Gundecha Brothers: Tear on a lotus (Raag Gaoti | Shivranjani) Live at Saptak Festival

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Dhrupad is one of the most ancient musical form in India, whose roots are traced back to the 2000 year - old tradition of chanting hymns from the Vedas. The Gundecha brothers are two of the greatest younger generation exponents of this ancient art. It has a deeply meditative quality and one’s appreciation of this wonderful music form will be rewarded if the listener gives it the time it deserves.

‘The performance is sublte and intimate, with the brothers’ voices alternately blending and twining around each other’ - Songlines

‘Gaoti and the South Indian Shivranjani, are sung to produce a pleasing, soothing sort of ambience which gradually envelopes you into a deep, meditative state’ - Dirty Linen

Umakant Gundecha - Vocal
Ramakant Gundecha - Vocal
Akhilesh Gundecha - Pakhawaj

Recorded Live at Saptak Festival 2001 - Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India)
Location Engineer - Derek Roberts Assistant Engineer - Krishna Shirgaonkar
Produced By - Derek Roberts Executive Producer - Alpesh Patel
VFX Producer - Virja Enterprise
Photography - Deko
Thanks to - The stage crew at Virtual Studios, Nandan Mehta, Prafull Shah, everyone at Saptak, Kanti Dattani, Rushi Shastri and Verity Sharp (BBC Radio 3 / Late Junction) for inspired radio.
Mixed and mastered in the U. K. By Derek Roberts of Soundcraft Productions.

For more information contact: info@indiabazaar.co.uk | info@senseworldmusic.com

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