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The Melbourne-based band, Glass Beams, has announced the release of their new EP titled ‘Mahal’.
This EP comes after the success of their remarkable debut album, which showcased a fusion of cultures from different parts of the world.
Their debut album was well-received by fans globally and led to a lengthy world tour.
Glass Beams continued to defy genre descriptors when they released their recent ‘Mirage’ EP which they also took on the road, performing new material that was recorded by fans and shared widely online.
After the end of the last year, Glass Beams went back to the studio and recorded the unreleased tracks that were fan favourites.
‘Mahal’ EP, featuring the title track, is set to be released on March 22nd. The interplay of the musicians takes a minimal arrangement to a much grander level, making it a deep, engrossing and melodic triumph.
TRACKLIST
- Horizon
- Mahal
- Orb
- Snake Oil
- Black Sand
The Melbourne-based trio, Glass Beams, was formed by Rajan Silva, who was inspired by his childhood memories of his father, who had emigrated to Melbourne from India in the late 1970s.
Silva watched the ‘Concert for George’ DVD repeatedly with his father. The DVD was a tribute to George Harrison and featured legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar with daughter Anoushka, alongside Western icons like Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and ELO’s Jeff Lynne.
Silva’s father had a diverse collection of music that included iconic Bollywood vocalists Asha Bhosle and the Mangeshkar lineage, as well as music from blues legends like B.B. King and Muddy Waters. Silva was drawn to the fusion of Western musical styles and traditional Indian music, which had been pioneered by Indian artists like R.D. Burman, Ananda Shankar, and fraternal duo Kalyanji-Anandji.
Glass Beams has sought to capture this cross-pollination of East and West, old and new, in their self-produced works. Their output presents a timeless fusion of cultures and sounds beamed through live instrumentation and DIY electronica, all wrapped up inside a mesmerizing and mystical visual world of their own creation.
Their debut EP, ‘Mirage’, released in 2021, catapulted them into the collective consciousness of new followers who discovered their serpentine, psychedelic-tinged tracks through social media, streaming services, and word of mouth. The vinyl copies of their EP sold-out as quickly as they could be pressed via grassroots record store support.
After the success of their debut EP, Glass Beams received numerous festival invitations, and they performed hypnotic renditions of the ‘Mirage’ EP alongside 20 minutes of unreleased music.
Early clips of these unreleased tracks quickly began circulating online, garnering millions of views and a fast-growing and ever-hungry following. As 2023 drew to a close and the dust settled after a whirlwind of touring, Glass Beams retreated to their home studio to record this much-anticipated 20 minutes of music, which they have named ‘Mahal’.
