Breathing Under Water

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Breathing Under Water
Breathing Under Water cover
Studio album by Anoushka Shankar
Released 28 August 2007
Genre Indian Music
Producer Anoushka Shankar
Professional reviews
Anoushka Shankar chronology
Rise
(2005)		 Breathing Under Water
(2007)

Breathing Under Water is an album by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale released on August 28, 2007. This album ranked 83 in sales on Barnes&Nobles.com[1]. Shankar and Kale expand beyond cultural and traditional borders of music with this collaboration. With the help of featured guests Ravi Shankar, Sting, Norah Jones, Midival Punditz, Salim Merchant, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and others, the duo succeeded in blending Indian classical, electronica, dance and folk into a genre-hopping triumph.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Burn" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  2. "Slither" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  3. "Breathing Under Water" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  4. "Sea Dreamer" - (with Sting/Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  5. "Ghost Story" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  6. "PD7" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  7. "Easy" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar/Norah Jones)
  8. "Little Glass Folk" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  9. "A Perfect Rain" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  10. "Abyss" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  11. "Oceanic, Part 1" - (with Ravi Shankar/Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  12. "Oceanic, Part 2" - (with Ravi Shankar/Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)
  13. "Reprise" - (with Karsh Kale/Anoushka Shankar)

[edit] Personnel

Performance Credits

  1. Anoushka Shankar : primary artist, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, sitar, tanpura, track performer
  2. Karsh Kale : track performer, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, electric bass, cymbals, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, tabla, vocals, snare drums, electronic percussion, orchestral percussion
  3. Ravi Shankar : Sitar
  4. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt : mohan veena
  5. Pedro Eustache : flute
  6. Sting : vocals
  7. Shankar Mahadevan : vocals
  8. Norah Jones : piano, vocals
  9. Pirashanna Thevarajah : mridangam, kanjira, moorsing
  10. Vishal Vaid : vocals
  11. Salim Merchant : piano, keyboards
  12. Sunidhi Chauhan : vocals

Technical Credits

  1. John Stewart : engineer
  2. Ravi Shankar : guest appearance
  3. Greg Calbi : mastering
  4. Herbert Waltl : executive producer
  5. Gordon Jee : art direction
  6. Anoushka Shankar : arranger, producer, string arrangements
  7. Saul Williams : author
  8. Brian Montgomery : engineer
  9. Karsh Kale : arranger, producer, string arrangements, drum programming
  10. Norah Jones : guest appearance
  11. Gaurav Raina : programming, producer, engineer, atmosphere
  12. Salim Merchant : arranger, producer, string arrangements
  13. Chad Lupo : assistant arranger
  14. Jayant Luthra : programming
  15. Jonathan Dagan : engineer

[edit] References

  1. ^ Barnes&Nobles.com