Documented acoustic cycles scored for intimate halls, pairing precise poetic meter with raw analog warmth.
Dastak-e-Shab
Kaghazi Pairahan
Raqs-e-Bismil
Composed in the Bah’r-e-Hazaj meter. Fingerstyle nylon guitar anchors sustained harmonium reed drones, tracking late-night verses on quiet wakefulness.
A response to classical lament traditions recorded live in an 18th-century stone chapel. Features bowed acoustic bass and single-take vocal couplets.
Commissioned recital cycle pairing rapid syncopated arpeggios with classical couplets, exploring the tension between structured metric discipline and open acoustic resonance.
Vani strips the ghazal of theatrical melodrama, leaving only wooden resonance, precise breath, and verses that cut like dry ink across linen.
Quarterly Review of South Asian Poetics
Recital Bookings and Scores
Archival recordings, full transcription booklets, and commission proposals are available upon direct enquiry for festival programmers and chamber curators.