On his solo debut, Greg Ellis has fully realized his passion for Indian and Middle Eastern percussion. The music on KALA RUPA was composed around the rhythm rather than the melody, allowing the tonal and emotional center for each piece to be established by the percussion and rhythm. Instrumentation includes bansuri flute, kamancheh, and voice.

Album Reviews
 From Backroadsmusic.com - 
"... one of the strongest, most evocative world music CDs I have heard." 

From Barnes & Noble.com - 
"Kala Rupa is simply a sonic feast in the tradition of Peter Gabriel's Passion."
                                           
And from Amazon.com - 
"...Ellis generates beguiling drum tapestries filled with potent grooves and melodic playing."
                                      

Greg Ellis' work emerges from a spiritual place deep within and defies global boundaries.  On KALA RUPA - literally translated as "time form" - Ellis re-creates the sacred music used by primitive tribes to meditate and transcend.  KALA RUPA is a journey through various forms of rhythm and time, from ambient space to ecstatic drumming, opening windows of transcendence.

Recognized by Mickey Hart and invited to tour with him, Greg Ellis is also a core member of the critically-acclaimed group, VAS. One of the most respected and sought-after world percussionists today, he has has appeared on The Tonight Show and VH-1's Storyteller with Billy Idol. 

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"This is a collection of music that was composed around rhythm rather than the melody, allowing the tonal and emotional center of the music to be established by the percussion and rhythm.  Once the rhythms were complete, I brought in the other musicians who helped to reveal the natural form of each piece.  The musicians who took part in this project all have a deep respect for rhythm and the interplay of the melodic instruments with the percussion.  Many times I abandoned my initial ideas as new elements - beats and instruments - were added.  I didn't want the music to be forced into any pre-conceived images I might have had and confining it to one reference point.  That is why I decided to bypass conventional titles for any of the pieces.  I want the listener to start in a neutral space of his or her own experience."

- Greg Ellis

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