Mood Masala by Mathew Joseph

Fingerstyle guitar meets finger drumming and hand percussion on this 3 song EP.

"Mood Masala”, the title track evokes the aroma of Indian spices and the myriad colours and flavours of Indian food. Percussive fingerstyle guitar and santoor [Kashmiri dulcimer] accompanied by tabla, dholak, tumbi and other Indian percussion.

"Green Mango" is a throwback to my schooldays when we ate our lunches in the branches of mango trees in the school orchard. In mango season we smuggled red chiili powder and salt in little paper packets from home to eat with green mangoes that made our salivary glands ache with their sourness. Features fingerstyle guitar with African Kora and tribal drumming.

"Finger food" is reminiscent of Indian street food and vendors stalls where mounds of powdered spices and exotic ingredients are conjured into magical finger food that drives tastebuds crazy. Percussive fingerstyle guitar with tabla, Middle Eastern riq, congas and egg shakers.

Mathew Joseph is a singer-songwriter and performer of guitar driven world fusion.
His music is influenced by his many travels from his roots in Kerala, India to the high Himalayas and overseas to North America, Bermuda and Cuba. He now lives in Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia where he produces and records his own music and collaborates with artists worldwide.