A story through surreal soundscapes | Clive Vaz & Karan Sajnani | TEDxSereneMeadows

Clive Vaz & Karan Sajnani form an electro-organic duet creating rich soundscapes using exotic ethnic instruments from across the globe. Both Clive and Karan are accomplished musicians who have had successful projects together, as well as individually. They met during the time they were part of the ensemble Tribal Flora. Their duet draws upon the internal inspirations of years of music making, travel, performances and experiences.​ Clive Vaz A.K.A. Ayuddha Project is a musician, composer and an electronic music producer. His Music combines his art of playing multiple unique organic ethnic instruments like flute, didgeridoo, mouth- harp, African Djembe, and electronic production to create electronic live fusion music. Being a predominantly self-taught musician, he began his journey with music as a young child experimenting with various music instruments like Flute & mouth organ. He loved playing the sounds in his head and turned anything into an instrument. He believes music is in all things and everywhere. Clive loves to experiment with almost every instrument that he can get his hands on and this reflects in his music where he uses various rare instruments and versatile sounds. His music today is a versatile mix of genres like Indian Fusion, Dub, Ambient and world Music and EDM.

Karan Sajnani is a classical guitarist, didgeridoo player and a hang drum player; he heads a group called Satori which specialises in study and research of sound based on ancient Indian science. The group specialises in applications of sound on a variety of industries, with a strong focus on healthcare. He is a practitioner of spiritual empowerment through sound in the lineage of Agastya. He has played and performed a variety of genres of music from childhood ranging from hindustani classical(tabla), rock n roll, blues, hard rock, western classical, Spanish, African, avant-garde, world, and tribal. He has had the good fortune of being mentored by world class music professors. He currently also manages a technology firm alongside his musical endeavours. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.