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Roots And Wings (CD)

By: Sheila Chandra (Artist)

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Sheila Chandra Artist Snapshot:

Sheila Chandra's breathtaking vocals and unusual approach to songwriting have distinguished her as a world-class talent if not quite a household name. She got her start by fronting the Anglo-Asian synth-pop outfit Monsoon, who put out one wildly acclaimed album in 1981. From there, she established herself as a solo artist, tapping into her Indian ancestry for both musical and spiritual inspiration, and creating exotic works that wove wordless vocals with dreamy raga-like synthesized sounds. She was championed by Peter Gabriel, who released four of her albums on his Real World label. In the mid-'90s, Chandra's musical style evolved to include Celtic flavors, and she contributed a track to the 2002 soundtrack to LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS.

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DISC 1 for Roots And Wings (CD) Album By Sheila Chandra (Artist)
1   One
2   Shanti, Shanti, Shanti
3   Roots And Wings - (Traditional mix)
4   Struggle, The
5   Lament Of McCrimmon / Song Of The Banshee
6   Mecca
7   Roots And Wings - (Original Madras mix)
8   Konnokol Al Dente
9   Escher's Triangle
10   The Struggle / The Dream - (with The Ganges Orchestra)
11   Shanti, Shanti, Shanti
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (5/5/95, p.71) - "...ROOTS AND WINGS...now being reissued by Caroline, is music out of a dream, touching on different shores without ever landing..." - Rating: B
JazzTimes (6/95, p.85) - "...lustrous, notable experiments from early in Chandra's eventual evolution, on pieces which traverse the UK and Indian tradition. It's an illuminating piece of Chandra's historical puzzle..."

Title Note

Personnel: Sheila Chandra (vocals); Steve Coe (vocals, gongs, bells, cabassa, electronic tamboura); Himanghu Goswarmi (vocals); Paul James (soprano saxophone, shehnai); Shankar-Ganesh Orchestra (ghatam, morcing, mridngam); S.S.R. Krishnan (mridngam); Dinesh (congas, tabla).

Recorded between 1982 & 1989. Includes liner notes by Sheila Chandra.

In a two-year span in the mid-'80s, Sheila Chandra, newly liberated from the band Monsoon, came up with four solo albums, including QUIET, NADA BRAHMA, OUT ON MY OWN, and THE STRUGGLE. And then, at the ripe old age of 20, she took a four-and-a-half year sabbatical before returning to the studio for ROOTS AND WINGS.

This album sees Chandra stripping down much of the sound she had earlier built up. The title track and the opener, "One," reveal the interesting possibilities when Chandra's voice is layered, pitting her various identities against one another. The title track is remixed to good effect later in the album; the production interestingly relies on Chandra's vocal drones to provide the bedrock for each song.

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