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

Here's a version of the famous Nadia by Nitin Sawhney - a song that I love to pieces! This recording was the result of a late night jam at Krimson Avenue Studios to try out a new microphone and it was recorded in one go with minimal work on it post recording. Happy listening! Lovely work as always by Prithvi Chandrasekhar on this track. Thanks PC!

Nadia - Krimson Blend Jam

Raghu - Dixit - Jagchanga - Rain - Song

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Fusion, Charkha - Indian Ocean, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Charkha - Indian Ocean, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

AR Rahman Songs- Fusion-Symphony By Berklee College of Music Boston Students - Boston, MA on 10/24/2014 

AR Rahman Songs- Fusion-Symphony By Berklee College of Music Boston Students

Desert Rain

A Sanskrit adaptation of Eric Clapton's acoustic version of Layla (as लीला - Leela) with lyrics by SP Suresh (https://twitter.com/vajrabhrt) & Vaishnavi S

Vocals, Guitars (Ovation acoustic) , Violin (Yamaha), Piano, Bass, Drum programming, mixing & mastering by @krishashok 

Lyrics

त्वयि एकाकिन्यां किं करिष्यसि  (What will you do for your loneliness)
Tvayi ēkākin'yāṁ kiṁ kariṣyasi 
यदा सहचरः कोऽपि नास्ति  (When for companionship there is no one)
yadā sahacaraḥ kō̕pi nāsti 
चिरम् धावन्ती गुप्ता असि त्वम्  (Time has past, you have been hiding)
ciram dhāvantī guptā asi tvam
जानास्येव तत् गर्व इति  	(You must know that it is your pride)
 jānāsyēva tat garva iti 

लीले, साष्टाङ्गं प्रणमामि  (Leela, I fall at your feet)
līlē, sāṣṭāṅgaṁ praṇamāmi     
लीले, प्रिये, त्वम् याचेऽहम्  (Leela, my love, I implore thee)
līlē, priyē, tvam yācē̕ham 
लीले, चित्तव्याकुलम् शमय  (Leela, pacify my troubled mind)
līlē, cittavyākulam śamaya 

तव शोकम् अपहर्तुम् अयते  (I tried to remove your sorrow)
tava śōkam apahartum ayatē  
त्वत्पिता यदा निराशाम् (अजनयत्)  (When your father let you down)
tvatpitā yadā nirāśām (ajanayat) 
मूढोऽहम्! त्वयि अनुरागो जातः!  (Fool that I am, love for you was born)
mūḍhō̕ham! Tvayi anurāgō jātaḥ! 
लोक एव अधोमुखीकृतः!  (My whole world was turned upside down)
 Lōka ēva adhōmukhīkr̥taḥ! 

उन्मादात् प्राक् मम (Before I become mad)
Unmādāt prāk mama  
मां पुनरुद्धर (Bring me back to normalcy)
māṁ punarud'dhara 
गतिर्नास्तीति मा वद (Don't tell me that there's no hope / way)
gatirnāstīti mā vada 
व्यर्थमिदम् प्रेम मा ब्रूहि  (Don't tell me that my love is in vain)
vyarthamidam prēma mā brūhi 

thanks to Kenneth Adair for the romanized version of the lyrics

Picture credits: Raja Ravi Varma's Urvashi & Pururavas

Leela

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

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

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

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

Durga - MTV Unplugged

Yarum Illai - Ft. Haricharan

Anindo Bose - Arrangement/Production/Composition
Pavithra Chari - Vocals/Composition/Lyrics
Haricharan - Vocals/Composition

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered - Plug 'n' Play Studios, New Delhi

All rights reserved. Copyright 2020

LYRICS:
Yaarum illai kannin munne
Kaanbadellam undan oli
Thedal ondru nenjai thoondum
Ketpadellam undan mozhi

Meghame pozhi
Raagame unnai thedinen naane

Ariyada kalathil
Puriyada pudiragave
Irundaai nee
Un ninaivugalin mayakkathil
Anu anuvaai thadumarugiren
Nidamum naan

Kavidayaai unai kanden
Isayaai uramarinaai
Yen manadile azhiyamal
Uyirai uravaadinaai nee

Mazhai saaral vosayil
Undan ninaivu thaane
Mann vaasam veesayil
Unnai unargirenae
Udalinul udiramaai
Unai piriyamaaten

Yarum Illai - Ft. Haricharan

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

Smells Like Kerosene

Krish Ashok

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