L. Shankar ‎– Who's To Know - A side (Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi: Raga Hemavathi)

L. Shankar: Who’s To Know 1980

1. Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi (22’06)
(Raga Hemavathi)
2. Ananda Nadamadum Tillai Sankara (23’45)
(Ragam savithri, tala adi (8 beats)

Shankar: 10-string double violin, tamboura
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman: mridangam
Zakir Hussain: tabla
V. Lakshminarayana conductor (tala keeping)
Recorded November 1980, published 1981
Engineer: Martin Wieland
Prod. by Shankar & Manfred Eicher, ECM 1195 LP


The 10-string double violin, which is heard for the first time on this album, is a double-bodied instrument conceived and designed by Shankar and built by Ken Parker of Stuyvesant Sound. The necks can be played individually or collectively; when played individually, the strings of the other neck create sympathetic effects, overtones. Among its many possibilities, the double violin can cover range of the whole string orchestra (although only the range of the violin and viola is use on this album)

This album is dedicated to John Mclaughlin!