Indian and Latin American sounds find a meeting point in ‘Muévete’
Musician Siddhant Bhatia has launched a cross-cultural project titled 'Muévete', which blends Indian classical elements like konnakol and sitar with Latin American rhythms and Spanish vocals. The project aims to bridge spiritual and cultural traditions through global musical collaboration.
Why it matters
It represents the growing trend of globalized music production where artists leverage digital connectivity to fuse disparate cultural heritages.
Indian and Latin American sounds find a meeting point in ‘Muévete’ left Siddhanth Bhatia has taken the Indian spiritual sounds global, with this latest cross-cultural venture. Special Arrangement https://th-i.thgim.com/public/entertainment/music/8rukk0/article71595647.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/23fr_Arundhati%20photo%201.jpeg Musician and producer Siddhant Bhatia, talks about the unusual collaboration. What happens when the rhythms of Indian konnakol, sitar and tabla meet Latin percussion, Venezuelan horns and Spanish-language pop? For musician and producer Siddhant Bhatia, it is an extension of a journey that has taken him from Indian classical and global collaborations to the Grammy-nominated Sounds of Kumbha. As co-founder of IndiLat, he now brings together musicians from India, Venezuela and Chile through ‘Muévete’, released by Universal Music India. Beginning with Muladhara, the root chakra, and weaving a Sanskrit invocation to Ganesha into a Spanish-language track, the song reflects Siddhant’s curiosity about how music can bring distinct cultural and spiritual traditions speak to one another.
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