Listening to Vishal Naidu in his alternate avatar in Fallen Letters is another journey. Taking on a different axe for metal, the musician from Bangalore, India has returned to his solo project in instrumental neo-folk. When his cover for Opeth’s Patterns in the Ivy released last month, feathers were ruffled, after a short hibernation. This is his latest double A side, Gallops in the Mist.
When his fingers touch the nylon strings, expressions change. Stone softens, time seems to fade away. In a different approach, Vishal Naidu seems to have brought a storytelling aspect to his musical style. Gallops in the Mist features the ambient clops of a horse moving beautifully, through a field of__ stereo. The hardness of the ground is also felt, till Naidu uses the gallop as his percussive metronome. It is strange to hear, his combination of chords and note progressions. Yet, he is able to capture the mystery of the bovine creature, and the character surmounting it.
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Returning to the lap of nature
As gentle as it is, it features some amazing production to it. Notes are crisp, yet the originality of his fingers sliding across the fretboard are retained. It sounds like it should, an instrumental retelling of a tale from time passed. In his alter-ego as the frontman of a band, Vishal Naidu somehow learns how to blend lyrics into the delicate vibrations of the strings. Instrumentally, it retains the character of how he has approached the genre from the beginning-a series of lessons from nature. He seems to be in a state to master it for himself-and our sake.
Both the singles together will set you into a dreamscape that does justice to escapism. Listen to the expressive fold of music here:
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