Mirror Margana

Sultan Khan
4:44
Warren Cuccurullo and Ustad Sultan Khan released Mirror Margana in 2014, blending electric guitar with sarangi in a 4-minute fusion of Western and Hindustani classical music.
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About Mirror Margana

\"Mirror Margana\" is a collaborative track by American guitarist and composer Warren Cuccurullo and Indian sarangi virtuoso Ustad Sultan Khan. The composition appears as the third track on the album The Master, released on July 22, 2014, under Six Degrees Records. The piece spans 4 minutes and 44 seconds in duration.

The album The Master serves as a fusion of Western and Hindustani classical traditions, blending electric guitar with the sarangi, a bowed string instrument central to North Indian classical music. Cuccurullo composed the instrumental framework, while Khan contributed improvisational sarangi passages rooted in the khayal and dhrupad styles. The track title references margana, a term associated with melodic exploration in Indian classical music, though the album does not specify the raga or tala structure employed.

The recording format for The Master was a physical CD, distributed by Six Degrees Records, a label known for world music and cross-cultural collaborations. The album received limited documentation regarding session details, production personnel, or recording locations. No live performances or alternate versions of \"Mirror Margana\" have been officially cataloged.

Warren Cuccurullo gained recognition as a member of the bands Missing Persons and Duran Duran, while Ustad Sultan Khan was a prominent figure in the Indore gharana of sarangi players. Their collaboration on The Master marked one of Khan’s final studio recordings before his death in 2011; the album was posthumously compiled and released. The tracklist includes eight compositions, with \"Mirror Margana\" positioned as the third entry in the sequence.