Artist: Marianne Svašek
Title: Marwa
Label: Thanatosis Production
Cat nr: THT21
Format: CD
Style: Hindustani classical/world
Tracklist:
1. Raga Marwa 36’56
Unique recording by dhrupad singer Marianne Svašek, a former pupil of legendary Hindustani musicians Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Uday Bhawalkar, and Zia Fariduddin Dagar. The album consist of one track, a lengthy alap sung by Svašek––accompanied only by two tanpuras––in a complex and mysterious raga of twilight and sunset: Raga Marwa. Comes in a digisleeve featuring liner notes by Joep Bor, professor emeritus at Leiden University and author of The Raga Guide.
Marianne Svašek, vocals and tanpura.
Vilhelm Bromander, tanpura.Recorded, mixed, and pre-mastered by Daniel Bengtson at Studio Rymden, Stockholm, October 2021.
Mastered by Anton Toorell.
Liner notes by Joep Bor.
Artwork by Micael de Leeuw.
Design by Michell Zethson. Design finalization by Torbjörn Zetterberg. Photos by Hampus Andersson.
Produced by Alex Zethson.
Made with support from the Swedish Arts Council.
Vilhelm Bromander, tanpura.Recorded, mixed, and pre-mastered by Daniel Bengtson at Studio Rymden, Stockholm, October 2021.
Mastered by Anton Toorell.
Liner notes by Joep Bor.
Artwork by Micael de Leeuw.
Design by Michell Zethson. Design finalization by Torbjörn Zetterberg. Photos by Hampus Andersson.
Produced by Alex Zethson.
Made with support from the Swedish Arts Council.
