indie classics

indien

Tracks I have collaborated with other folks led by @krishashok.  Other featured collaborators in this set include raghuthaatha, @suryaragunaathan, @indian_music_fan, @ashwinvinayan, @ranjani-shanker, @hariflute, @sarthakdev and @anu-mccartney

collab

Poomaalai blues

sleep

Ash2020

Behney Do - with Karsh Kale

A Violin, Cello, Guitar, Keyboard and Drum machine remix of Massive Attack's Teardrop blended with Thyagaraja's Brova Bharama (video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGXIc3iwEM8&feature=youtu.be)

Key: A
BPM: 77
Raga: Bahudari (for most part)
Guitar tuning: Open-D (tuned to D major)
Song meaning and lyrics: http://www.karnatik.com/c1002.shtml

Poster credits: Original by Simon Stratford (http://www.simonstratford.com/portfolio/illustration/teardrop/)

Teardrop Bahudari

Thought I might improvise on and extend the delightful little dubstep version of Annamacharya's Bhavamulona that was featured in Mani Ratnam's OK Kanmani

Lyrics

bhAvamulOna bAhayamulandunu 
gOvindA gOvindA ani koluvavO manasA

hari avatAramulE akhila dEvatalu hari lOni vE brahmANDambulu
hari nAmamulE anni mantramulu hari hari hari hari anavO manasA
(bhAvamu)

viSNuni mahimalE vihita karmamulu viSNuni pogaDeDi vEdambulu
viSNudokkadE vishvAntarAdamuDu viSNuvu viSNuvani vedakavO manasA
(bhAvamu)


Bhavamulona

An adaptation of Ilayaraja's "En Iniya Pon" from the film Moodu Pani with fellow Raja enthusiast @mediumcoffee . This project is called "Le Rogeur" and the idea was not to do a literal cover but improvise liberally while still retaining the semblance of the original song. Here we take Raja's original harmony/chord structure & use more jazzy variants. The other improv happens in the interludes, where we start out sounding like the original interlude but wander off into different territories. We hope to do a few more of these under the "Le Rogeur" moniker over the next few weeks. And oh, another thing. For this project, in recognition of the technical challenges of Ilayaraja's golden years (the 80s), we will only use real instruments live-recorded without any software programming. 

Piano, Tonewheel organ - @Mediumcoffee
Vocals, Cello, Guitar, Bass - @krishashok

En Iniya Pon

A moderately Chennai tamil revolutionary adaptation of Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit 

Lyrics: Raghuthaatha (https://twitter.com/raghuthaatha) & @krishashok
Drums & percussion sequencing: @mediumcoffee & @krishashok
Violin, guitars, bass, vocals: @krishashok

Ration arisi, queue la ninnu (Ration rice, we stand in a queue)
Vaangarom, vera vazhi illa (to buy, we have no choice)
Fulla Kushtu, black la ticket (fully drunk, tickets in black)
eduthu, padam paatha (we buy & when we watch the movie...)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo

TASMAC kadaila, appan mabbu (Dad's drunk at the TASMAC bar)
Kelvi ketta, periya thappu (if we question, it's a problem)
Current cut, yeppo padippom (power outrage, when do we study?)
Kerosene light la padicchu mudippom (we will study in the light of a kerosene lamp)

Naanga ezhai (We are poor)
eppadi vaazha (How do we live)
Kelaya pudichu (holding on to a branch)
Yeri vaarom (we will rise up)
Yeah, hey, yay

College Saentu, edho padichi (we joined college, studied something)
kizhichi, kadla potu (hit on girls)
vela thedi, gaandayi, (searched for jobs, frustrated)
Ola cab ottina traffic jam (drove Ola cabs only to get stuck in traffic jams)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo

Nirutthi ottina, horn tholla (If we drive slowly, everyone honks)
rash-a ottna, mama tholla (if we drive rashly, the police trouble us)
adaki vaascha, pammureenga. (If we stay docile, we are oppressed)
nimundhu keta, amuthareenga (If we question that, we are oppressed)

road-u illa (there are few roads for us)
medu pallam (roads full of obstacles)
ellam thaandi (we will cross all those)
yeri vaarom (we will rise up)
Yeah, hey, yay

Mayila pudchu, kaala keela (if you catch a peacock)
odachu aada sonna (break its leg & ask it to dance)
Kuyila pudchu, goondla geendla (if you catch a songbird)
adachu, paada sonna (cage it and ask it to sing)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo


Aana ippo Murattu Kaala (But now we are raging bulls)
Seeri paanja, merusal aava (as we pounce, you will be dazed)
Cykil gap la, Auto pola (in a narrow gap for cycles, we will drive an auto)
nozhanju vaarom, odhungi nillu-a (and come through, give us way)

Vasadhi illa (We have no opportunities)
Asadhi illa (No laziness)
muyarchi senji (but we will try)
yeri vaarom (we will rise up)

Yeri Vaarom x 9 (we will rise up)

Smells Like Kerosene

An acoustic arrangement of "Raah mein bicchi", a thumri that originally featured in the soundtrack of the Shyam Benegal movie, Sardari Begum

Vocals: @suryaragunaathan
Acoustic Guitar: @mediumcoffee 
Classical Guitar: @krishashok
Flute: @indian_music_fan (Vijay Kannan)
Piano, Bass, Violin, Arrangement, Mixing & Mastering: @krishashok




Raah Mein

Novo Amor
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Anchor

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Novo Amor - Anchor

An alternative arrangement for James Vasanthan's hit "Kangal Irandaal" from Subramanyapuram. 

Vocals: @ashwin-vinayan
Percussion & backing vocals: @mediumcoffee
Guitar, Keyboard, Bass, Arrangement, Mixing, Mastering: @krishashok

Kangal Irandaal

An ambient adaptation of Ilayaraja's "Mandram Vandha" (Cheeni kum hai in Hindi) from Mani Ratnam's Mouna Ragam 

@mediumcoffee - Electric guitar, Keyboards, backing vocals
@krishashok - Cello, classical guitar, bass & lead vocals

Mandram Vandha

A minor blues adaptation of Ilayaraja's "Poo maalai vaangivandhaan" from Sindhu Bhairavi 

Keyboard, lead guitar: @mediumcoffee
Vocals, rhythm, bass, violin: @krishashok

Poo Maalai Blues

Aftonland

An Indian classical adaptation of "Light of the Seven" by Ramin Djawadi
Piano: Sarthak Dev
Violin, Arrangement, Mixing/Mastering: Krish Ashok

Saptadeepam

Flute version of AR Rahman's songs, En kathaley from the film Duet and Lukka chuppi from the film Rang de basanti.

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En kadhale lukka chuppi

The first album. 

Kaushik Ramachandran - Vocals
Aamir Ismail Shaikh - Drums and percussion
Chinmay Agharkar - Guitars
Ariel Samson - Bass Guitar
Nikhil Nandkumar - Violin
 
Produced, mixed and mastered by Vishal J Singh

Engineered by Ariel Samson
Recorded at 802STudios.
 
Artwork and Logo by R. Venkatraman
Inlay content by Rahul Sharma
 
Featuring Artists
Vishal J Singh - “Sapna”
Nikhil Warrier - “Coalescence”
Vinay Venkatesh - “Batlaado”
 
Lyrics
Kaushik Ramachandran
Aamir Ismail Shaikh and Bhagesh Rathod for ‘Sapna’
Vinay Venkatesh for ‘Batlaado’
 
Songwriting
Paradigm Shift
Vishal J Singh
 
Album concept by Kaushik Ramachandran.
 
Artist Management
​Karan Patil – paradigmshift.raaga@gmail.com


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Coalescence Feat. Nikhil Warrier

Tere Liye

Zindagi

An acoustic version of our track Durga which we performed for MTV unplugged season 1. 

Durga - MTV Unplugged

Pyar Ke Sadqay by Ahmad Jahanzaib and Mahnoor Khan.mp3

Here is the new ambient romatic and melodic love song from the movie GOUTHAMANTE RADHAM. A romantic magic of sidsriram. In song stared by neeraj madhav & punya elizabeth

Uyire Mp3 Song From Gauthamante Radham Movie - by skipper_media

In The Box _ Ranjhna _ Mustafa Zahid & Yashal Shahid _ New Song 2020.mp3

No Messages For Rumi

A minimalist Flute and Piano adaptation of Ilayaraja's Kannan Vandhu from the soundtrack of Rettai Vaal Kuruvi
Flute: @indian_music_fan
Arrangement: @mediumcoffee & @krishashok

Kannan Vandhu

KERANOXROHIT (Live From Kamp1)

I take the ridiculous and the sublime, add cellos, violins, guitars and random internet collaborators to make music of sorts