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Anoushka Shankar Album Trilogy Series Begins Conclusion With Single “Hiraeth”

“Hiraeth” Marks the First Song Written On the Project

Anoushka Shankar, the acclaimed sitarist, producer, composer, and now 11X GRAMMY-nominated artist, will be sharing the third and final installment of the trilogy of mini-albums she began in 2023 honoring the ever-shifting nature of her experience on earth through, each seeking to capture singular, fleeting moments in time with an act of trust: choosing new collaborators and walking into the recording studio with no more than an initial creative impulse. 

Chapter III: We Return To Light will be released on Nils Frahm’s LEITER label on March 14; the Goa trance-influenced track “Hiraeth” is out now, the first song she composed for the project. 

Listen to “Hiraeth”

Three Chapters, Three Geographies

“Three chapters, three geographies,” Shankar scribbled in a diary at a café in Goa on New Year’s Day two years ago, manifesting the ambitious trilogy with nods to her roots, across continents and collaborators.

Where Ch I: Forever, For Now – produced by Arooj Aftab and featuring Nils Frahm – conjures the immense stillness and beauty of a sun-kissed garden, the Peter Raeburn-produced Ch. II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn veiled the garden over, giving rise to the womblike power of darkness. The second chapter is up for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album at this year’s GRAMMYs, and her featured role on Jacob Collier’s song “A Rock Somewhere” is up for the Best Global Performance, marking Shankar’s 10th and 11th nominations.

Central to Ch. III is the mindfulness of India at the root of all her music.

For the record, she joined with London-based, Indian multi-instrumentalist Sarathy Korwar, a leading voice in the British jazz scene along with composer and sarod player Alam Khan, son of the famed Indian classical guru, Ali Akbar Khan. Together, the three tap into Shankar’s fascination with Goa Trance – India’s electronic music export –  which began in her twenties, when she escaped to the beach state and chased dance floor epiphanies in secret forest raves, participating with wild, youthful abandon.

“Hiraeth,” the first song the trio worked on together, features looping melodies and backward sarod lines, an idea seeded by Khan and developed with Korwar and Shankar. For close listeners, it features an Easter egg in the form of the popular Hindu classical, Raga Palas Kafi, created by Ravi Shankar.

Keep an eye out for the final releases on Ch. III, to conclude Shankar’s epic creation carving a path for modern Indian sounds.

Pre-Save/Pre-Order Chapter III: We Return to Light

Stephanie Lamondhttps://stephanielamond.com
Stephanie is a musician, writer, and counseling student working in the intersections of creativity and healing. Learn more about her work at stephanielamond.com.
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