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Cosmic Khayals founded in 1999 by Shweta Jhaveri, features Shweta's original north Indian classical and world music compositions & lyrics. It features Shweta's music from her teenage years and aspires to present her dream music in the fields of Indian vocal classical & world vocal music. Cosmic Khayals presents Shweta as a North Indian classical vocalist and as a singer-songwriter-composer. Cosmic Khayals' CD productions include Avishkar, Khayal Saga, Huge and Prabandh. For more information on our CDs. Cosmic Khayals is named after the north Indian classical form 'Khayal' and its universality. Khayãl means imagination or thought. Mission : Voice as its medium, Cosmic Khayals is dedicated to * preserving the north Indian (Hindustani) classical music traditions. * exploring World music. ABOUT KHAYAL Khayal is a north Indian (Hindustani) vocal classical form.The word Khayal means an idea or imagination. Indian classical vocal form Khayal continues to be one of the most enjoyable and accepted forms from the 13th century onwards. A Khayal is a lyric in the Hindi language, composed and sung in various ragas (melodic structures) and talas (rhythms). An Authentic and aesthetically very demanding style, Khayal is built on the imaginative pillars of slow structural improvisation of notes (alaap), accompanied by rhythm (taal), well integrated with lyrics in the Hindi language. Khayals and other Indian classical forms such as Thumari, Tappa, Tarana are composed and sung in ragas. A traditional Khayal is a set of two compositions/lyrics. The first khayal known as Bada-Khayal comprises of well-structured spontaneous aalaap in a slower tempo. The second lyric, known as Drut-Khayal or Chhota-Khayal, weaves intricate speedy vocal patterns with rhythm, a technique known as taan. Find more on vocal music in book 'Naad'. Buy it on our Music page. Please note : If you would like to contribute to our music projects, please make your suitable contribution cheque in US dollars payable to 'Cosmic Khayals'. Please mail your contribution to our address as below. For any questions or information please email us. Our mailing Address: Cosmic Khayals. POBox 2957, SanAnselmo, CA 94979. |
