Chandru
&
Bollywood
Strings on
Nitin
Sawhney's Philtre
- 02 May 2005
-
Nitin
Sawhney's latest album was released on 02 May
2005.
Philtre, Nitin's
seventh studio album in eleven years, is inspired by
elements of all his recent projects, in particular his
return to DJ'ing, Sawhney collated ideas for the album
over several months last year.
The result is an
astonishing collection of songs that take the listener
on a journey through global club culture, Indian
classical music, Bengali folk, traditional flamenco,
blues, old soul and R&B. On Philtre, drum'n'bass
beats rub shoulders with sitars, flutes float over
classical piano. Hip-hop, scratching, trip-hop,
castanets and flamenco guitars sit alongside hypnotic
strings and funky basslines.
The strings on
Deadman, Mausam & The Search were arranged and
recorded by Chandru with the Bollywood Strings Orchestra
in our very own studio in sunny Bangalore in December
2004.
In addition, Chandru
recorded some beautiful flute, swara mandal (Indian
harp) and sitar solos for this album.
The
Bollywood Strings orchestra features around 65 players
from Bangalore, Chennai & Kerala.
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