manufacturing plant. This music-artwork is featured in the new book “Notations 21″ and prints are available for sale on this site.

This solo was performed on slide trumpet with an Indian sruti box (electronic drone machine) and was the Prelude to his open lecture “sounding buildings:unfolding frames” for the Akademie’s faculty and students.

Please watch another interpretation of songlines ‘ jewels:bhakti by Trio ORKA-M (Rajesh Mehta: hybrid and slide trumpets, Rohan de Saram: cello, Jayachandra Rao: mrdangam, south indian percussion) at the Festival Rümlingen, Switzerland, 09.09.2006, below: