Time: 6:30 PM The friction between this pair of records is between two kinds of survival: Max Roach surves by being undeniable. Sanaya Ardeshir survives by being irreducible.
Both musicians understood that the instrument in their hands wasn’t just an instrument. Both also understood that some rooms require you to fill every inch of silence while others require you to protect it.
Max on Drums Unlimited makes a case for that in the most physical way imaginable - here’s the drum, here’s the human body behind it, and here’s what rhythm can carry for this world. Sanaya is making the same case through different means. Hand Of Thought doesn’t assert as much as it witnesses. It sits with the matrilineal memory it’s aiming to preserve and honours it through restraint rather than declaration.
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