Shambhū

Sandhyā is a collaborative studio album by Swiss percussionist Matthias Frey and Indian tabla player and composer Trilok Gurtu. The label RillenWerke released the album in 1981 on a 12\" vinyl format. The recording blends elements of Indian classical music with avant-garde jazz and experimental percussion, though specific genre classifications and production details remain undocumented in available sources.

The album opens with the track Shambhū, listed as A1 on the vinyl release. The composition runs for 6 minutes and 45 seconds. Frey and Gurtu co-perform the piece, with Frey contributing on Western and custom-built percussion instruments while Gurtu provides tabla and vocal textures. The track exemplifies the album’s fusion of rhythmic complexity and improvisational interplay, though no formal credits for composition or additional session musicians are confirmed.

Critical reception and commercial performance of Sandhyā are not widely recorded. The album predates Gurtu’s later international recognition through collaborations with artists such as John McLaughlin and Jan Garbarek. Frey’s subsequent work also remained largely within European experimental circles, with Sandhyā marking an early cross-cultural project in his discography. No reissues or digital remasters of the original vinyl have been verified as of the latest available documentation.