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Album Information : Release Log : Ananda Shankar (1970) :
Album : Ananda Shankar
Artist : Ananda Shankar
Personnel: Ananda Shankar (sitar); Dick Rosmini, Drake Levin (guitars); Paul Lewinson (keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Jerry Scheff, Mark Tulin (bass guitar); Michael Botts, Joe Pollard (drums); Pranish Khan (tabla).
Genre : Fusion, Lounge, World Music, Indian Music.
Language : Hindi
Label : Collector's Choice
Source : CD
Year : 1970
Ripper : EAC (Secure mode) / LG HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B
Codec : LAME 3.97
Format : MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality : avg. bitrate: kbps
Channels : Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags : ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Resolution : 16 bits
Size : 90202 KB
Tracks : 08

Description :
The legendary 1970 Reprise record from Ananda Shankar, one of the first recordings to fuse Eastern and Western musical forms! Shankar came by his artistic innovation honestly; both his parents were renowned dancers and his uncle was Ravi Shankar, and here he explores the connection between Indian and psychedelic music with the use of sitar, tabla and moog, not to mention covers of the Stones’ Jumpin’ Jack Flash and the Doors’ Light My Fire!
Wielding a psychedelic axe of a different order, master sitarist Ananda Shankar (Ravi's nephew) offers up two groovy covers of rock classics, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Light My Fire." Actually, this classic of exotica, which originally appeared in 1970 on Reprise, isn't as cheesy as it might seem at first sight. All the originals are straightforward and melodic, solidly produced and seriously played, and in the case of "Snow Flower," an unsung instrumental pop classic. Shankar also gets to strut his stuff on the 13-minute plus "Sagar (The Ocean)," which turns into a syncopated East-West stomp after a leisurely "alap" intro.

TrackList : Ananda Shankar :

1. Jumpin' Jack Flash (Album Version) 3:37
2. Snow Flower (Album Version) 2:49
3. Light My Fire (Album Version) 3:32
4. Mamata (Affection) (Album Version) 3:09
5. Metamorphosis (Album Version) 6:50
6. Sagar (The Ocean) (Album Version) 13:16
7. Dance Indra (Album Version) 3:53
8. Raghupati (Album Version) 3.28


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Review : Ananda Shankar :
If you have ever thought that western and Indian music would sound fantastic together, this is the album to listen to. Ananda Shankar blends sitar, guitar, bass, electronics seamlessly in these tunes from the beat generation and from his homeland. A smooth sitar replaces the voice, while western instruments provide backings to rival the best beats and sounds of the time. Ananda's musical heritage (he is Ravi Shankar's nephew) is evident in the snappy arrangements and the many exotic sounds. Moving off planet Earth recently, let's hope he's in the best gig in the sky. Although there are a few imitators, this is the one you'll think of as how fusion should be written.
This is a really cool funky and naturally transcendental album. the sitar playing is beautiful and even very fast and complex at times funkying it up throughout the whole album, Ananda Shankar is a unique master of this instrument playing with immense feeling and originality. the rest of the musicians are really sick too, the drums and bass are really tight. it seems they were all immensely feeling these songs during recording. very creative album, and i love the last track when the Indian singing choir comes on for the ride to make an epic ending to close the album with. sick electric indian funk!

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