{"id":19020,"date":"2022-07-01T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=19020"},"modified":"2022-07-01T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:29:00","slug":"anoushka-shankar-unveils-first-single-from-collaborative-album-between-us-with-manu-delago-metropole-orkest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=19020","title":{"rendered":"Anoushka Shankar unveils first single from collaborative album, Between Us…<\/em>, with Manu Delago & Metropole Orkest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: William Ejam Maail<\/p><\/div>\n

Four years ago, the Netherlands was gifted with live performances from master sitar player Anoushka Shankar<\/a> and pioneer of the hang Manu Delago<\/a> along with the 27-member string section of the Metropole Orkest<\/a> under the direction of conductor Jules Buckley<\/a>. We were lucky to be at one those enthralling performances at Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht, experiencing a cinematic and divine set by two exceptional virtuosos and an incredible orchestra phenomenally conducted.<\/p>\n

Now they are releasing a live album recorded during their run of shows in the Netherlands, featuring material taken from Shankar’s four solo albums \u2013 2005\u2019s Rise<\/em>, 2013\u2019s Traces of You<\/em>, 2015\u2019s Traveller<\/em> and 2016\u2019s Land of Gold<\/em>. Entitled Between Us\u2026<\/em>, the upcoming album is out digitally on July 8th with a vinyl and CD edition arriving on September 16th through LEITER<\/a>, the label founded by Nils Frahm and his manager Felix Grimm.<\/p>\n

A truly collaborative album blending classical Indian music with contemporary sounds, Between Us…<\/em> sees Shankar continue to work with other musicians. \u201cI really feed off working creatively with others,” she explained. “Something turns on in collaboration, in chemistry, in connection. It can feel like a dance, like we\u2019re in something together.”<\/p>\n

Speaking about long time collaborator Manu Delago, Shankar says:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s just so central to some of these pieces. I\u2019ve played them without him, but my favourite way to play them is with him. I feel a new element of my sitar come alive in that sound vibration that happens between our two instruments, like there\u2019s one little wave I can only play with him. It feels utterly magical.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Along with the album news, Shankar has unveiled the first spellbinding single, ‘Land of Gold’. Listen to it below.<\/p>\n