Apoorva Krishna- Merging Parallels (ft.Varijashree Venugopal)|Aleif Hamdan|Sunaad Anoor|Bruno Råberg

During my Post-Masters Fellowship at Berklee College of Music in 2019, I was blessed to perform with John McLaughlin Ji and Ustad Zakir Hussain at the Harvard Business School. I am eternally grateful for John Ji's guidance and mentorship, towards inspiring me to experiment beyond my comfort zone, by fusing my roots in traditional Indian Classical music with Contemporary Western music. I went on to explore composing something new - a Carnatic Thillana over chord changes, through the concept of "Adhara Shruti Bedha Ragamalika", meaning simultaneous tonic and raga/scale shifts.
"Merging Parallels" incorporates 18 tonic shifting ragas in Khanda Chapu Thala (5/4 time signature) with mathematical 'Jathi Prayogas' and Sanskrit lyrics in Saramathi Raga.

Special thanks to John McLaughlin Ji

AUDIO CREDITS:

Composition: Apoorva Krishna
Vocal: Varijashree Venugopal
Guitar: Aleif Hamdan
Khanjira, Konnakol & Percussion: Sunaad Anoor
Upright Bass: Bruno Råberg
Violin: Apoorva Krishna
Recording: Pramath Kiran (Laya Digi, Bangalore), Parekh Recording Centre (Bangalore), Atman Sheth, Aleif Hamdan, Bruno Råberg
Mixing & Mastering: Atman Sheth

VIDEO CREDITS:

Videography: Praveen D Rao, Sunaad Anoor, Atman Sheth, Aleif Hamdan, Bruno Råberg
Video Editing: Subhadip Mondal

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