ArtistInfo

Tabla Beat Science

Band, *1999 US
Dance
A.k.a. Bill Laswell & Zakir Hussain

Tabla Beat Science was a musical group founded in 1999 by Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell. Its style consists of a mixture of Hindustani music, Asian Underground, ambient music, drum and bass and electronica. In 2001 Karsh Kale was approached by super producer Bill Laswell to contribute to a project he was calling “Tabla Beat Science”. The album would feature the leading tabla artists who were taking the instrument into modern and exciting new contexts. Kale joined Laswell, Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu and Talvin Singh to create “Tala Matrix” which is considered to be one of the greatest modern explorations of tabla fusion in recent years. All members would contribute music to the project. The project eventually evolved into a live band featuring Kale on drums and electric tabla, Zakir Hussa

Members

	Bill Laswell b *1955 US
	Karsh Kale dr, tab *1974 US
	Ustad Sultan Khan voc 1940-2011 IN
	Zakir Hussain tab *1951 IN