Sheila Chandra - Quiet
Label:
Catalog#:
SCHCD 2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
Sweden
Released:
1988
Genre:
Electronic,
Pop,
Rock
Style:
Tribal,
Pop Rock,
Ambient
Tracklist
Credits
Artwork By [Cover Design] -
Ermalm's Egenart
Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Harp [Surmandal], Sitar, Bells, Santoor, Cabasa, Shaker, Wind Chimes, Cymbal, Gong - Martin Smith (9)
Bells, Cabasa, Cymbal, Cymbal [Whispered Hit-hat], Gong, Santoor, Shaker, Wind Chimes, Other [Gamalan, Water Wok] - Preston Heyman (tracks: 1 to 10)
Mixed By - Alan Barson (tracks: 1 to 14)
Percussion [Madhal] - Dinesh* (tracks: 1 to 10)
Photography - Martin Smith (9)
Producer, Piano, Other [Eqtara], Synthesizer, Bells, Cabasa - Steve Coe
Sitar [All Lead], Tambura, Viola [Dilruba] - Dharambir Singh
Vocals, Singing Bowls [Spoken Boles], Voice [Jathis], Bells [Sargam], Other [Water Wok] - Sheila Chandra
Written-By - Martin Smith (9) (tracks: 1 to 14) , Sheila Chandra (tracks: 1, 4 to 15) , Steve Coe (tracks: 1 to 14)
Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Harp [Surmandal], Sitar, Bells, Santoor, Cabasa, Shaker, Wind Chimes, Cymbal, Gong - Martin Smith (9)
Bells, Cabasa, Cymbal, Cymbal [Whispered Hit-hat], Gong, Santoor, Shaker, Wind Chimes, Other [Gamalan, Water Wok] - Preston Heyman (tracks: 1 to 10)
Mixed By - Alan Barson (tracks: 1 to 14)
Percussion [Madhal] - Dinesh* (tracks: 1 to 10)
Photography - Martin Smith (9)
Producer, Piano, Other [Eqtara], Synthesizer, Bells, Cabasa - Steve Coe
Sitar [All Lead], Tambura, Viola [Dilruba] - Dharambir Singh
Vocals, Singing Bowls [Spoken Boles], Voice [Jathis], Bells [Sargam], Other [Water Wok] - Sheila Chandra
Written-By - Martin Smith (9) (tracks: 1 to 14) , Sheila Chandra (tracks: 1, 4 to 15) , Steve Coe (tracks: 1 to 14)
Notes
"Quiet" recorded at Indipop Studios in April and May 1984. Mixed at Barge Studios, London.
"Nada Brahma" recorded at Indipop Studios March and April 1985. Mixed at Barge Studios, London
"Mecca" recorded at Strawberry Studios, Manchester 1988
(P) 1984 (1-10), 1985 (11-14), 1988 (15) Indipop Music Ltd
(C) 1988 Musiknatet Waxholm, Sweden
LC 7674
"Nada Brahma" recorded at Indipop Studios March and April 1985. Mixed at Barge Studios, London
"Mecca" recorded at Strawberry Studios, Manchester 1988
(P) 1984 (1-10), 1985 (11-14), 1988 (15) Indipop Music Ltd
(C) 1988 Musiknatet Waxholm, Sweden
LC 7674
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Reviews & Discussion
There used to be a wonderful program on WZBC in Boston on Sat. mornings from 6am till noon or so called Music To Sleep Late To, and this album was regularly featured. Music you can just drift in and out of with ease, and ever so dreamy. I prefer Sheila's vocals with a bit of accompaniment, and this album sees her using wild amounts of layering and overdubbing on the vocals accompanied by simple, hypnotic, gem-like melodies on sitar & piano, with layers of swarmandel and tamboura shimmering amidst a haze of reverb trails. No pop songs, and no drums: what rhythm there is comes from chanted, exhaled vocal patterns and such. Everything is breathy and floating and suspended in time, and the vocal layering is quite something in headphones!Incense-like music that wafts inside your head and sends you far, far away. This is still Sheila's best recording bar none, IMO, and better yet, this version comes with side A from "Nada Brahma" tacked on as bonus tracks, which is in a similar style to "Quiet" and just as good. If there is one essential Indipop Sheila Chandra album, this is clearly it. Sounds as original today as when it was made, and remains the best (only?) ambient Indian vocal album ever.