
Pearls - Music Inspired by Qatar
"Not only do I hear many surprising things but the continuity, and overall feeling is wonderful. Also the space that you have created - you have made a ‘place’ for people to visit, and experience - that is among the more difficult things to achieve in music."
Anthony Curtis - Guitarist/Composer (www.anthonycurtis.net)
Ranjit Fernandez is originally from the east-coast town of Montrose in Scotland and has recently returned to the area after working in Qatar since 2000. In 2003, with the encouragement of Anthony Curtis (formerly of BOOM, www.anthonycurtis.net), he started composing and recording his music using a home-studio unit. Initially the songs were developed under the Unkle Fezter's Ear Project title and a triple CD album was produced. Hand-made CDs were sold in Qatar and abroad.
The idea behind the music was to develop and present 3 genres of music simultaneously, each working on different moods and emotions. Songs in the 'Pierced' section are rock/metal orientated whilst 'Lobe' is the acoustic-driv