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Peace I: Ajami

Peace

Peace II: Shanti

Shiva

Lord Of The Cave

Lyrics- Saint Jnaneshwar (11th Century)
Composition/Arrangement- Aditya Prakash
Vocals- Aditya Prakash
Piano- Julian Le
Bass- Owen Clapp
Mridangam- Pirashanna Thevarajah
Drums- Jake Jamieson
Recording, Mixing, Mastering- Adam Berg

Soham- That I Am

An Indian-classical and hip hop infused take on the popular Bollywood song from the movie Omkara.
Aditya Prakash-Vocals
Shiva Ramamurthi- Violin/Vocals
Julian Le- Piano
Jake Jamieson- Drums

Naina Thag Lenge (Live by APE Quartet)

APE Quartet performs Pandit Ravi Shankar's Natabharavi Tarana
Aditya Prakash- Vocals
Shiva Ramamurthi- Violin
Julian Le- Piano
Jake Jamieson- Drums

Pt. Ravi Shankar's Tarana (Live by APE Quartet)

Hamir Kalyani (Practice Session snippet)

Aditya Prakash- Vocals
Sheela Bringi- Harp/Vocals
Produced by Vaidya Mishra

Mantra for Peace

The idea behind this song is the struggle between the comforting memory of past love and the agonizing reality of desolateness. Of how our mind can create a beautiful world made from past memories to hide the sorrow of the present. The memory of true Love is our last breath holding on to this life. 

Aditya Prakash- Vocals
Julian Le- Piano
Owen Clapp- Upright Bass
Allakoi "Mic Holden" Peete- Percussion (Tycoon Percussion)
Colin McDaniel- Drums
Neelamjit Dhillon- Tabla

Recorded at Stagg Street Studios
Mixed by Ramin Sakurai

Love's Last Breath - APEnsemble

B. Ananthakrishnan- Violin
Praveen Kumar- Mridangam
Chandrasekara Sharma- Ghatam

Virutam- Kannanai Pani Maname

Krishna Parthasarathy- Violin
Rohan Krishnamurthy- Mridangam

Song prefaced by Virutam taken from Bala Mukhundaashtakam written by Adi Shankaracharya

Live concert in Dallas, TX, March 15, 2015.

Jagadodharana- Kapi- Aditya Prakash

Aditya Prakash - Vocals / Arrangement
Julian Le - Piano / Arrangement
Brijesh Pandya - Drums
Owen Clapp - Bass
Misha Shapiro - String Section
Shiva Ramamurthi - Indian classical violin
Neelamjit Dhillon - Tabla

Recorded by Julian Le at Pluto Enterprises (LejKeys)
Mixed and Mastered by Nick DePinna

Lyrics - Aditya Prakash
Hindi Translation - Vaidya Mishra


Song To Dad - Aditya Prakash Ensemble

Guru Kripanjana Payo
In this bhajan Saint Kabir says "First and foremost seek the grace of the Guru to realize God within you and all around you"

Aditya Prakash - Vocals
Sheela Bringi - Harp
Salar Nader - Tabla
Malini Taneja - Karthal
Ramin Sakurai - Recording Engineer
Mixed by Ramin Sakurai at PrismTone

Kabir Bhajan

An original arrangement by Aditya Prakash and Julian Le
Lyrics by Saint Purandaradasa
Meaning of song: "I place all my faith in the Lord within who carries me across the ocean of life"

Performed by APEnsemble
Aditya Prakash- Vocals
Julian Le- Keys
Jonah - Synth bass
Jake Jamieson- Drums
Praveen Kumar - Kanjira
Mahesh Swamy - Flute and Morsing
R. Kamakshy Sundaram- Audio Mixing

Ambiga - APEnsemble for Music Mojo (performed live)

Aditya Prakash - Vocals / Composition
Julian Le - Piano
Salar Nader - Tabla
Shiva Ramamurthi - Violin
Performed Live at Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 2015

Flying Free - J.A.S.S. Quartet

Recorded live at All India Radio, Chennai.

Aditya Prakash- Vocal
Dr. M Narmadha - Violin
Shertalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam

Aditya Prakash's Album

Himachala Tanaya

A cover of the classic composition of Ustad Sultan Khan and Salim Merchant in collaboration with Karsh Kale.

Performed live by Aditya Prakash Ensemble for Music Mojo Season 4 on Kappa TV.

Aditya Prakash - Vocals ; Julian Le - Keys ; Praveen Sparsh - Percussion ; Jake Jamieson - Drums ; Jonah Levine - Bass synth ; Mahesh Swamy - Flute

Kajar Bin (Karsh Kale/Salim Merchant Coke Studio cover)

Here is a short bit of a practice session with me, Mayuri vasan on vocals and Sheela Bringi on Harp. This is an improvised section within a cover of a beautiful Sufi, Bollywood song from the movie Anwar. This is our own little take on that song 

Aditya Prakash, Mayuri Vasan, Sheela Bringi (Voices and Harp)

Qawali available now on all streaming platforms


The Aditya Prakash Ensemble, a Los Angeles based music group was founded by award-winning Indian classical vocalist, Aditya Prakash, in 2010. Prakash draws his inspiration to experiment with Indian classical music from his close musical collaborations and performances with Pandit Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale, and more recently, with acclaimed choreographer, Akram Khan. The roots of the Ensemble’s collaboration started as UCLA roommates and friends jamming, to a more informed approach, from their Ethnnomusicology studies, where horizons to cross-cultural musical interaction expanded vastly. The result frames Prakash’s distinctive vocal style with jazz, funk, and hip-hop to create a wholly original, genre-melding sound. 

“Aditya represents a new generation of musician. He has studied his traditional craft extensively but is not afraid to take that language and art form into uncharted territories”
-Karsh Kale

“Years ago a young talented kid called Aditya Prakash worked alongside me in my father's ensemble, and went on to tour the world with me as part of my Rise tour in 2005. Today he's a dear friend and a fully accomplished composer with his own Aditya Prakash Ensemble.”
-Anoushka Shankar

Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music, in ecstatic love and union with the Divine.This Qawwali,“Tumhein Dillagi Bhool,” was popularized by the legendary vocalist, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. 

“Forget this frivolous infatuation
Embark on the journey of True Love
Embark on this journey and you will not mock my suffering
When you have given your heart to True Love
A smile dare not creep upon the lips…
This is a matter of the heart not just an infatuation!”

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Performed live by:
Aditya Prakash - Vocals
Julian Le - Piano
Jonathon Pinson - Drums
Owen Clapp - Bass
Jonah Levine - Trombone
David Otis - Saxophone
Emile Martinez- Trumpet
Shiva Ramamurthi - Violin

Credits:
Arrangement - Aditya Prakash
Videography - Ricky Chavez and Anthony Ragus
Mixed by Jorge Velasco and Ethan Carlson
Mastered by Julian Le
Session Engineer - Jorge Velasco


Recorded At:
The Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Made possible by a generous grant by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Qawali | Aditya Prakash Ensemble

Alaapana in Raga Khamas. Clip taken from a concert at Chembur Fine Arts, Bombay

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Aditya Prakash rendering Ardhanareeshwaram in Raga Kumudakriya, composed by Muthuswami Dikshitar.

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