Cuckoo

Cuckoo is a track by Indian percussionist and composer Trilok Gurtu, featured as the fourth composition on his 2013 studio album Spellbound. The album released on April 19, 2013 under Moosicus Records in CD format. The track spans 4 minutes and 55 seconds and exemplifies Gurtu’s fusion of Indian classical rhythms with contemporary jazz and world music elements.

Gurtu composed and performed the percussion arrangements for Cuckoo, integrating traditional instruments like the tabla and konnakol with electronic textures. The album Spellbound marked a continuation of his exploratory work in cross-genre collaboration, though specific contributing artists for this track remain undocumented in available sources. The release followed Gurtu’s established pattern of blending improvisational techniques with structured compositions, a hallmark of his discography since the 1990s.

The tracklist of Spellbound positions Cuckoo as a mid-album piece, bridging more rhythmic works like the opening Bollywood Bazaar and the ambient closer Mystic Mile. Moosicus Records, a label associated with Gurtu’s later career, distributed the album primarily in physical CD format, with limited details on digital or vinyl releases. Critical reception of the album emphasized Gurtu’s ability to merge percussive virtuosity with melodic accessibility, though no track-specific analyses of Cuckoo appear in archived reviews.

Live performances of material from Spellbound, including Cuckoo, occurred during Gurtu’s 2013–2014 tour schedule, though recordings or setlists from these events are not widely documented. The album’s production credits list Gurtu as the primary producer, with engineering and mixing handled by unnamed collaborators. Further details on the track’s recording location, session musicians, or lyrical content (if applicable) are not publicly verified.