Jog: Teen-tal vilambit

Inde du Nord: L’art de la vichitra vîna is a studio album centered on the vichitra vîna, a fretless slide instrument in Hindustani classical music. The French label Ocora released the recording on CD on June 3, 2002. The album features performances by Gopal Krishan on vichitra vîna and Latif Ahmed Khan on tabla.

The second track, titled Jog, presents a rendition of Raga Jog in teen-tal (a 16-beat rhythmic cycle) set to a vilambit (slow) tempo. The composition spans 15 minutes and 40 seconds. The performance adheres to the traditional alaap-jor-jhala structure characteristic of instrumental classical recitals, with Krishan executing melodic elaborations on the vichitra vîna while Khan provides percussive accompaniment on the tabla. The track emphasizes the raga’s introspective and meditative qualities through extended melodic development.

Ocora produced the album as part of its series documenting regional classical traditions. The recording location and additional session details remain undocumented in available sources. The release contributes to the limited discography of the vichitra vîna, an instrument less frequently recorded than the sitar or sarod in commercial Hindustani classical outputs. No further track-specific annotations or liner notes are publicly accessible for this release.