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Shankar

Real Name:
Lakshminarayana Shankar
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Born April 26, 1950 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, Shankar is a Tamil Indian violinist, a singer and a composer, brother to L. Subramaniam.

In the 70s, with guitarist John McLaughlin, he has created the fusion group Shakti.
His music is a mix between Indian Classical styles and Western musics. He has worked with a lot of famous musicians like Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono, Bill Laswell, Talking Heads, Bruce Springsteen.
With British rock producer Caroline, he has founded the pop group The Epidemics.

He has recorded classical Indian music as well as several solo records.
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Discography

Releases:
Pallavi: South Indian Flute Music (LP)   Nonesuch 1973
Dead Girls Of London (12", Promo)   Zappa Records 1979
Touch Me There (Album) (3 versions)   Zappa Records ... 1979
Who's To Know (LP, Album)   ECM Records 1981
Vision (Album) (3 versions)   ECM Records ... 1984
Song For Everyone (Album) (2 versions)   ECM Records 1985
The Epidemics (LP)   ECM Records 1986
Nobody Told Me (Album) (2 versions)   ECM Records 1989
Pancha Nadai Pallavi (LP)   ECM Records 1990
Soul Searcher (CD)   Axiom 1990
M. R. C. S. (LP, Album)   ECM Records 1991
Appears On:
Attica Blues (Album) (4 versions)   Impulse! ... 1972
Communications Network (LP, Album)   Third World Records (2) 1972
Shankar Family ૐ Friends (2 versions) I Am Missing You, Kah... Dark Horse Records 1974
Shakti With John McLaughlin (4 versions) Joy, What Need Have I ... Columbia ... 1976
A Handful Of Beauty (Album) (4 versions) La Danse Du Bonheur, L... CBS ... 1977
Natural Elements (Album) (4 versions)   Columbia ... 1977
Progressive Rock Stars (LP, Comp) La Danse Du Bonheur CBS 1977
Electric Dreams (Album) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1979
Face Value (Album) (3 versions) In The Air Tonight, Dr... Atlantic ... 1981
Music And Rhythm (Comp) (3 versions) Across The River WEA Musik GmbH ... 1982
Porcupine (Album, Comp) (10 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 1983
Speaking In Tongues (Album) (22 versions) Making Flippy Floppy Sire Records Company ... 1983
The Cutter (7", Promo, Single) The Cutter, The Cutter Sire Records Company 1983
New Sensations (Album) (3 versions)   RCA ... 1984
Starpeace (Album) (2 versions)   Rykodisc ... 1985
Sun City (Album) (4 versions)   Manhattan Records ... 1985
Sun City (Single) (4 versions)   Manhattan Records 1985
The Nature Of Things (Album) (2 versions)   Warner Bros. Records ... 1985
Album (LP) Rise, Round Virgin 1986
Get Close (Album) (4 versions) Tradition Of Love WEA ... 1986
Horses & Trees (Album) (3 versions)   Celluloid ... 1986
Rise (12")   Nippon Columbia 1986
So (Album) (13 versions) That Voice Again, We D... Geffen Records ... 1986
Big Time (CD, Maxi) Across The River Virgin 1987
Tana Mana (Album) (2 versions)   Private Music 1987
Hear No Evil (Album) (7 versions)   Virgin Records America ... 1988
Into The Outlands (2 versions)   Celluloid ... 1988
Tamna Voda (CD, Album)   CMP Records 1988
Usfret (Album) (2 versions)   CMP Records 1988
Animal Logic (Album) (5 versions)   Virgin ... 1989
Beauty (Album) (5 versions) Futique Virgin Records (Japan) ... 1989
Can't Find My Way Home (Single, Maxi) (3 versions)   MCA Records Ltd. 1989
Passion (Album) (9 versions) The Feeling Begins, Of... Real World Records ... 1989
Passion - Sources (Comp) (2 versions) Call To Prayer, Sankar... Real World Records ... 1989
Seven Souls (Album) (5 versions)   Triloka Records ... 1989
The Burning World (Album) (6 versions)   UNI Records ... 1989
Jacob's Ladder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album) (2 versions)   Varèse Sarabande ... 1990
Shaking The Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats (Comp) (4 versions) Zaar Virgin ... 1990
Honest (Album) (2 versions) You're Lost RCA ... 1991
The Collection (CD, Comp) Joy (Part 1), Come On ... Castle Communications 1991
Dream Juice (CD, Album) Yes You Do / (Interlud... Virgin Records America, Inc. 1992
Esperanto (CD, Album) Tanah Lot EarthBeat! 1992
Us (Album) (10 versions) Love To Be Loved, Bloo... Real World Records ... 1992
White Sands (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album) (2 versions)   Polydor ... 1992
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5 (2xCD, Comp, Album)   Zappa Records 1992
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (2xCD, Comp)   Zappa Records 1992
Blood Of Eden (Single) (2 versions) Blood Of Eden (Album V... Real World Records ... 1993
Kiss That Frog (Maxi, Single) (2 versions) Across The River Real World Records ... 1993
Mantra (Maxi) (2 versions)   Axiom ... 1993
Trance Europe Express (Comp) (2 versions) Praying Mantra (Orb Re... Volume 1993
Axiom Ambient - Lost In The Translation (Album) (2 versions) Aum Axiom 1994
Big Hard Disk Vol. 2 (CD) Mantra (Praying Mantra... Smash Records 1994
Hallucination Engine (Album) (3 versions) Mantra, Shadow Of Para... Axiom 1994
Secret World Live (Comp, Album) (3 versions) Across The River Real World Records ... 1994
Secret World Live (2 versions)   Real World Records ... 1994
Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond The Call Of Duty: The Orb Remix Project (Comp, Album) (4 versions) Praying Mantra (The Or... Deviant Records ... 1996
TEXtures (2xCass, Mixed, Comp + Box) Praying Mantra (Orb Re... Volume 1996
Asana (CD) Mantra, Hear No Evil Douglas Music 1997
Ones And Zeros (CD)   Resurgence 1997
...Hits (Comp) (2 versions) In The Air Tonight Virgin ... 1998
A Perfect Stranger - The Island Anthology (Comp) (2 versions) A Perfect Stranger Island Records 1998
Shringara (Album) (2 versions) The Third Gate Of Drea... Dakini Records ... 1998
The X-Files: A 20 Year Retrospective (2xCD, Album, Comp) $10,000 Bookshelf Musea 1998
The X-files (2xCD)   Outer Music 1998
African Fantasy (CD, Album, Dig) African Fantasy ESC Records 1999
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3 (DVD, PAL, Sup) Sledgehammer TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. 1999
Various Failures 1988-1992 (Comp) (3 versions)   Young God Records ... 1999
Asian Travels (CD, Comp, Dig) All For You Six Degrees Records 2000
OVO (CD, Enh, Album) Low Light, The Nest Th... Real World Records, Virgin 2000
Smooth Jazz Cafe 2 (CD, Comp) African Fantasy Mercury, Universal Music Polska 2000
Dust (CD, Album) Just For Love, Jungle ... Metropolis 2002
India: Kingdom Of The Tiger (CD, Album)   Four Worlds Trading Co. 2002
Long Walk Home (Album) (3 versions)   Real World Records ... 2002
Queen Of The Damned (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) (Album) (2 versions) Forsaken, Slept So Long Warner Sunset Records ... 2002
Queen Of The Damned: The Score Album (CD)   Warner Bros. Records 2002
Selected Recordings (2xCD, Comp) Song For Everyone ECM Records, ECM Records 2002
The Meta Collection (CD) Mantra (The Orb Remix ... Meta Records 2002
Tzomborgha (Album) (2 versions) Chittam Irangaayo Ipecac Recordings 2002
Up (Album, Single) (5 versions) I Grieve Real World Records ... 2002
Hit (2xCD, Comp, Enh) Blood Of Eden (Radio E... Geffen Records, Chronicles 2003
Taalisma - An Ode To Rhydhun (CD, Album, Enh)   Blue Flame Records 2003
The Matrix Revolutions - Music From The Motion Picture (CD, Enh) Navras Warner Sunset Records, Maverick 2003
Labyrinth (Album) (3 versions) Navras Metropolis ... 2004
Paris (DVD-V, Dig) Sankarabharanam Bardo Records 2004
Play: The Videos (Comp) (2 versions)   Real World Records ... 2004
Sufi Traveler (CD, Album)   Mi5 Recordings 2004
The Passion Of The Christ - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, Album) The Stoning Sony Classical, Integrity Music 2004
Bill Laswell & Material (3xCD, Comp)   Golden Stars 2005
The Impulse Story (CD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Attica Blues Impulse! 2006
Buffalo (2xCD, Album) Dead Girls Of London Vaulternative 2007
Heroes Original Soundtrack (CD, Comp, Ltd) Fire And Regeneration NBC Records 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Music And Rhythm (Comp) (3 versions) Himalaya WEA Musik GmbH ... 1982
Sun City (Comp, Album) (6 versions) No More Apartheid Manhattan Records ... 1985
Biko (Maxi, Single) (3 versions) No More Apartheid (LP ... Geffen Records ... 1987
Passion - Sources (LP, Album, Comp) Sankarabaranam Pancha ... Real World Records, Real World Records 1989
Passion - Sources (Comp) (2 versions) Sankarabaranam Pancha ... Real World Records ... 1989
Axiom Collection - Illuminations (CD) Ragam,Tanam, Pallavi; ... Axiom 1991
Plus From Us (2 versions) Dreams Real World Records ... 1993
Asian Travels (CD, Comp, Dig) All For You Six Degrees Records 2000
Spirit Of India Vol.2: Traditional & New Vibes (2xCD, Comp) Bhajana In The Râja K... Wagram 2000
Selected Recordings (2xCD, Comp) Song For Everyone ECM Records, ECM Records 2002
Unofficial Releases:
Dead Girls Of London - Live In New York (CD)   TempoRary Records  
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