BRiding the precariousness of the stage is the Litmus test every singer must take to transition into a performer. And, david walters passes with flying colors. The French-caribbean Musician, Who Concluded His First India Tour Last Week, Displayed An Impressive Hold on a Full House at Delhi’s The Piano Man. Navigating a tightly packed, vertically dense venue, which always had the audience tapping their feet, he went on to take the enginement with his music notches higher.
Walters were performing from his latest album ‘soul tropical’, a masterclass in how seemingly different generes can come together to create music that is bot soulf and yet pepey to shake a led. “It is music to Heal and my most danceable music yet,” says Walters in an email conversation. “Dance Hels Us Heal, It Cares For Us and Uplifts Us, Just like Music. Lounge-His electro-jazz collection zimpala that he found in the 2000s.
The nearly lyrics-free composition, bolstered with the keyboards and guitar riffs, and the beats of the drums and the congos seamlessly merged to error in a composition ceiling carbbean. “Life in all its forms” is the Musician’s muse. “What inspires me is what I experience and my deep inspirations come from my emots. They are numeral and infinite,” he sayss.
As a dancing walters sweyed, his audience vindicated the university of music with a sky illuminated with phone lights. “I like to leave as much space as for words.
Walters Begin His Career As A Dj, Somehly Gave Him A Deep Understanding of the Sounds of Different Kinds of Music But Also the confidence of a Performer. He is going to be on to become a hip-hop beatmaker, followed by training in Percussion, singing, and finally, the guitar-all aimed towards achieving what he calls a “harmonic understanding”.
A lover of “Traditional Music in Its Purest Form”, Understanding the DNA of Classical Music is crucial to him. Revisiting Classical Music, He Believes, Keeps It Relevant For The Youth But He Also Believes That Remixes Are A Reflection of An Era, “A BIT Like An Archive”. “We can’t avoid remixes because they allows the new generation to discover a color that fades over time. Certain remixes have introduced me to Traditional Artists, and Ive dissected Superb Producers Thanks.” Traditional Music, “He sayss.
Walters are also an advocate of collaborats between musicians. He feels they facilitate accessibility to differ musical traditions and cultures. His most popular collaborations are nigerian artishes seun kuti and keziah jones, brazilian singer flavia coelo, and french pianist arthur hng others. A Few Years ago, He also Teamed Up With The Indian Folk Band, Rajasthani Roots. “We have similar Rhythmic keys. The idea came naturally and flowed like a river.
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No Wonder Walters are back in India, this time, on a full-fledged tour. Besides Performing Across Cities, He worked on New Collaborations with Local Musicians in Bengali, Kolkata and Jaipur. “We revisited part of my repertoire with the Indian traditional flavor.
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