ANANDA SHANKAR sa re ga machan PSYCH KILLER FUNK SITAR

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ANANDA SHANKAR

SA RE GA MACHAN

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SICK FUNKY INDIAN SITAR JOINTS FOR THE CLUB DJ'S AND ILL SAMPLES WITH TABLAS FLUTES SITARS AND PERCUSSION SOUNDS FOR THE PRODUCERS WITH THAT JIGGY NEW SCHOOL HIP HOP AND R N B SOUND.

MANY DOPE TRACKS REAL NICE LP FROM START TO FINISH.

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ABOUT ANANDA SHANKAR:

He's a young man with a sitar and a dream (to combine Western and Indian music) and he's excited about The Rolling Stones and The Doors. Fantastic wild rock & raga from a timeless instrument made from a pumpkin in the year of man on the moon.

Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 - 26 March 1999) was an Indian musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles way back in 1960s.Ananda Shankar 's musical legacy is best remembered by his uncanny ability to fuze the musical ideals of traditional Indian music with Western pop.

Musical Lineage:

Ananda Shankar was Ravi Shankar's Nephew

To most people, "India's greatest musician" means Pandit Ravi Shankar, whose ragas briefly pacified the world in the tumultuous 1960s. And there are those who say Ravi's wife was better than he. But it was Ravi's nephew Ananda who became the voice of modern India in all its contrasting elements.

The son of famous arranger-choreographer Uday Shankar & dancer Amala, Ananda had all of the expertise, talent, and perfectionists' dedication of the previous generation. He studied five years under Dr. Lalmani Misra, head of the Department of Music at Benaras Hindu University; following his intense tutelage, he spent two years abroad, where he studied western classical and pop as well as multi-media. While his ability to perform and compose rivalled that of his famous father and uncle, he identified more with his own generation.

A Musical Prodigy:

In ways never previously imagined --much less executed even by other master musicians-- he alone merged Indian and western, classical and rock, lyrical and funky, exotic and commercial, traditional and progressive. Given the enormity of the task and the sharp contrast between his success and the failures of so many "raga rock" practitioners, Ananda Shankar can be seen as one of the greatest musical figures of the twentieth century.

His 1970 debut album on Reprise featured covers of tunes by the Rolling Stones and the Doors as well as his own (better) music. The album's success led to an expansion of his orchestra including dancers and multi-media effects. His wife Tanusree choreographed. After his first Indian LP was released, Ananda's music became a fixture on radio, television, and in theatre. Airlines, fashion shows, and the film industry recognized his as the modern sound of India.

Even years after his sudden from heart failure his music can be heard at least on U.S. radio and in fashion shows, thanks largely to a reissue and a compilation.

Ananda was the great modernizer of Indian music, as influential as Mighty Sparrow and Kui Lee were in updating and promoting their respective traditions. He won the Indian equivalent of a Grammy Award for the score of "Chorus" in 1974. Other soundtracks featuring his work may have been released in India. Throughout his career, his sound remained fairly consistent, and his vision never flagged until his untimely death. Yet India and the world still have not completely caught on to his talent and significance.

Ananda Shankar & his Music became legendary in the 1990s simply because Capitol picked "Streets of Calcutta" and "Dancing Drums" for a Blue Note break-beat compilation. But there is plenty more material of the same caliber, even on that album. Later, rarer albums yield even more impressive music, and there are plenty of tracks waiting to be discovered and played by adventurous DJs.

The beat of the tabla is as vital to Indian music as the conga to African and Latin. While the Moog, sitar, and Western themes distinguish Shankar's music as fresh and original, the cacaphony of tabla beats grounds the music in simmering Bombay, timeless ragas, and the splendor of Shankar musical royalty. In other places, such as the Missing You tribute to Uday, Ananda uses vibes and flute to great effect. And still elsewhere the elements of Indian soundtracks, such as occasional female voice and strings, add power and excitement.

Call it futuristic exoticism or Indian soul music. Like other examples of the best revolutionary music, the wonders of Ananda Shankar will sound forever ahead of their time: definitely far out, and yet as familiar and comforting as Mom's cooking.

ABOUT THE LP

Original and highly collectible Ananda Shankar LP.

This probably his most psychedelic album and a TRUE masterpiece from second one till the end.

Material ranges from dreamy swirling instro psych with electronics and sitar to deep exotica with organs, flutes, tablas & string sections that'll tear you all up they're so pretty. not a bad track on the whole album. see below for tracks - this is up there with nino nardini's jungle obsession for overseas exotica interpretations.

Filled to the brim with hard driving Funk and trippy Exotica!

Sponsored by the Taj Mahal Hotel New Delhi, where the coffee shop is named "Machan"!!

Highly sought after for years, 'Sa-Re-Ga Machan' was originally released in 1981 on vinyl only and showcased Shankar's unmistakable sound which fused Western and Eastern music perfectly. Shankar had a desire to incorporate both the traditional instrumentation of Indian classical music and modern Western instruments such as the synthesizer and on 'Sa-Re-Ga Machan' the two distinct sounds are infused absolutely. The album opens with possibly the most stunning piece, a ten-minute title track which sums up the musician's intent perfectly, sounding like a cross between the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Ry Coder and Ravi Shankar, Ananda's famous uncle. What shocks me most however is how contemporary so much of this sounds, you can imagine it popping up on television or on films, it just has the right 'sound', and like so many forgotten records from the same era it's a breaks goldmine." -Boomkat

"Mesmerizing cultural crossover instrumentals led by tabla rhythm section and accented with moog and sitar. Shankar produced around half a dozen of these albums blending his love for traditional Indian music with '60s Western pop music experimentation. The results are astonishing, and the LP featured here is probably his most popular. Shankar is essentially India's answer to Jimi Hendrix. Soulful, spiritually minded and enormously talented."..............

"A great bit of jungle exotica from funky sitar player Ananda Shankar -- composed as a full piece with an "atmosphere of twilight and the feeling of watching animals at a water hole", but with a sweeping soundtracky feel that makes it more like some lost 70s film gem in the best places! There's some nicely subdued funk in the mix -- as Ananda's sitar grooves over guitars, keyboards, and compressed bass and drum parts, occasionally touched with modern exotica styles, as in the work of UK combo Mandingo on their classic Studio 2 albums of the 70s. Titles include "Night In The Forest", "Jungle King", "Jungle Symphony", "Sa Ra Ga Machan", "Romantic Rhino", "Charging Tiger", and "Monkey's Tea Party" -Dusty Groove

Artist: ANANDA SHANKAR

Title: "SA-RE-GA MACHAN"

Label: EMI No: TD ECSD 2636

 Made in: India

Side One

1. Sa-Re-Ga Machan
2. Romantic Rhino
3. Charging Tiger
4. Night in the forest

Side Two

1.            Jungle King
2. Birds in the sky
3. Monkey's Tea Party
4. Playful squirrels
5. Dancing peacocks
6. Jungle symphony

The leading musician from Ananda Shankar's troupe are: Cyrus Tata, Ujjal Chattarjee, Douglas Barlow, Gautam Chakravarty, Ashoka Banerjee, Ashoka Vishwnath, Gopeswar Banerjee Arrangement: Dilip Roy

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