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"The carnatification", a carnatic musical presentation on a electric guitar is what makes the album entirely different from the others in the market. The  carnatification is nothing but CARNATIC MODIFICATION . The album is filled with pure essence of carnatic music of highest order, comprising of high standard and popular krithis by the greats such as muthuswamy dikshidar, thyarajar, periyaswamy thooran , patnam Subramaniayam Iyer, madurai mani Iyer and purandaradasar. And as a highlight have my first composition too, a peppy ragamalika number. 
               
                   THE UNIQUENESS 

               The album is distinctly unique for the style of playing with double octaves , harmonies, and artificial harmonies and highly grooved swara sections which are completely new to the audience of carnatic. . I LL assure it to be a youth favorite because of the electric guitar factor and the recording quality and the brand names in the album.

              BIG SHOTS IN THE ALBUM

            THE CARNATIFICATION  has some real big names who are currently at the peak in the carnatic feild. I have been accompanied by my dad and percussion maestro Prapancham Ravindran on the mridangam , kanjira maestro B.S.Purushottam and hugely reputed DR.S. Karthick on the Ghatam. The 3 rhythm heroes have provided some brilliant grooves with the electric guitar , thus making it sound epic. 


Raghuvamsa Sudha

A Sanskrit adaptation of Rains of Castamere that makes a connection between the historical arc of Kashmir in 1947 and the destruction of Castamere in the GRR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire

Lead vocals, backing vocals (tenor), arrangement, mixing, mastering: @krishashok
Flutes, Backing vocals (Bass): @indian_music_fan

Lyrics by SP Suresh (https://twitter.com/vajrabhrt)

अथ कस्त्वम् कुतो वन्द्यः ?
मानी प्रभुरवादीत् 
Who are you now, who deserves such respect (and obeisance)? 
So said the proud Lord 

उभावपि सिम्हौ रुचिरेव भिन्ना 
इदमेव तथ्यं जानामि
We are both lions, only the sheen is different! 
This is the truth that I know!

सुवर्णम् रक्तम् वा भवतु चर्म 
नखाः समाना एव! 
मम तु दीर्घास् तीव्राश्च  
त्वदीयेभ्यस् तीव्रतराः
Let the skin (sheath) be gold or red, 
the nails are similar! 
Mine are long and sharp  
Sharper than yours!  

इत्यवोचत् इत्यवोचत् 
काश्मीररजः  
So he said, so he said, the King of Kashmir

अद्य तु शून्या तत्सभा 
विलापवृश्टिस्तस्याम् 
Now his court is deserted 
And there is a rain of tears in it 


Rains Of Kashmir

1.Umasuta Namaskaram, Trishakti Vandanam 03:24
2.Devi Ashtakam 04:29
3.Durga Suktam / Durga Gayatri 04:44
4.Shri Bhagawati Stotram 03:48
5.Shri Stotram 06:41
6.Shri Suktam / Mahalakshmi Gayatri 06:03
7.Kamala Stotram 10:3
8.Sarswati Stotram 04:49
9.Medha Suktam / Hamsa Gayatri 05:47
10.Saraswati Rahasya Upanishad 07:06

01 Umasuta Namaskaram, Trishakti Vandanam

Antha Ramamayam - PAHI RAMA PRABHO

PUZHAYUDE

An adaptation of the 12th century English folk song "Scarborough Fair" (made famous by Simon & Garfunkel) in a Carnatic Ragam Thaanam Pallavi format. The raga is Kharaharapirya (or the Dorian mode in the original song) 

Piano: Anil Srinivasan (https://soundcloud.com/anil-srinivasan-1) (except some background bits when the violin is playing)
Violin: Krish Ashok

There's a personal history to this particular song. In 1989, Anil and me were invited by Doordarshan in Chennai as part of a kids program named "Wonder Balloons" to play some "fusion music". He walked up to me about a day before the recording and asked me if I knew the song Scarborough Fair. I said I had no idea. He asked me if I could play Karaharapriya. I said yes. So he said - just play anything in Karaharapriya and when I play the song, just follow along. And that's what we did in 1989. 

Fast forward to 2016, I met Anil again after many years and we briefly jammed and relived that 1989 experience. But our crazy work schedules never really synced to the point where we actually sat together to do a proper recording. He did one rough version on his end and I did one take on the violin several months ago. 

And I decided to simply put both these rough takes together, add some extra piano where I felt it was needed (you can clearly tell the difference!) splice and edit a bit and just burden y'all with it. 

Photo credits: Kate Ter Haar (https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/6041871036/)

Ragam Thaanam Scarborough

Navarathri has just begun, wishing you all a very happy and prosperous Navarathri, Durga Pooja and Dussehra!

So we have something really special for you this Navarathri.  ‘Samanvayam’ - A composition by Uma which brings together several aspects of Carnatic music, is an attempt to showcase the beauty of this rich tradition and art form.  Uma is being accompanied by Vijay Kannan on the Flute and S G Balakrishna on the Mridangam, who have jointly lifted the composition to a different plane! Don’t be surprised by the mild Kanjira strokes you hear along side, Vijay can play Kanjira too! Not only that, Vijay’s involvement in this project has been from the initial stages till the final mix and mastering.   In fact, Vijay's suggestions have gone a long way in shaping this composition to what it is now.  Thanks Vijay and Bala for all your time and efforts! 

As the name suggests, Samanvayam is coordination or coming together of several things.    Without spoiling the fun and suspense, we suggest you listen to this composition, ’Neelamabari Sada Palayamam’ in Ragamalika, set to Chathusra Jathi Rupakam.  To know more, please visit www.ragasurabhi.com

Links to Artiste(s)
Uma Ram:
Website: ragasurabhi.com
Subscribe to youtube: tiny.cc/ragasurabhi
Connect on Facebook: facebook.com/ragasurabhi

Vijay Kannan:
Website: AboutIndianMusic.com
Subscribe to youtube: tiny.cc/FluteVijayKannan
Connect on Facebook: facebook.com/FluteVijayKannan

Balakrishna S G
Bala's SoundCloud channel - https://soundcloud.com/sgbalakrishna

Neelambari Sada Palayamam - Uma Ram - Vijay Kannan - Balakrishna SG

Now available on :
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Google Play Music : https://play.google.com/music/m/Ashewzagys2pcr7jzma4lpbmsxa?t=Indosoul_by_Karthick_Iyer

Take 2: Bantu is probably best described as Carnatic-Jazz. It is a breezy take on the Thaygarajar krithi, Bantu Reethi Kolu in the raga Hamsanadam. The Carnatic song sits over a jazz arrangement bringing together the primary improvisational music forms in the East and West. 

Performed by IndoSoul feat. Dondieu Divin
Violin  : Karthick Iyer
Piano : Dondieu Divin
Guitar - Vikram Vivekanand
Mridangam/Kanjeera - Sumesh Narayanan 
Drums- Ramkumar Kanakarajan 
Bass - Reshwin Nishith 

Original song composed by : Saint Thyagaraja
Arranged by Dondieu Divin
Recorded at Krimson Avenue Studios  
Mixed by Biju James (VGP Studios, Chennai) 
Mastered by John Webber(Air Studios, London)
Artwork : Vijay Sarathy

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Take 2 : Bantu | IndoSoul by Karthick Iyer | Dondieu Divin

Composed by myself (many years ago) with thamizh lyrics by my mother Vijayalakshmi Bhakthavatsalam. Originally published here: http://octaves.blogspot.com/2006/09/beauutiful-bahudari_01.html

Bahudari Varnam - My Composition with lyrics by my mother

Aruna Sairam - 9 - vishamakAra kaNNan - chenchuruTTi (jhunjhuTi) - mArgazhi mahA utsavam 2008

The first track from a new series - Carnatic Projekt, here I present Alaipayuthey.

Song: Alaipayuthey
Ragam: Kaanada
Talam: Adi
Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi

Arrangement, Flute, Video: Vijay Kannan
https://compiled.social/VijayKannan

Neelambari Sada Palayamam - Uma Ram - Vijay Kannan - Balakrishna SG

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