Chat Trance

2023 new

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

Bourdain Day 2024 Playlist

Mellow

Shout out my guys Teg Hans, Armaan Sahota, Sunny Cheema, Deep Singh, Moonga, and Raman Bedi!

If You Feel Offended Im Probably Talking To You (Pabla Mix)

Insane Remix (feat. AP Dhillon & Ed Sheeran)

Let's Get Gritty With It

A cover of Keane's "Somewhere only we know" with @anu-mccartney on vocals and @mediumcoffee on slide & organ.

Somewhere Only We Know

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

https://soundcloud.com/paulonfinds/sets/donkey-kong-country-ost

Donkey Kong Country OST — Aquatic Ambience

Young, Loud And Snotty

Sonic Reducer

It'll End In Tears

Kangaroo (Remastered)

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

Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request

Anemone

From the debut album 'Shrines' out 7/24/2012

shrines

obedear

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Love, Val

Mona Lisa (w/ Peter Fenn) [feat. Tray Haggerty]

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"Can I Have The Day With You" ft. Michelle is a song about longing to be with the beloved.

Composed by Sam Ock & Michelle
Art by Michelle

Lyrics:
 
can i have the day with you?
nothing more that i would choose
nothing more that i could use
than a little afternoon
sittin’ with you

can i see the moon with you?
nothing more that i would choose
nothing more that i could use
than a twilight and a twinkle of you

can i sing a song with you?
ivory and orange hues
you and i can sing in tune
we will sing away the blues

can we write a novel too?
something beautiful and new
tales of glory and of truth
a grander story of me and of you

can i spend my life with you?
nothin’ more that i would choose
nothin’ more that i could use
than forever and a day, with you

Can I Have The Day With You ft. Michelle

Killing Me Softly With Her Song - Joseph Vincent

La La Land - City Of Stars (José Audisio & Salma Saddi Cover)

A Whole New World_Joseph Vincent

Presenting Bhangra Theory's 'full mix' from eBhangra 1.0, containing segments that were used in the competition, along with segments that were experimented with. Thank you to the eBhangra organizers for creating a platform that allowed us to safely dance during the pandemic - enjoy and share!

Huge shout to the dancers I was lucky to share the studios with:
Meha Bakshi
Sonali Dadoo
Nikhil Kasarla
Raina Mathur
Ridhi Parmar
Tithi Raval
Akanksha Singh
Tushita Shrivastav

Bhangra Theory @ eBhangra 1.0 | Full Mix

Vibe Karda (feat. Suman Tripathy) | Akasha Rec | The PropheC | Aya Nakamura

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

Somewhere Only We Know

Krish Ashok