finetune artist: Loop Guru

The eclectic listening tastes of spokesman Jamuud (Dave Muddyman) has informed the career of world/dance fusionists Loop Guru. Together with Salman Gita (Sam Dodson) he forms the core of the band, aided by up to 10 guest musicians for various events (who include former Pigbag drummer Chip Carpenter and percussionist Mad Jim). The duo have been involved in music since 1980 when they were early members of the Megadog enclave, meeting through mutual friend Alex Kasiek (Transglobal Underground). It was at this time that Jamuud: ". . . stopped listening to Western music altogether. I found that the wealth of sound and mood in Asian and African music was vastly more alive than its Western counterparts." Offering their listeners "total enlightenment through music", Loop Guru have perfected a package of chants, laments, tablas, Eastern religion and ethnic samples. Following their 1992 debut single "Mrabet"/"The Shrine", the band released "Paradigm Shuffle", which included at its core Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech.

Listen to Loop Guru at Finetune.

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