Signs

Adfa is a collaborative studio album by Swedish bassist and composer Jonas Hellborg and Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu. The duo recorded the album in 1989 and released it under the label Day Eight Music. The primary format for the initial release was a 12\" vinyl record.

The album features a fusion of jazz, world music and Indian classical influences. Hellborg contributed electric bass performances while Gurtu provided percussion and konnakol vocal rhythms. The production incorporated live instrumentation with minimal overdubs.

The track Signs appears as the fourth composition on the B-side of the vinyl release. The piece runs for three minutes and seven seconds. The recording showcases Hellborg’s fretless bass work alongside Gurtu’s layered percussion patterns. The composition blends rhythmic complexity with melodic phrasing drawn from both Western harmonic traditions and Carnatic rhythmic structures.

No additional session musicians or vocalists are credited on the release. The album artwork and liner notes provide limited documentation of the recording process. The exact studio location and production personnel remain undocumented in available sources.

Day Eight Music distributed the vinyl pressing in 1989. Later reissues or digital releases of Adfa are not confirmed in the provided context. The album represents an early example of cross-cultural improvisation between Scandinavian and Indian musicians in the late 1980s.