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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0094639539222 Label: Manhattan Records Manufacturer: Manhattan Records MPN: 95392 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Manhattan Records Release Date: August 28, 2007 Studio: Manhattan Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Like her father before her, Anoushka Shankar is a musical eclectic experimenting with forms far beyond those of Indian classical music. Going even further than on her previous disc, Rise, Shankar, along with co-producer Karsh Kale, explores the meeting of electronica and India. "Burn" starts out as a romantic Bollywood theme before turning into a sultry soul tune with electronica beats, squiggly analog synths, and an impassioned vocal by Noah Lembersky. Shankar's sitar stutter glitches over a tabla-draped electronica rhythm on "Slither," courtesy of the Midival Punditz' Gaurav Raina. Guest singers appear on several tracks, including the ubiquitous Sting, who contributes his overly earnest voice to a power ballad called "Sea Dreamer." Shankar's sitar occasionally becomes a sidelight on her own album, leaping out for rock guitar-like breaks. She doesn't so much duet with Sting as accompany him. Her song for half-sister Norah Jones, on the other hand, integrates the singer's voice into a textural track of snaky sitar, as Jones mixes ethereal chorales and impassioned pleas. Much of Breathing Under Water recalls Bombay Dub Orchestra and their mixture of Bollywood strings, Indian musicians, and electronic grooves and textures. Both Kale and Shankar have writing credits on all but one composition, with their computer-concocted tracks often bridged by rhapsodic strings arranged by Bollywood composer Salim Merchant. His co-composition, "Little Glass Folk," brings an uncharacteristic Western classicism to the album, while the Anoushka and Ravi Shankar-composed work, "Oceanic," is the only piece aspiring to Indian classicism. Breathing Under Water is an ambitious album, although it has elements of pastiche, designed to expose Anoushka Shankar to a wider audience. --John Diliberto More from Anoushka Shankar
Album Description: Breathing under Water is the soundtrack of a journey created by two of the most visionary talents pioneering the hip and fertile overlap of today's world music scene. Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale expanded beyond cultural and traditional borders of music on their new collaboration. With the help of featured guests Ravi Shankar, Sting, Norah Jones, Midival Punditz, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, and others, the duo has succeeded in blending Indian classical, electronica, dance, and folk into a genre hopping triumph. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very goodLovely music. Nice Indian flavor yet contemporary. Dreamy. Great addition to have Sting accompany on the one track. Ravi gets it going fast on his tracks. Love Karsh Kale on this. Rating: - Anoushka is pure solid beautyBeing an avid fan of indian music , and owning a sitar myself. I thought Ravi shankar was the best , but he should be very proud of his daughter for in my opinon ,being the most beautiful woman in the world, not just by her presence , but especially in the music she presents , that makes her talent as beautiful as she is. I didn't know what to think when I saw this cd. I always wanted her to be just a solo artist, but I really was wrong. I hope she and Karsh kale do more projects together , this ... Read More Rating:  - An exciting world sonic travelogue.Anoushka is Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar's daughter. After "Rise", which was released two years ago, got her a Grammy nomination in the Best Contemporary World Music category she has been experimenting with forms far beyond those of Indian classical music to reach a wider audience. Anoushka's album, made in collaboration with musician Karsh Kale, blends Indian classical, electronica and folk. London-born and New York-raised, Kale balances his Indian heritage with rock 'n' roll, ... Read More Rating: - Excellent fusion! Awesome music all the way! It must take 2 geniuses to come up with something like this. It took me a couple listens to get the music but after that I simply got hooked. Traditional Indian classical music takes a lot to get into, but this one melded with awesome beats and soothing traditional classical is what is the highlight of this CD. It is like hamburger cooked with spices, this music is spicy. Track #2 Slither and #10 Abyss are my favorite. Norah Johns with her half sister on track # 10 is simply ... Read More Rating: - SuperbAmateurs of classical Indian music - beware... as this music may unsettle you. All other true music lovers, proceed in confidence ! What a fabulous album Anushka Shankar has produced. Wonderful taste, variety, serenity, sensuality.... Only 1 song clearly sits at a lower quality level - Little Glass Folk - a bizarre and rather tasteless pastiche. But the rest - listen, listen, and listen again. It is true magic ! |
