Sarathy Korwar – There Is Beauty, There Already

Drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar blends jazz, electronics and Indian musical traditions in a mesmerizing suite for percussion. Repetitive rhythms and improvisation create a trance-like listening experience. Sarathy Korwar is a drummer, composer, producer and bandleader whom the deSingel audience may remember from his performance with Anoushka Shankar in 2024. Korwar is considered one of the most original voices in the British jazz scene. In his music, jazz, electronics and Indian folk and classical traditions merge, often with attention to themes such as decoloniality, community, identity and transcendence. His recent album There Is Beauty, There Already is a 40-minute suite with mesmerizing drum improvisations. The music pulses in a repetitive, circular structure that references Indian folk music, percussion ensembles such as Max Roach's M'Boom and the minimalism of composers such as Terry Riley and Steve Reich.