About me:
Anthar Kharana, is a composer and multi-instrumentalist born in a small town called Ocana in the North of Colombia and years later he moved to Bogota. He grew up in a musical family and his first link with music was at the age of nine. He has been involved in many musical projects and bands, offering him a wide vision about different ways of putting together sounds and intentions, feelings and thoughts. Starting with rough punk in his early years as a result of the oppressive political situation in Colombia, to then begin training himself as a counter-tenor (highest male voice’s pitch in opera) afterwards, giving him the ability to increase his voice range and to reach high pitches that sounds like female voice.
After years of practice he developed the complex technique of Throat Singing, including Khoomii from Mongolia also known as Polyphonic Voice, and other overtone styles incluiding western harmonics which made an important step whilst working with Vibrational Sound Healing. As part of that process, together with his passion for different ancient cultures, he started to investigate about the power of sound and how it generates changes in many different ways and levels of conciousness.
Anthar is also an educator and has been touring the UK facilitating Traditional Colombian drumming and Tribal Voice workshops in different festivals and schools. He teaches and shares the roots of Colombian traditions and rhythms of the Indigenous people who were living (and still) on the Carribbean Coast of Colombia and got mixed with African slaves brought with the Spanish colony at the end of the 16th century.
for more info please visit:
www.khantara.com
As a band we are:
Khantara’s New Cycle, brings the stunning richness and power of Colombian Roots with different influences including Mongolian and Arabic.
Khantara’s new line up:
Anthar Kharana -
Colombia: Vocals, Bouzouki, Tambor Alegre, Bawu, Hulusi
Andres Razzini -
Bolivia: Bouzouki, Guitar and Back Vocals.
Quinto Grigati -
Italy: Tambora, Cajon, Darbuka, Tabla, Percussion.
Alex Michelsen -
Colombia/England: Violin.
Luis Garcia -
Colombia: Bass Guitar and Back Vocals.
Enjoy this first track (more coming soon)
"Velo que Bonito"Traditional Song from the Caribean Coast of Colombia -
Arrangement by Anthar Kharana
