9/24/08

Breathing Under Water

Anoushka Shankar is the twenty-six year old daughter of Ravi Shankar, probably the most famous sitar player of modern times.

Anoushka has followed closely in her father’s footsteps - she gave her first public performance on sitar at the age of 13, and has played often alongside her father. That’s not to say, though, she is a strictly traditional practitioner of her chosen instrument. Take Breathing Under Water. A collaboration with Karsh Kale, best known as the producer of global techno outfit Tabla Beat Science, this is an album which blends Shankar’s skilful, ornate sitar playing with many of the tools of modern electronica production. One more time Anoushka give us heart music.Thanks)