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Location:	BROOKLYN, New York
Country:	United States
Last Login:	Nov 14, 2007 (290 days back)

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About Me
'POLYHYMNIA' and 'IN LETHE EP' available here “One of the most beautiful voices in modern music.” ~ Oedipus, Vice President of Alternative Programming, Infinity Broadcasting Jaggery "Polyhymnia" New York USA 2006: At times Jaggery makes you wonder, "what if Dave Brubeck and Diamanda Galas jammed?" The band's singer/pianist, Mali Sastri, conjures up emotion and atmosphere which can only be weighed on a global scale. Her voice can be leaf floating in the wind, and then become an Earth-shaking Everest-sized volcano. Yet delicate or explosive, it's always magnificent, captivating, and sustained by a gorgeous tapestry woven by her brilliantly talented band. Jaggery features dream-like harp, soulful stand-up bass and rich, organic percussion. This debut album has the warmth of Blue Bell Knoll-era Cocteau Twins with a modern avant-jazz sensibility, wrapped in an ethereal, spiritual, blue velvet haze, full of mystery and intrigue. ~ Triage Music Jaggery is a Brooklyn-based collective that works the dark edge of a genre-defying musical style (darkwave jazz?). They bring to mind a more classical, organic, avant-jazz oriented Cocteau Twins, or a "white witch" counter to the haunting Diamanda Galas. Certainly, Jaggery's pianist/lead vocalist Mali Sastri has a capitivating, powerful, entrancing voice, lending the overall sound an exotic, mystical, far eastern aura. The band also features celtic harp (Jesse Sparhawk), stand-up bass (Tony Leva) and two absolutely possessed percussionists (Daniel Schubmehl & Raky Sastri). Electric guitar (Ziggy Drozdowski) is worked into some songs, but definitley more Frith than Slash. Let the dark, velvety warmth of Jaggery be your soundtrack for a mysterious, unreal dreamstate. ~ Triage Music Jaggery "In Lethe'" (EP) New York, USA 2004: Mali's voice has the depth, charm, and finesse of a mermaid in distress. Her siren call enthralls listeners embracing the visceral and yet subdued caterwaul cooing that is her sublime vocal presence. Lethe is as likely a birthing ground for the sound as any. Entranced and certain of having one's cortexes erased of any ill-begotten thoughts and meanderings, this music relaxes our tight grip on reality, transporting readily. Supplanted in Hades for the duration, unmitigated immersion begets greedy quaffs of this divine musical elixir. Peals of escape traipse along your face as the world fades from view, created anew from an intimately interior space. Likewise nightmarish and soporific, simultaneously hopeful and melancholic, purportedly diametric factions of the soul are mesmerized in tandem via polarized dynamics. Jaggery is expertly lethal in anthropomorphizing the riddled incubus rattle within this mortal coil. Wholeness binds and blinds us. The careening verse, 'I can never fill up this hole,' beaming powerfully from inside of the cavernous recesses in "7 Stone" could not be more of a truism. Summarily shaking off the soot of humanity's foibles and subtly corralling the essence of phoenix ascent from the depths of a dark pupal id, this windswept prancing blurs fathomless. Not a single moment is spared their keen idiosyncrasy. Somersaulting lugubriously, structures tumultuously sprawl into an effortless sub-routine of rollicking acrobatics. Tension mounts opportunely to decidedly raucous peaks as melodic lines undulate, glowing and glistening underneath, bearing the weighty anticipation of soaring narcoleptic liberation. Do not sleep, be reborn. Cesar Montesano 10/19/05 I reviewed this Brooklyn group’s three-song demo when they were The Throes, and their essentials remain the same on this five-song, 28-minute EP as Jaggery. Mali Sastri’s unearthly voice (I compared her to Enya) still coos like she’s a choirgirl singing madrigals or hisses in a guttural growl like an irritated Ani DiFranco. Her brother Raky Sastri backs her up with some oddly timed, arrhythmic, freeform jazz drumming that has me wondering how he manages to hold it together against the strident piano and mysterious organ. Nor really jazz, not pop, not ethereal rock – this is not like anything else you’ve heard, aside from maybe what Suddenly, Tammy! might sound like with a hyper-jazz drummer and a gothic bent. In Lethe would provide a murky, absorbing soundtrack for Silence of the Lambs II, perhaps, and it’s really unusual music for sure. ~ Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover, Issue No. 56
My Interests
Music: Member Since: 7/1/2005 Band Website: jaggery.org Band Members: Mali Sastri: Vocals, Piano Daniel Schubmehl: Drums, Percussion Tony Leva: Contrabass Petaluma Vale : Harp Collaborators Past & Present: Raky Sastri : Drums, Songwriting, Guitar, Bells, Theramin, Vocals Jesse Sparhawk : Harp, Electric Guitar Ziggy Drozdowski: Bass, Guitar Sasha Brown : Guitar Influences: It begins quietly in certain female children; the fear of death, taking as its form dedication to hunger, because a woman's body is a grave; it will accept anything, I remember lying in bed at night touching the soft, aggressive breasts, touching, at fifteen the interfering flesh that I would sacrifice until the limbs were free of blossom and suberterfuge: I felt what I feel now, aligning these words -- it is the same need to perfect, of which death is the mere by-product. ~ louise glück Sounds Like: Come to my arms, cruel and sullen thing; Indolent beast, come to my arms again, For I would plunge my fingers in your mane And be a long time unremembering -- And bury myself in you, and breath your wild Perfume remorselessly for one more hour: And breath again, as of a ruined flower, The fragrance of the love you have defiled. I long to sleep; I think that from a stark Slumber like death I could awake the same As I was once, and lavish without shame Caresses upon your body, glowing and dark. To drown my sorrow there is no abyss, However deep, that can compare with your bed. Forgetfulness has made its country your red Mouth, and the flowing of Lethe is in your kiss. My doom, henceforward, is my sole desire: As martyrs, being demented in their zeal, Shake with delightful spasms upon the wheel, Implore the whip, or puff upon the fire, So I implore you, fervently resigned! Come; I would drink nepenthe and long rest At the sweet points of this entrancing breast Wherein no heart has ever been confined. ~ charles baudelaire * translation: george dillon But he who thinks man is bare Discarded of pride by force Has not the depth of soul to share Emotions at its source Perhaps my eyes shall never reach The light of freedom's skies But forever my hopes will span the breach To keep my human ties. ~ perry edward smith 1928 - 1965 rip Type of Label: None
My Background and Lifestyle
Occupation:	Music Artist (Experimental / Lyrical / Indie)
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we"be"tourin"
'tis true, 'tis true. we hit the highway today for Tour 2. we're bringing the harp this time (& the harpist) which has entailed the dubious enterprise of renting a U-Haul trailer. we were consideri... Posted by Jaggery on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:38:00 PST
mali in pittsburgh
hi, it's mali here. i was blessed with a granted wish & have been able to runawayescape new york for a bit. i have been needing a walk in the desert. and so i find myself in a beautiful cottage-typ... Posted by Jaggery on Thu, 24 May 2007 01:44:00 PST
if not mothers day, certainly groundhogs day
in an attempt to clear up the confusion i must simply say that our performance is at The Living Room venue on ludlow street and NOT in Mali's living room.....the phones here at the Jaggery s... Posted by Jaggery on Mon, 07 May 2007 08:55:00 PST
so it is they say
... if rain doth fall where is thy snow? melodies barrage me familiar.......... anticipate sunlight for days having felt no better for it...a question arrives and i ask of thee, what is there save nor... Posted by Jaggery on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:28:00 PST
don't be a tour bore!
come out & see us if you're on our route. tell your friends, families, even foes. it's our first tour ever. who knows, maybe mali will even blog a bunch during it. we'll see. we can't wait to pla... Posted by Jaggery on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:28:00 PST
can we play in your city?
so, now that the album is complete and released, we're hitting the road. yes, we'll be embarking on our first tour in march 2007. our grand plans include performances in the following: Philly, PA *... Posted by Jaggery on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:40:00 PST
hello myspace friends ~
we invite you all to join us for the release of our first album, 'polyhymnia', next wednesday @ tonic in nyc. we have lovingly & carefully sculpted the evening as we have lovingly & carefully sculpte... Posted by Jaggery on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:33:00 PST
'polyhymnia' album release scheduled 12/20
hey everybody! it's finallly official: our debut album release for nyc is scheduled at last: December 20th @ Tonic. put it in your calendar, sweeties! more info forthcoming . . . be patient, be pa... Posted by Jaggery on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:58:00 PST
diamanda galas @ the spiegeltent
hi there ~ mali here. last night i witnessed one of the most astounding performances of my life: diamanda galas @ the spiegeltent, in nyc. it felt like what i wish church could be. through a voice... Posted by Jaggery on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:14:00 PST
unmastered track 'O Scorpio' released to myspace! scandalous!
drip, drip . . . here's a leak from our forthcoming album, tentatively entitled 'polyhymnia' after the muse of song. after the four of us stop arguing about which songs are going on and which ones ar... Posted by Jaggery on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:34:00 PST
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