For the new album VEL, Susheela Raman had worked with Londoner and Rajasthan's Folk musicians to create a different sound which has got a blend of both English Rock and Indian music. The album basically documents her journey as a European with South Indian ancestry into the heartland of Tamil music.
Tracklist:
Zero City
Raise Up
Daga Daga
Magdalene
Eighteen Floors
Paal
Orfea
Vel Undu
Fools
Muthu Kumar
Ennapane
Vanai Kavil
Cargo
About:
Susheela Raman hails from The Movement of immigrant and second-generation musicians from the Indian subcontinent based in Britain, Who Perform a fusion of traditional and classical forms from Their Homeland With contemporary beats and dancehall tracks from Western Europe. Raman Was Born to immigrant parents in London in 1973, and Her Family soon Moved Closer to the subcontinent, Taking a home in Australia, where, she soon started "learning and performing South Indian classical song. With a bevy of recitals Under Her Belt, she Began Working with more blues-based music (Soul, Rock, R & B) for a while, alternating Between That and new studies in Hindustani Song With Shruti Sadolikar. Returning to England Within a Few Years, she Began work is The Idea of fusing Indian classical forms With more contemporary Western ones. Aided by Sam Mills, who had done similar projects With One Of The contemporary Baul singers, Raman worked with A huge number of foreign artists is the SALT RAIN PROJECT, released in 2001. She Was Nominated As The first world music artist for the British Mercury Prize.
Susheela Raman previously released four albums namely SALT RAIN(2001), LOVE TRAP(2003), AND...MUSIC FOR CROCODILES(2005) and 33 1/3(2007).
Susheela Raman draws her major musical influences from ecstatic religious trance music, ritual music from Bhutan, Eastern Christian liturgies, Blues, Folk music.
Official Website: http://www.susheelaraman.com/