Breathing Under Water

Breathing Under Water
Studio album by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale
Released	28 August 2007
Genre	Indian music, world music
Length	62:00
Label	Manhattan Records
Producer	Anoushka Shankar, Gaurav Raina, Karsh Kale
Anoushka Shankar chronology
Rise (2005) Breathing Under Water (2007) Traveller (2011)
Karsh Kale chronology
Broken English (2006) Breathing Under Water (2007) Cinema (2010)

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Breathing Under Water is an album by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale released on August 28, 2007. The album was ranked #83 in sales at BarnesAndNoble.com. Shankar and Kale expand beyond cultural and traditional borders of music with this collaboration. With the help of featured guests Ravi Shankar, Sting, Norah Jones, Midival Punditz, Salim Merchant, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and others, the duo blended Indian classical music, electronica, dance and folk styles.

Track listing

1. "Burn"
2. "Slither"
3. "Breathing Under Water"
4. "Sea Dreamer" (with Sting)
5. "Ghost Story"
6. "PD7"
7. "Easy" (with Norah Jones)
8. "Little Glass Folk"
9. "A Perfect Rain"
10. "Abyss"
11. "Oceanic, Part 1" (with Ravi Shankar)
12. "Oceanic, Part 2" (with Ravi Shankar)
13. "Reprise"

Personnel

Performance credits:

• Anoushka Shankar: primary artist, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, sitar, tanpura, track performer
• Karsh Kale: track performer, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, electric bass, cymbals, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, tabla, vocals, snare drums, electronic percussion, orchestral percussion
• Ravi Shankar: sitar
• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: mohan veena
• Pedro Eustache: flute
• Sting: vocals
• Shankar Mahadevan: vocals
• Norah Jones: piano, vocals
• Pirashanna Thevarajah: mridangam, kanjira, moorsing
• Vishal Vaid: vocals
• Salim Merchant: piano, keyboards
• Sunidhi Chauhan: vocals
• Ravi Shankar: guest appearance
• Norah Jones: guest appearance

Technical credits:

• John Stewart: engineer
• Greg Calbi: mastering
• Herbert Waltl: executive producer
• Gordon Jee: art direction
• Anoushka Shankar: arranger, producer, string arrangements
• Saul Williams: author
• Brian Montgomery: engineer
• Karsh Kale: arranger, producer, string arrangements, drum programming
• Gaurav Raina: programming, producer, engineer, atmosphere
• Salim Merchant: arranger, producer, string arrangements
• Chad Lupo: assistant arranger
• Jayant Luthra: programming
• Jonathan Dagan: engineer

References