VÄHI, PEETER

The Estonian keyboarder and composer Peeter Vähi takes us along a path into the exotic world of Asia, to the Siberian shamans, a overtone singer from Tuva , a Taiwanese ensemble, performs with a Turkish darbuka player, leads us to a Vietnamese woman with her bamboo xylophone, to a woman flautist and a singer from Cambodia who masters a unique performance technique.

One seems to be in the heart of Asia in "Shambala", a mystical place and its religious community somewhere in the Himalaya. In actual fact it can be found in a sheer boundlessly multifacetted cultural location.

"There is music in the simplest sounds: in bird song, in the jungle's rustling, splashing water, in the Buddhist's bells and the Tibetan cymbals".

Vähi has already released on Erdenklang the titles "Relaxation II" (Magic Age Vol. II - 20552) and "Nine Mantras" (Looking East - Synthesizer Music From Estonia And Russia - 29612).