Sunday, November 25, 2012

Queen Elephantine - Kabir [psychedelic rock]

Queen Elephantine is a psychedelic rock band currently situated in New York (originally forming in Hong Kong). Heard this song from the "Prostitutes of God" documentary from Vice. The documentary explored the custom of devadasi, wherein girls are dedicated to deity Yellamma, whom will then serve as temple prostitutes upon reaching puberty. This documentary happens to feature various pieces by Queen Elephantine, whose gritty guitar paralleled the nature of the general affair.

This documentary, akin to other Vice stuff I've seen, doesn't provide a particularly high-level overview of the issue but rather focuses on the particular lives and impressions of a few select areas they end up visiting. I wouldn't say that I'm now particularly well educated on this issue but I'm, at the very least, cognizant of its existence. I think an apt description would be "messy as hell".

This song is "Kabir" from Queen Elephantine's 2007 release Surya.


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