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Madurai is a town in the southern Indian state Tamil Nadu. The town, one of the oldest of Southern Asia, is situated on the boards of River Vagai and counts over 1 million of inhabitants.
With Madurai, Arbre Noir present their 4th album on Polymorph and thanks to the addition of a new band member (S. Lillig), they present themselves in a more dynamic, powerful and more rhythmic sound than on their previous albums.
On this new album, Arbre Noir concentrate entirely on the ancient culture of India, using also various traditional Indian instruments (thavil, ghatam, kanjeera, mridangam etc.) and Hindi speech samples. Besides guitars, bass and melodica, also on Madurai Arbre Noirs sound is once again also defined by the use of the didgeridoo, a firm component of Arbre Noir's sound for years, even though the instrument comes from a - geographically and culturally - completely different region than India