James Asher, Mahesh Vinayakram
James Asher, Mahesh Vinayakram
Genres: world fusion, electronic, carnatic, vocals, indian classical
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About James Asher, Mahesh Vinayakram
JAMES ASHER... James Asher is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer focusing on world music, trance music and New Age music. Born in a suburb of London in the early fifties, Asher began to study the violin at age seven. As a teenager, he participated in his school choir and orchestra, of which his father was the chief instructor. Following his traditional musical education, Asher taught himself the drums and the keyboard and later apprenticed himself at several recording studios in the UK. In 1979, Asher opened his own studio, Starfield, and released his first single, "Peppermint Lump", which was produced by Pete Townshend. However, Asher's initial focus at Starfield was primarily on the bread-and-butter work afforded by the commercial soundtrack industry. During its first decade of operation, Asher licensed over 20 soundtracks to the likes of Cinema Euro Group, Central TV, Grenada TV, Channel Four and MTV. In 1990, Asher released his first full-length, commercial album, The Great Wheel, which reached number 13 on Billboard magazine's New Age Music Chart. In 1996, Asher signed with New Earth Records and released Feet in the Soil, which combined elements of African percussion, Australian aboriginal music, and electronic programming. Edified by the success of the burgeoning "world music" category, as evidenced by releases by contemporaries Peter Gabriel, Johnny Clegg, David and Steve Gordon (Sacred Earth Drums) and David Byrne's world music record label, Luaka Bop, Feet in the Soil sold nearly 100,000 copies within the first 18 months of its initial release and has sold nearly 200,000 copies overall, according to New Earth Records president, Bhikkhu Schober. In the decade following, Asher has released a number of projects including Feet in the Soil 2: Pemulwuy's Return, Tigers of the Raj, Colors of Trance and Drums On Fire with percussionist Sivamani. He has also worked with Indian composer Rahul Raj, for a track called "Krishna Krishna". More at Wikipedia... ( Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Asher ) ___________________________ MAHESH VINAYAKRAM... Hailing from the rhythm family, Mahesh Vinayakram has invariably chosen the art of Vocal music . No wonder he is the son of grammy award winner Padmashri T.H. Vikku Vinayakram. Mahesh Vinayakram, today is one of the leading artists in the field of Carnatic and world music. He started his career as a SOLO VOCALIST at the age of 12. He had an opportunity to take vocal lessons from Gurus like Shri H.Y. Narayanan, Shri O.S. Thiagarajan, Mrs. Savithiri Sathyamurthy, Shri. Bhagavathulu Seetharama Sarma (Kalapeetham, Chennai) and he is taking advanced lessons from Smt. Radhaviswanathan Daughter of Bharth Rathna M.S. Subbulakshmi Having performed in all metro cities as solo performer in concerts . He has also trained himself as a Fusion Singer for various foreign bands with various foreign artists. One of the Bands named "Good People in times of Evil" with artists Mr. Jonas Hellborg in Bass and Shawn Lane in Guitar with his two brothers and another percussion Group named "Sapthaakshara" - a Group Conducted by his father Padmashri Shri. T.H. Vikku Vinayakram. He has toured extensively to almost all places in the world for both the Bands listed above. To list a few U.S, Germany , France , Italy , Norway , Sweden , Mauritius , South Africa , Ghana , Kenya , Indonesia , London , Etc. He has received many prizes and Awards in the inter-school and College Competitions. He has many Awards to his Credits: To list a few, "Unesco Award" for Millenium 2000 Concert held at Indonesia . "Maharajapuram Santhanam Award" by Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai - 2000. Best Performance Award by " Venkateswara Temple - Pittsburg U.S.A. "Best Performance Award" by High Commission of India concert held at Kenya 2002. He has many Albums to his credits to list a few “Drums On Fire” – James Asher, London "Icon" – Jonas Hellborg, Sweden . ‘Live Show Of Paris ” "Karnatic Classicals" - by CSC, Chennai "Impressions" - by Music Today, Chennai. “New Morning” as DVD and many other projects in fusion and world music in India and abroad. (Source: http://www.maheshvinayakram.in/profile.php )
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