John Mclaughlin: Remember Shakti: Ma No Pa

[joroboam]

this is quality vibes for reeeeeeel!!! give many thanks!!!!!

[appuoliver007]

Divine music! What a beauty

[sommelier0621]

HOw to get this guitar sound???

[forgetfulguy1305]

@sommelier0621 I heard there's a MIDI controller built-in to the guitar; and that the signal goes straight from the pedalboard to the P.A.

I'd say he uses MXR Chorus and Seymour Duncan Twin Tubes, but not sure about the envelope filter (maybe Line 6?)

[Afsalfasiltlvla]

This

[shaolinkungfu666]

so skillful, if only they miced Selvaganesh's mridangam's baya side louder!

[jbmadhouse]

THE VERY BEST OF WHAT WE CAN HAVE. HANDS UP FOR OUR GREAT TALENTS.WE LOVE YOU JOHN FOR EVER SHAKTI

[schopenhauersring]

Ma no pa. Abhogi winnmaxx. Thank you, you immortal legends.

[jasmin630]

From the day I discovered this music till now, it is the absolute reference of what the genius of man can create in the field of music ... I love so much this perfect mixture of Orient and Occident, and it has since 25 years the same effect on me: absolute extasy ! Or like it is said in Arabic using an untranslatable word: TARAB.

[hadashi05]

To all my Indian friends from PPS on FaceBook who will insist on posting heaps of Bollywood songs. I just love the music that Shakti and John McLaughlin made.

[sammypotato]

selvaganesh is a sexy beast

[69MC97gc]

Song

For My Brother.Carlos recorded this for Jorge and John.Please listen to "The Swing of Delight" ,a 2 LP set by Carlos Santana.Digitally recorded..and where is the treble?

[Sajeedsm]

A painter paints pictures on canvas.  But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

[beatcrazy14]

@Sajeedsm thank you for saying that. :)

[kdfvwtyp1]

すばらしい！

[3773CLEM]

I cant believe I went trhrough my life without knowing about this shit. Its really hair raising and orgasmic like dorian411 said + scary how good they r !!! Timeless !!!

[aceventa10]

these guys are just awesum

[aceventa10]

these guys are just awesum

[waldzwoelfe]

Om mani padme om

[Pan3405]

4:25 Layla (Eric Clapton)...

[chimpvancleef]

Awesome! Looks like they're having a blast too!

[sdstiwari]

great ! fantastic ! superb ! mind-blowing ! timeless! matchless ! amazing ! awesome ! incredible !

[44eelz]

timeless music, this could be played a thousand years ago or a thousand years from now and still sound amazing

[pteradactyle]

8 : 26...............!!

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

ma no pa. mom no dad.

[dezekaerre]

grgerg

[dezekaerre]

awesome ! increible ! fantastico,nunca me canso de ver este concierto.im-pre-sio-nan-te

[pandovin]

semplicemente fantastici

[wallavious]

At exactly 4:20 Duane Allman's guitar part on Layla is played.

Coincidence? I think not

[keo774]

@wallavious

actually playing themes of famous songs is very usual in jazz music.

mclaughlin didn't want to copy anyone on this performance, he just wanted to return to his 60's-70's blues-rock origins and make a nice 10 seconds "cover" of a very famous rock ballad, with his unique jazz playing.

[TheArihudaya]

thank you for posting........this one of my favs

[unclemeat1977]

There were moments of what is almost telepathy. Listen to the improvised rhythmic patterns around 6:15. In-sane.

[markaridgway]

pure flowing spirit still flushes tears of joy after all these years

[onelovega]

wow

[Riveratguitarman]

Who made the guitar he is playing on? I found it once, but now I can't find the link.

[bazonics]

@Riveratguitarman The guitar is a 'Mike Sabre' special

[Riveratguitarman]

@bazonics Thank you so much!!!! You're a lifesaver!

[tubeit4reel]

I don't believe I could ever perform sex this good!

[MrDarkeyed]

Layla at 4:20.



[getlostidiot1]

i knew i was missing something all these 26 years... now i know what i missed... simply heavenly..

[wilhoitsux]

This feels like ... love

[chevpowr]

Love that intro from visions!!!

[jacomosfree]

its like getting old.,,pity.

[wilhoitsux]

@jacomosfree geting old equates to wisdom in some...

[AytekCan]

Sanatorium Orchestra Presents ...

[wilhoitsux]

@AytekCandy : take your youth to the jon mclaughlin room and relax

[kzsoci]

Selvaganash didn't throw away his percussion stuff by accident: he decided to do so. his surprised face was part of the show (for those who were a bit bored - though apparently everyone (who hadn't gone home before) enjoyed the music). i read this in an interview.

[eduzappa18]

0:08

[eduzappa18]

@eduzappa18 good

[megadethfan06]

I think at the beginning he says "time passes but the music stays"

[monQsurlaKomod]

exactement..

[judgeofwar]

@megadethfan06 yes he said that!

(i'm french, that was easy for me :p)

[pratopathak]

My all time fav band.. luv Shakti

[meczydusza1]

A m a z i n g !!

:-)

[cgomezgutierrezdecea]

thanks

[bharath144]

and the way U. Srinivas picks it up when John slows down a minute before the end, man, i just got goose bumps

[bharath144]

I just died. Dies listening to this masterpiece. Simply breathtaking.

[MrDashingyoungman]

What a wonderful joy to see these Masters at work!

Thanks you, thank you, thank you for sharing this video!

[Axeman89]

Do Shakti ever tour and in the UK?? coz I would give my right arm and sell myself on the street just to see these guys! XD

[Bards68]

I took a 16yr old into rock to see them in Poole 2 yrs ago and he (and me!) were both way impressed... Zakir... what can you say?

[BlahLalaification]

@Axeman89 Instead of buying a ticket to where they do tour? :P

[giriisindahouse]

@Axeman89 they made a world tour with the theme Remember Shakti, a remake of the Shakti concerts decades ago. They'll probably never do it again unless loyal fans like you want them to do 1. Our support must be overwhelming coz they gotta give their individual careers a break to do a world tour.

[Axeman89]

@giriisindahouse I just wish I knew how we could do that! I hope John or Zakir read comments on shakti videos on youtube haha

[taxmansm]

Plus he has a way of playing the exact same notes at the exact same time as others with whom he is playing, especially the violinists. Sometimes that makes it sound like a new instrument.

[taxmansm]

JM had a special guitar built with scalloped frets (like a sitar) so he could bend the strings and create all kinds of effects. That might be what you are hearing.

[HumanGrinder]

does anyone know what kind of effects is McLaughlin using for his guitar? (and what kind of guitar is it??) Its a very amazing video, thanks for the lovely experience

[AbhiMrgm]

it is not a guitar.......

it is a mandolin

[HumanGrinder]

nope, I'm pretty sure thats a guitar. I'm talking about the thing he is playing at 0:49

It has a pickup and clearly has some kind of effect. Does anyone know which is it?

[asakuhn]

Actually, it's a guitar.

[vajrapiper]

wow...

[in4976]

awesome.. no words to describe the experience after listening to this...

[jickinda]

This is Genius.

[cavaco90]

Takadimi dong

[jojothepojo]

A thing of beauty is a joy forever! This is great music!

[lapog5]

ya bazonics you have lot of tandava influence in you ,good taste man

[dannyskt]

Priceless.

[keithdoeskungfu]

Wow. You can tell all of their instruments are indeed alive

[tednugentsghost]

Groove masters

[pyroseed13]

A truly mesmerizing performance.

[FreddyJJ501]

lovely.

however, would have been better had the cameras focused more on jm's hands and less on his face...

[andybt87]

perfect synchronicity!

[iLikegirlsbutts]

tks Bazonics for sharing these 2 greats with me

[concorde12345678]

lovely composition in abhogi. he is so good in playing carnatic style on the guitar

[shankyxyz]

amazing. i love how mandolin srinivas wil always play an understated style, unless he is the solo performer. he is not only a musician without peers, he is very much an epitome of humility who will understate himself when playing with other senior musicians.

[MuzambaSC]

Sensibilidade extrema, verdadeiro prazer aos ouvidos. Turma muito boa.

[willmunroe]

awesome of course! i like the Clapton reference at 4:20 jajaja

[GDarkstar74]

lol, thanks for pointing that out. Layla, i probably wouldn't have noticed it.

[tezla4u]

Not bound by the confines of this world...this stuff is truly amazing

[Amberisch]

Wah!!!

Awesome,

Classic..

[kartopscowboy]

Fu_kin AWESSSSSSOME. Jmac is still bloody BRILLIANT, to see Jmac play live & shake his hands after is my #1 thing to do before I die. He is MAGNIFICENT PERSONIFIED. He is the GREATEST.

[llafutaal]

I´m shure you will find him a sweet man, wise and over all natural. I´ve been with John twice and still have his aura on me!

irrepetible man!

[coreyagraph]

saw jm with chick corea 6  months ago.......special night

[sheabags1]

I saw them at Berklee in Boston. Incredible performance!

[GDarkstar74]

Greatest Fusion guitarist ever.

[yorgl]

waow !! je crois que c'est un concert à Viene ( théâtre antique ) il me semble .. le temps passe , la musique reste ... dit John ...musique intemporelle par excellence !! j'étais à 10 mètres ... sublime ..scotché tout le long du concert !! pas vu passé le temps..on aime ou on aime pas mais ce sont des génies de l'impro !! un grand merci pour le post ...( ce n'est peut)être pas à Vienne , il manque les tapis sur scène ...pas bien vu ..)

[dorian411]

A gorgeous piece of music performed by true masters of their instruments. The song chirps along with marvelous precision and textrous wonder, and then Johnny Mac @ 7:47 opens the floodgates of joy with his signature open chord melody. OMG, hair raisng and orgasmic.

[trigjeeeh]

Yes that chord is so perfectly beautiful!

[feithusch]

yeah, playing that chord at 7:47 is musical wisdom.

[Skidblanar]

@dorian411 yeah i don't know what it is but it's like his signature

[monsoonpepper]

As I listened to this magnum opus, poetic, hymnal, lyrical, as its fonts trickled into my ears as many weaving's of ecstasy, the thankfulness of soul, and its listening is beyond marvel in words; Zakir is simply astounding as he hews every beat into consonance of ethereal, as he harmonizes with the stranger's strum, a rendition of has echoed, a great novel and art.

[mattman1956]

Anyone have any idea where you can get or purchase this video? Truly one of the great musicians of the 20/21st century. So many genres and incarnations over 40+ years. Magic!

[guitar98765]

ahhhhhhh the madness!!!!! too intense!!!! too good!!!!! ahghaghahrhgh!!!!!

[dlmahtani7]

Can anybody please tell me what tuning John McLaughlin has his guitar in?

[mriseborough]

Standard tubing; listen for the harmonics at 3:12-3:16, it seals it.

[dlmahtani7]

cool... thought as much... thanks for the confirmation!

[GDarkstar74]

its standard but he has a scalloped neck on his guitar

[dlmahtani7]

oh wow... that's interesting...

[mriseborough]

Not that one; the luthier's name is Mike Sabre, France. Check out the website, there are pics of this guitar.

[coreyagraph]

jmac in atl 3/29/09 cannot wait!

[titusbeertsen]

At 7:49 I also heard a small part from the Natural Elements Album, not quite sure which song...

[54spiritedwill54]

Love music when it happens naturally! Perfect!

[Oscar5104]

Despues de todo, puede que si exista dios. Estos gueyes ya me hicieron dudar...

[edrw500]

Zakir Hussain is like the Jimmy Page of tabla drumming.

[skatethemushrooms]

more like the john mclaughlin on tabla drumming

[DestroyerX61]

That's because he looks like Jimmy Page

[edrw500]

That is true, my son. But also because of the rock 'n' roll element to his zoned out performance. Is it sacrilege that I am listening to Korn's Twisted Transistor right now?

[snubbs741]

yes but that's alright haha

[dannykurian]

awesome ness multiplied by super ness !!!

why do we even bother rating these guys..

[dpapaioannow]

ROFL from 6:20 till 6:30

[jevanz77]

Every musician here is superb! They are so in sync with one another. They play off of feel mostly, and the fact that they have a structured script helps them improvise off of that even easier. Just think, if you know a structure and you're given a month to come up with ideas, you'll bust your butt to sound great for the live audience. KUDOS, shakti!!!!

[bigfatgreek]

anybody know what dvd this is off?

[dnikhilrao]

the John McLaughlin show!!

[ReesH007]

how the HELL does he get that TONE!!!!!!!!!!!! its just orgasmic

[shredguitarmanifesto]

I ask myself the same question.

[nsanthan]

it is a carnatic raga, abhogi

[bluesborn]

Its really great to hear honest musical exploration at such an advanced level.Its not just silly displays of speed and flash,rather,its imbued with deep meaning on an artistic and spiritual level.

[TheDarkSide80]

wish i can play tabla lik him!!...so damn nice..i can't even do something lik tat with bonggos

[pokbacsi100]

Man, John's enjoying himself too much here. I rarely see him with all the facial expressions

he exhibits here. Love it. And his melodic shred schools the young Yngwie wannabes.

[rohitnair99]

woww..blend of Indian tabala nd western music...classic

[combcard]

mclaughlin's tone is sexual in this

[rd40082]

It is other realm the music they are playing it is something really different to that we usually hear in western side of the world

[heavyatheart]

uncopiable music

[mitch2654]

At the beginning McLaughlin says in French "Le temps passe mais la musique reste". It means "Time passes by but the music stays".

[dnikhilrao]

thanks. john often throws in a line of french that is totally lost on us indian admirers.

like in the Shakti DVD, when he is talking about how his shakti guitar got ruined, he says something in french.

and even in the floating point making of docu..

[goirick]

@mitch2654

thanks for the translation.so true..if only god made music it wud sound like this

[VJDxp]

@goirick

what we call god makes music thru us

[VJDxp]

@goirick

what we call god makes music thru us

[ichbintux]

What does McLaughlin say at the beginning? Is that French?

[yummybum]

sounds slightly german...

[44eelz]

..."Tell me about you're mother."

[Phillgx]

I Learn everything with rythmn listening to John Mclaughlin and Shakti 10 years ago.

Today I cannot explain better rythmn than by thaking exemple of the Indian music.

[RaulGuereca]

i think john looks like the doctor brown from back to the future hahaha

[neunleben]

LOL

[Epithom]

What's his guitar?

[trigjeeeh]

It's built by Mike Sabre, if you google his name you will find his website and further details on the guitar

[lazer59882]

i never see him speaking english

[kakkaface]

OMG 8:26 to 8:29. crazy shit.

[ak47mustang]

indian music is so confusing, I don't get it at all

it's freakin' awesome, though

[mathewsc]

well, this is in 10 beats. but thats about all i can follow.

[tnemyo]

I believe the melody is in the raga Abhogi, srgmds - sdmgrs and as the title mentions, it doesn't include the panchama. Wonderful improvisation!

[schopenhauersring]

Wow, thanks for this information. It is indeed Abhogi, with many many improvizations and deviations at times, of course. It is exciting to see such a performance by John McLaughlin. :) I am a huge fan of his.

[ianareiki]

Love music when it happens naturally! Perfect!

[jeanchartres28]

c est magnifique merci encore pour cette evasion

[darvindnew]

Brilliant!

I love the part from 5:50 - 6:35. It looks like mclaughlin is playing "catch up with me if you can" with selvaganesh and zakir! They are absolutely enjoying it! And so are we! :)

This freedom to improvise and experiment makes the music even more enjoyable to artists and listeners too! I love this!

[sremerckcirtap]

Magistraal, mclaughlin is mijn held, Zakir is van een andere planeet. Nutural Elements is het beste van mijn cd collectie.

[tamayobere]

Definitivamente McLaughlin es otro nivel..

te felicito por subir este video..

[b87t]

Do somebody know a place to download sheet music or tab to this song or to any song of the albums Handful of beauty or Remember shakti?

[maxgraff]

best composition to date after bitches brew. keep it coming Johnny

[cisco9x]

Genius Fusion

[manduo93]

I have met these people.U.Shrinivas is my uncle

[maxgraff]

catch their feet for me. these are the most talented musicians alive after miles davis and john coltrane.

[dmacnyc]

The second cut on The Believer recorded by Remember Shakti in 2000 is "Ma No Pa". The same album has a great version of "Lotus Feet" and the wonderful "5 in the morning 6 in the afternoon". You gotta get that album if you like this.

[otmly]

john mclaughlin is like 007 on the guitar

[mthaker]

And Zakir Hussain is like MacGyver on the tabla...

[Mojay17]

Incredible tune.Only problem is it refuses to leave my mind and keeps buzzing in my head and I have to keep coming back to this site for a fix ! is there a DVD out on this ?

[rooksmdc]

If someone knows if theres a DVD of this Concert out there pls tell us. Ill definatly buy it

[grosucelmic]

i love his smile

[kathakalimask]

This piece has unbelievable layers of subtlety. This is for Zakir's father, the greatest tabalji ever, Alla Rakha, who passed away. Hence the title, "Ma, no Pa." In addition, the Raag (scale) has no Pa sound in it (the 'Pa' is the Indian equivalent to 'So', in Do Re Mi...). And, it is in a 10-beat cycle, AR's all-time favorite rhythmic cycle.

John, of course, flouts the rules by bringing Pa right back in in a jazzy way, as though AR never left! :-)

[bazonics]

That was very informative, thank you.

[kathakalimask]

No, thank YOU!

[lennky]

CHILE

BRITO