ABOUT THE ALBUM
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Thank you for taking time to visit my website and listen to my latest instrumental album BRINDAVAN.
BRINDAVAN is submitted to the Grammy Awards® this year under Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The lockdown was a great opportunity to create new music while working remotely. The unique aspect of this project was every session was done virtually right from the recording to mixing and finally the mastering. I am so thrilled to have collaborated with over 30 musicians from around the world on this album including Grammy® winning pianist Taylor Eigsti & Latin Grammy® winning guitarist Daniel Minimalia.
With BRINDAVAN I wanted to create a mix of genres by blending smooth jazz with tradional Indian elements.
I’ve submitted 3 songs from the album in the composing/arranging categories as well.
You can play the songs directly on the page or stream them on your desired platform via the links given
A Little Fun In Naatai for Best Instrumental Composition
I Need You Now for Best Arrangement Instrumental or A Cappella
Aaraadha for Best Arrangement Instruments and Vocals
Do share your FYC as well to devanekambarammusic@gmail.com.
Thank you once again for your time and consideration.
Additional Categories for Consideration
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Brindavan Album Credits
A Walk Through Brindavan
Vijay Gopal – Flute
Nel Bucktowar – Soprano Sax
Aalaap Raju – Bass & Nylon Guitar
Seenu – Sarod & Harp
Shyam Benjamin – Piano
Vikram Rozario – Tabla
VS Narasimhan – Violin
Arun Ramamurthi – Violin
Prabhu George – Violin
Sekar Vaidhyanathan – Cello
Chennai Strings
Backing Vocals – Anitha Karthikeyan, Divya Vijay, Megha Harini
Recorded at 20Db Studios
Let There Be Peace
Vijay Gopal – Flute
Prakash Sontakke – Slide Guitar
Devan Ekambaram – Guitars & Bass
VS Narasimhan – Violin
Seenu – Santoor, Oud & Mandolin
Nel Bucktowar – Soprano Sax
Shruthi Raj – Tabla
Guberan – Drums
Recorded at Studio 69
I Need You Now
Taylor Eigsti – Piano
Nel Bucktowar – Alto Sax
Aalaap Raju – Bass
Devan Ekambaram – Guitar
Kamalakar – Flute
VS Narasimhan – Violin
Sekar Vaidhyanathan – Cello
Siddharth Nagarajan – Drums
Chennai Strings
Recorded at Studio 69
Aaraadha
Devan Ekambaram – Vocals
Mahalakshmi Iyer – Vocals
Aalaap Raju – Bass
Devan Ekambaram – Acoustic
Guitar
Donan Murray – Electric Guitar
Flute – Kamalakar
Soprano Sax – Matt Littlewood
Seenu – Santoor, Glockenspiel & Harp
Shyam Benjamin – EP & Piano
Jeoraj George – Drums
Allwyn Jaypaul – Percussion
Chennai Strings
Recorded at 20Db Studios
Missing You
Nel Bucktowar – Soprano Sax
Devan Ekambaram – Guitar, Keyboard & Rhythm Programming
Kamalakar – Flute
Mahathi – Backing Vocals
An Vedi – Upper Strings
Recorded at Studio 69
Jerry
Nel Bucktowar – Flute
Rick Brunermer – Alto Sax
Jerry Topinka – Acoustic Guitar
Devan Ekambaram – Electric Guitar
Aalaap Raju – Bass
Guberan – Drums
Paola Riccio – Percussion
Recorded at Contemporary Studios, USA
Thirumagal
Devan Ekambaram – Vocals
Aalaap Raju – Bass
Rick Brunermer – Tenor Sax
Sashi Kumar – Flute
Danwen Jiang – Violin
Joshua Gordon – Cello
Bob Mariner – Double Bass
Chennai Strings
Recorded at Contemporary Studios, USA
Latin Masala
Daniel Minimalia – Nylon Guitar
Punya Srinivas – Veenai
Devan Ekambaram – 12 String Guitar & Trombone
Christy Samuel – Electric Guitar
Kamalakar – Flute
Seenu – Santoor
Jeevan Thomas – Trumpet
Nel Bucktowar – Alto Sax
Sekar Vaidhyanathan – Cello
Darbuka Shiva – Percussion
Chennai Strings
Recorded at Studio 69
Thirumagal (reprise)
Devan Ekambaram – Vocals & Piano
Rick Brunermer – Tenor Sax
Danwen Jiang – Violin
Joshua Gordon – Cello
Bob Mariner – Double Bass
Chennai Strings
Recorded at Contemporary Studios
A Little Fun In Naatai
Arun Ramamurthi – Violin
Aalaap Raju – Bass
Kabuli Ruth – 12 String Guitar
Seenu – Banjo & Mandolin
S.Ballesh – Shehnai
Uma Shankar – Ghatam
DA Srinivas – Mridangam
Raju & Lakshminarayanan – Tape
Recorded at 20Db Studios
Music Composed, Arranged & Produced by – Devan Ekambaram
Recording Engineers – Devan Ekambaram, Balu Thankachan & Jerry Topinka
Musicians Coordinator – Babu Rasheed
Mixed by – Praveen Muralidhar at Sound Impressions
Mastered by – Andy VanDette at Evolve Mastering