It was so disturbing we couldn't work, but we learnt somehow to channelize that energy, that anger, that feeling, put it in a vocal groove, put emotion into that. I was actually crying when I saw the bodies, the fear or sorrow in somebody's eyes, and it translated very well because it touched our hearts. That was the only thing we were looking for to touch ourselves, each other's selves, make that connection between us, or anybody on the street. It was the first link in the chain and we moved on with it. The soul doesn't know a language or words or restrictions.
Souls speak to each other without words.
In a way, qawwali is similar to rock 'n' roll. It goes in that repetitive style to get into that energy. In qawwali it creates the trance-like spell. You may not understand it, but it gets to you. We discovered it by playing live, fusing tabla rhythms with rock, finding the same energy came, in a different format, but as one.