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OUR MUSIC
Albums we released so far
INDIALUCIA - (2005)
The album expresses both the human and musical fusion of these cultures, which could have had a common ancestor. Improvisation and rhythm are the common elements in both styles and are essential to the continued existence of this music. The recordings were made between 1999 and 2004 mostly in India and Spain. Many great artists from the two continents performed. This album is the result of the years of work, which for the first time demonstrates the common elements of flamenco and its Indian roots fused into one art form.
ACATAO - (2016)
Their second album, Acatao (‘reunited’ in Caló, the old language of Iberian Gypsies), is a continuation of this innovative project on a world scale, a space for intermingling of musical styles and instruments, a place of new musical encounters, never seen so far. This music introduces the listener to the musical culture of southern Spain and different regions of India. The album offers entirely acoustic sound, many well-known virtuosos of ethnical instruments and vocalists from both continents, improvisation and – most of all – the energy of the Spanish flamenco and the energy of the mystic India.
GALLERY
OUR BAND
We are basically a quartet, but there are few more artists that collaborate with us adding beautiful and unforgettable sounds of bass guitar, flute and piano as well beautiful dance.
Miguel Czachowski
flamenco guitar, music director
Founder of the group, born in Poland, responsible for all the concept, arrangements and managing. Crazy about flamenco and Indian food.
Giridhar Udupa
ghatam, kanjira, konnakol
Magician of the clay pot instrument, known also for his amazing voice rhythms that nobody can imitate. Playing with us intensively from 2005.
Avaneendra Sheolikar
sitar
One of the finest sitar players from India. Member of the group from the first concert they have given in 1999. The great source of melodies and compositions that sounds on both of their albums.
Sandesh Popatkar
tabla
The master of the most amazing percussion instrument ever created in India. You hardly can see his fingers when they play. The man who holds the hammer.
Isaac Peña González
cajón, percussion
From the heart of flamenco - from Sevilla, touring with us since 2013. Playing cajon, flute and his shoes. The most funny guy of the band.
Kinga Malec
indian dance
The musician that plays with her feet on stage, moving her body in the most graceful way possible. The sweetness and beauty of the whole team.
Leo Vertunni
sitar
The greatest sitar virtuoso of Europe. The first non Indian sitarist who can play classical Hindustani music as he would have been born there.
Piotr Malec
tabla
The youngest member of our band. Addicted to tabla since childhood. Always with a smile on his face and fingers in a constant move.
MICHAŁ ŻAK
FLUTE
Musician, marathon runner, and traveller. Pupil of the master Breton flutist Jean-Michel Veillon. Amazing musical sensitivity and improvisation skills.
ABOUT
Biography
Indialucia - an international musical project by flamenco guitar player Miguel Czachowski, is at the same time one the first band which has managed to successfully combine the traditional music of India with flamenco from Andalusia, giving concerts all over the world since 1999. The members of the project include many outstanding musicians from Poland, India and Spain.
Their concert repertoire expresses both the human and musical fusion of these cultures making the audiences to experience a stimulating blend of the extremely rich cultural traditions. Improvisation and rhythm are the common elements in both styles and are essential to the continued existence of this music. Apart of having traditional elements of Indian and flamenco music they enrich the sound with jazz piano, bass guitar, flute and dance. In 2016 they started touring with the classical orchestras giving a new dimension of the symphonic music.
They released two award-winning albums, Indialucia and Acatao. Both of them received award as second best album of the year by Polish Radio. The music was used as a soundtrack for the American movie The Boondock Saints II.
The group has performed in more than thirty countries including most European countries, Asia, and North and South America. The musicians performed on many prestigious stages such as Lincoln Center (New York), Skirball Center (New York), Eisemann Centre Theatre (Dallas), Herbst Theatre (San Francisco), Lisner Auditorium (Washington, D.C.), The Egg (Albany), Harris Theater (Chicago), Royal Albert Hall (London), National Theatre (London), Templo de Debod in Madrid, Esplanade Theater (Singapore), AKG Hall in Trivandrum (India), Kamaraj Auditorium in Madras (India), Teatro di Vicenza (Italy), Cemal Resit Rey (Istambul), Philharmony of Kazan (Russia) and many others.
They has played and recorded with many renowned artists such as Jorge Pardo, Paquito Gonzalez, L. Subramaniam, Purbayan Chatterjee, Domingo Patricio, Leszek Mozdzer, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Kavita Krishnamurti and others.
PRESS REVIEWS
The craftsmanship that is available only for privileged, alchemists of sound. It's something more than world music, it is the music of the spheres. Spirit of India and Andalusia hovering above the firmament, filled with quality and beauty of the infinite colors. Where life becomes a passion ... and sound become its essence.
For its ambition and achievement the stand-out disc has got to be Michal Czachowski's Acatao. He is a formidable flamenco guitarist and has assembled a superb team. This is a very impressive album, for the quality of its music, for bringing together flamenco music and Indian music and for its artwork. An impressive achievement.
Simon Broughton
Songlines Magazine
Amazing musicianship! Indialucia present the connection between Indian raga and Spanish flamenco in a truly mesmerizing fashion and succeed in pushing the limits of the collaboration with improvised passion and precision.
Trevor Reekie
Radio New Zealand
"Indialucia" is extremely succeeded combination of Andalusian and Indian Music.
Indialucía - a solid study of the musical structures of these two great musical worlds. It is a rigorous and beautiful work, that makes us travel, which transports us and trills us.
You listen it at your own risk – after this album world of music will never be the same anymore.
Wojciech Ossowski
Polish Radio
The album Indialucia was a totally astonishing surprise for me. Whereas the flamenco productions in Spain move around in the same point with no exit, transforming this art according to predictable formulae, the ingenuity of this project was like a blast of sound freshness for my ears which were permeated with already exhausted ideas of project realized so far.
Norberto Torres Cortes
El Olivo
The combination of perfect flamenco guitar flourishes and precise tabla beats produces a sound that is abundant with festive celebration and an example of human accomplishment. Every recorded note and beat on this album is a portal to some source bigger than ourselves.
Michael R. Mollura
La Yoga
It's one thing to say that music has no borders. But musicians from Poland, Spain and India fusing Flamenco and Indian Classical together...now that just takes the aforementioned statement to a whole new level. I am referring to a phenomenal musical entity which goes by the name of Indialucia, which has intrigued and fascinated me for over a year.
Paras Sharma
JAM Magazine
Something like this can only be invented by a man of infinitely great sensitivity to music. And Czachowski not enough that has that quality, but he complements that sensitivity with imagination, talent and a composing skills.
Jakub Milszewski
Top Guitar
Exceptional album, unusual, varied, full of passion and first of all full of a amazing music.
Their music is the epitome of a match made in heaven.
Score Magazine
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