METHOD

Interpretations of classic qawalli songs by Amir Kushrau played on solo bass guitar.

To dissociate itself from the search for authenticity associated with the world music traveller, Dargah inverts the norms of qawalli music.

+ Instrumental rather than vocal
+ Solo rather than ensemble
+ Indeterminate duration rather than rhythmic pulse

The song arrangements probe the sonically convergent spaces qawalli, doom metal and experimental music, with particular reference to:

+ Scale and melody (qawalli)
+ Dynamics (doom)
+ Timbre (experimental)