Just a day after its release, Omkar Salunkhe’s Land of Maasai is already striking a deep chord with listeners worldwide. The track, which dropped yesterday on World Indigenous Peoples’ Day (also the birthday of his mentor, Ustad Taufiq Qureshi), is a powerful blend of earthy percussion, tribal chants, and cinematic textures — a soundscape that bridges the ancient and the contemporary.
This is Omkar’s first solo outing since Cuba Groovin’ in 2021, and it carries a weight of intent. Inspired by the resilience and culture of the Maasai people of East Africa, the piece draws from a moment of visual inspiration — the striking portraits of Indigenous tribes by photographer Jimmy Nelson. “Those images had a sound in them,” Omkar reflects. “I wanted to turn that stillness into rhythm.”
Land of Maasai features contributions from Prathamesh Kandalkar and Avadhoot Phadke, with mixing and mastering by Chinmay Mestry. The result is a track that feels as grounded as it does cinematic — one that invites you to feel the beat in your chest as much as in your ears.
With a career that includes collaborations with A. R. Rahman, Mickey Hart, Shankar Mahadevan, Niladri Kumar, Ranjit Barot, and Sukhwinder Singh, Also He was just a part of Ustad Zakir Hussain’s album In the Groove. Omkar has long been a trusted name in rhythm and arrangement. Yet this release is personal — his own offering to the pulse of heritage and the stories that live through it.
Land of Maasai is out now on all major streaming platforms, carrying the unmistakable heartbeat of cultures that endure through time.
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