EthnoSuperLounge CD Shop

Setsuo Miyashita & Shen Flindell
  - Rei-Mei ("Daybreak")

Setsuo Miyashita is a close disciple of the great santoor master Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma and one of the leading Indian classical music artists in Japan. His music focuses on beauty, healing, peace and harmony. This CD, recorded live in Varanasi, with tabla accompaniment by Shen, features a beautiful Raga Chandrakauns and a very touching alap in Raga Basant Mukhari.

1. Raga Chandrakauns - "Ganges' Moon" ♫
   - Live recording in Varanasi, India, March 2005
2. Raga Basant Mukhari - "Daybreak" ♫
   - Recorded at Shouda Gallery, Ena, Japan

ALMOST SOLD OUT - ONLY AVAILABLE HERE!

A$25 + p.p.* order

Takasitar - Jantar Night

Takasitar (Taka Kurihara), former DJ and now sitar-player and Indian classical vocalist, has just produced this excellent fusion of Indian sounds and electronica. Mellow laid-back grooves, Indian rhythmic and melodic elements, samples from India, plus sitar, vocals, harmonium and tabla combine in an engaging and occasionally quirky journey sure to please hip Indophiles. The first pressing sold out in Japan in a few weeks!

1. Jantar Night (Prakash)
2. Ki Kobor ♫
3. Lal Haveli
4. Aloo 65
5. Chandi
6. Jai Singh
7. 3.5 Marg ♫
8. Raat Ki Raani (Bou Pagra)
9. Malika
10. Kailasleep
11. Bye Bye Puja
12. Jantar Night (Rashi)
13. Raat Ki Raani (Salmon Cooks U-Zhaan Edition) ♫

Takasitar's own CD web page here (Japanese)

A$30 + p.p.* order

Taro Terahara & Pt. Anindo Chatterjee - Mist

Taro Terahara performs Indian classical music on bansuri (Indian bamboo flute), accompanied on this CD by world-renowned tabla maestro, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee. Taro is not only well-versed in a wide range of ragas, capable of fast and exciting melodic flurries and spontaneous improvisation, but he balances this with a devotion to the beauty of the sound and the emotion of the Raga. His music both touches the heart and engages the mind.

1. Raga Bihag : a) Alap, Jor, Jhala; b) Gat in Vilambit Teentaal; c) Gat in Madhya and Drut Teentaal
2. Raga Jaunpuri : Alap, Gat in Teentaal

A$25 + p.p.* order

Tenzin Choegyal - Heart Sutra

Tenzin Choegyal is a Tibetan artist dedicated to keeping the musical traditions of Tibet alive in the freedom of exile. His latest CD combines powerful solo traditional Tibetan songs accompanied by dranyen (Tibetan lute) with exciting new collaborations with saxophone, cello, and electronica.

1. Heart Sutra
2. Olo Chung Chung
3. Longing
4. Mado
5. Zhema
6. Dancing Ling
7. Yeshi Norbu
8. Little Lungpa
9. Monlam
10. Nyingtop
11. Trance Tibet

Tenzin's own CD web page here

A$25 + p.p.* order