Dizzi Geetha Music

Back in the studio again, working on my research about Lanka.

Finding direction can be hard at times but I had a good talk with Damani, and we set the goal for this week: clarity and rest.

I started my day with meditation and connecting with my ancestors. Followed by a handpan session, which really calmed me down. It was beautiful but mostly necessary to start the first moments of this week from such a relaxed space.

I love my job. I really love my job.

Soon I’ll be heading to Sri Lanka again, to dive deeper into the place where I come from, the island where they never should have taken me away from. But I feel privileged that I can go back and find more and more lost pieces of myself and becoming more whole again.

I’m so much looking forward to reconnect with the trees, the herbs, the water, the animals, and the people again! 🌿🐘☀️🐢🌸🐒🌼🦜🌴

Can’t wait🤍

Anddddd it’s a wrap for this week!

Created this loop today, danced on it, and got a bit more clarity about what I want to do more when I’m back in Sri Lanka: Take dance classes!
I would love to understand Sri Lankan dance more deeply. The movement feels intuitive, the technique definitely isn’t 😆🫣😅

During my last trip, at an event from Colomboscope by Chitrasena Dance Company, I learned how closely drums and dance work together. It made me realize today, that if I understand the movement better, I’ll understand the rhythms and the drums better too.

Thanks for having me 🫶🏾

To be continued…

Day 4 of research LANKA

Man, rough start. Too busy in my head with bu****it, too busy with all the s**t happening in the world. Couldn’t really focus, couldn’t really find the ground.

Felt like everything was going wrong, couldn’t find direction and there were some technical issues.

But at some point something shifted. I got more relaxed in my body and realised I got a bit lost trying to make a performance, while actually this whole thing is about becoming a better maker. The performance will come later.

So I changed the way I approach this project.

Today I made a beat using only South Asian instruments. Just a first 16-bar loop, using a VST for now, but when I’m back in Sri Lanka I’ll pick up more drums and expand from there.

For a while I will only use South Asian instruments, learning their language and finding ways to bring them into my compositions and setup.

Just the start.

GETA BERAYA,

The Geta Beraya: the reason why I wanted to become a drummer and a musician.

The Geta Beraya is the drum that made me understand why rhythm feels like home.

The Geta Beraya is my biggest leftover connection with Sri Lanka and forms the bridge between me and my culture.

The Geta Beraya is giving me a part of my voice back.

The Geta Beraya is the sound that connects my past, my roots, and my future.

The Geta Beraya is the first reason why I want to make the world a more beautiful place with music.

Can’t describe in words what it means to finally put my hands on her😮‍💨
Working on a successful marriage here 😎🔥

Day 2 of research for my performance LANKA!

Spend this day with my amazing creative producer and mastermind and amazing musician from

Couldn’t wish for a better day✨🔥

And of course much love for the team of 🤍

My body is home.
And my soul too!

Moving around in Sri Lanka, really does something special to me.
Just by being here, hearing the language I should have spoken, eating the food I should have grown up with, feeling this climate on my skin, it healed parts of me on so many layers.

Without even trying.
Without doing any work for it.

Just by being and moving through my day.

Something inside me settled. Like my body recognized this place before my mind does.

And honestly… I don’t even want to go back to the Netherlands.
I mean, of course I miss my people, my projects, and obviously my dog.
That life is real too.
But this place here feels like where I belong.

This trip made that painfully clear.

In a couple of weeks I return to the Netherlands with all the knowledge I’ve learned and will wave this into my art.
But after that, I hope I can come back home and figure out life here for longer..

Because this place isn’t new.
We lost each other but finally found it back again.