We are MAHARAL
MAHARAL is a sweet steampunkery wonder experiment performance group whose brew is called Ancient-Future Blend...a finely roasted sound that will perk your mustache. Each song is a craft originale created in our laboratory full of world music voices from Electronic Dance Music, Turkey, New Orleans, Argentinean Flamenco, the Baroque Era, Deep Woods Appalachia, and Nepal...a wonderful impetus to move crowds, dancers, and listeners alike. Our stage musings, with live music, spectacle lights, fire dance, aerial dance, witty play, drum contraptionery and all around yesness, are quickly becoming known for their distinct dramatic and moving pieces. MAHARAL is wondrous both on the stage and as a wandering troupe exchanging with crowds and creating magical spot performances in both intimate and large venue settings.
Dance, Davul, Singing Bowls, Gong / Damion Bond
Saz, Piano, Saxophone, Guitar, Drums / Brett Alexander Zwerdling
Violin / Helen Shiplett
maharal 2019 tour
News & Updates
-
2019 Festival of Legends in Apex, NC! https://t.co/ELR58yCsWY
-
Skippin' round Raleigh! https://t.co/9LmYJDYL8f
To The Brink
"To The Brink" is the brainchild wonder experiment of dancer/musician Damion Bond and musician Brett Alexander Zwerdling. The Ancient-Future Blend is MAHARAL’s term for their finely roasted sound... a unique fusion of languid turkish saz, jazzy piano, davul funk bass drum, Himalayan hammered singing bowls, and sultry electronic dance riffs. Each song is a ‘craft originale’ created in their laboratory full of world instruments with voices from the Middle East, The Mediterranean, Deep Woods Appalachia, Nepal… a wonderful impetus for dancers and listeners alike. The album is a movement through emotional settings, and is intended as a mini-journey. Sip and enjoy!
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
-
MAHARAL
VENUE LIST
Gnarnia Music Festival
EvolveFest Music and Yoga Festival
Fertile Ground Gathering
Blue Ridge Beltane
Shenandoah Midsummers
Maryland Faerie Festival
New York Faerie Festival
FaerieCon
Avalon Festival
Darbukastani Independence Days
Art of the Belly
Moonlight Tribal
PEX Fest
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Carnival of Five Fires
Eyeclopes Studios
C'ville Coffee
Roxy 'n Dukes Roadhouse
Tribal Cafe DC
Tribal Cafe Virginia Beach