This CD is amazing. I received it a week ago and I can't bear to take it out of the CD-player - it's that good. It combines rich undertones with flutes, deep cellos, and an unobtrusive beat that just amakes you want to close your eyes and breathe the music. It's just amazing. I can meditate to it, study to it, and sleep to it. You won't regret buying this one. Absolutely amazing!"

For the Joy of It All

Listening to Joy of Life is a soul-stirring experience. Each cut is an intricate blend of haunting vocals, violin, guitar and subtle ethereal percussion dancing beautifully with Karunesh's masterful devotional flute melodies. Appropriately titled, this is spiritual jammin' at its best. Inspiring.

Morning Celebration

Karunesh - Heaven & Earth

Anoushka Shankar - Lasya

buy a copy at www.aroojaftab.bandcamp.com

Dark post-pop meets mystic muse, Arooj Aftab's Bird Under Water undulates and scintillates. A masterful expression of lyrical and acoustic soul tripped out through analog voltage and experimental digital filters.

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released March 9, 2015

Bird Under Water 
Written and Produced by Arooj Aftab

Jörn Bielfeldt - Drums/Percussion 
Mario Carrillo - Contra-Bass 
Bhrigu Sahni - Acoustic/Electric Guitar 
Magda Giannikou - Accordion on tracks 2, 3 and 4 
Sonny Singh - Trumpet on tracks 2 and 5 
Baqir Abbas - Bansuri on track 1 
Rakae Jamil - Sitar on track 3

Tracks 2, 3 and 5 co-written with Bhrigu Sahni 
Mixed and Mastered by Jeremy Loucas 
Engineered by Joshua Valleau and Alex Syner 
Album Art by Anum Awan and Yikun Liang

© Arooj Aftab 2015 All rights reserved

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Bismillah Khan  The Soul Of Shahnai ( Full Album )

Being a bombayaite, I have always waited for the rains. For me monsoons have always been electrifying. indeed the fill our minds and body with a sense of electricity that brings out the hidden emotions within us. For Bombay and for the monsoons that will always play a major role in defining the spirit of the city.

Midival Punditz - Rebirth (Anoushka Shankar)

Raga Bihag

Zen Breakfast

Calling Wisdom

Ustad Zakir Hussain - Matta Taal

'The Gypsy' is an ode to wanderlust, featuring Anoushka Shankar on sitar, Sanjeev Shankar on shehnai, and Pirashanna Thevarajah on percussion. Much like the city the episode was filmed in, New Delhi, the track is unapologetically modern, and yet steeped in tradition.

Download the song: bit.ly/10MLnBj

Anoushka Shankar - Lasya

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