Breathing Under Water is an album by Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar...

 and Karsh Kale

Karsh Kale

Karsh Kale is an Indian American musician, producer and composer, and is considered one of the pioneering figures in defining the Asian Underground genre by mixing disparate genres of music such as Indian classical and folk with electronica, rock, pop and ambient music...

 released on August 28, 2007. This album 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

Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...

, Sting, Norah Jones

Norah Jones

Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...

, Midival Punditz

MIDIval Punditz

MIDIval Punditz is an Indian fusion group consisting of two Delhi-based musicians, Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj. Their style revolves mostly around changer, jungle, electronica, and North Indian classical music...

, Salim Merchant, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also known as V. M. Bhatt is an Indian slide guitar player. Bhatt is the creator of the Mohan Veena...

 and others, the duo blended Indian classical music

Indian classical music

The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the Vedas, which are the oldest scriptures in the Hindu tradition. Indian classical music has also been significantly influenced by, or syncretised with, Indian folk music and Persian music. The Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music...

, electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

, 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
  Anoushka Shankar
  Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar...
  
  : primary artist, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, sitar
  Sitar
  The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
  
  , tanpura, track performer
• Karsh Kale
  Karsh Kale
  Karsh Kale is an Indian American musician, producer and composer, and is considered one of the pioneering figures in defining the Asian Underground genre by mixing disparate genres of music such as Indian classical and folk with electronica, rock, pop and ambient music...
  
  : track performer, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, electric bass, cymbals, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, tabla
  Tabla
  The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
  
  , vocals, snare drums, electronic percussion, orchestral percussion
• Ravi Shankar
  Ravi Shankar
  Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
  
  : sitar
• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
  Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
  Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also known as V. M. Bhatt is an Indian slide guitar player. Bhatt is the creator of the Mohan Veena...
  
  : mohan veena
  Mohan veena
  The Mohan veena is a stringed musical instrument used in Indian classical music. It derives its name from its inventor Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt...
  
  
• Pedro Eustache
  Pedro Eustache
  Pedro Eustache , is a creative solo flautist - "World Music" woodwinds-reeds-wind synthesizers and composer with extensive academic studies and more than 35 years of professional experience...
  
  : flute
• Sting: vocals
• Shankar Mahadevan
  Shankar Mahadevan
  Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...
  
  : vocals
• Norah Jones
  Norah Jones
  Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
  
  : piano, vocals
• Pirashanna Thevarajah: mridangam, kanjira
  Kanjira
  The kanjira, khanjira or ganjira, a South Indian frame drum, is an instrument of the tambourine family. It is used primarily in concerts of Carnatic music as a supporting instrument for the mridangam...
  
  , moorsing
• Vishal Vaid: vocals
• Salim Merchant: piano, keyboards
• Sunidhi Chauhan
  Sunidhi Chauhan
  Sunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi film songs in Bollywood. She has also recorded songs for Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati films and is credited with over 2000 songs....
  
  : vocals
• Ravi Shankar
  Ravi Shankar
  Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
  
  : guest appearance
• Norah Jones
  Norah Jones
  Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
  
  : guest appearance

Technical credits:

• John Stewart: engineer
• Greg Calbi: mastering
• Herbert Waltl: executive producer
• Gordon Jee: art direction
• Anoushka Shankar
  Anoushka Shankar
  Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar...
  
  : arranger, producer, string arrangements
• Saul Williams
  Saul Williams
  Saul Stacey Williams is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop and for his leading role in the 1998 independent film Slam.-Biography:...
  
  : author
• Brian Montgomery: engineer
• Karsh Kale
  Karsh Kale
  Karsh Kale is an Indian American musician, producer and composer, and is considered one of the pioneering figures in defining the Asian Underground genre by mixing disparate genres of music such as Indian classical and folk with electronica, rock, pop and ambient music...
  
  : 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
  Jonathan Dagan
  Jonathan Dagan is a contemporary musician and the co-founder of Violet Vision, along with Shay Raviv, and founder of J.Viewz.- Albums :* J.Viewz - Muse Breaks * Violet Vision - Unfold...
  
  : engineer