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Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 – 26 March 1999) was an Indian musician best known for his fusion of Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanushree Shankar. Born in Almora, Uttar Pradesh, India, Ananda was the son of Amala and Uday Shankar, popular dancers. He was also the nephew of renowned sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar. Ananda did not learn sitar from his uncle but studied instead with Dr. Lalmani Misra in Varanasi. In the late 1960s Shankar travelled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including Jimi Hendrix. There he was signed to Reprise...

The sitarist and nephew of Ravi Shankar, Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 - 26 March 1999), joins with the DJ and producer Sam Zaman, also known as State of Bengal, to create a fusion where Indian traditional music, sitars and tablas meet western guitars, hip-hop and breakbeats. In the late 1960s Shankar traveled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including Jimi Hendrix ad recorded his first album utilizing Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits such as The Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash and The Doors' Light My Fire. Returning to India in...

Craig Pruess is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, sound designer and sound engineer. He was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. Craig began playing music while very young. He studied physics and philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also known as MIT. Later on Pruess traveled and became a full time member of the teaching staff at the East African Conservatoire of Music in Nairobi, Kenya (1971-1973). In March of 1973 he settled in England. Craig has mastered and melded three great musical traditions of the world: Western classical and contemporary, Indian classical, and African...

The multitalented duo, standing behind the Ananda Shake project are Osher Swissa and Lior Edri... ...both based in the southern parts of Israel. They initially started producing Old School Goa trance oriented music, and in time it has evolved into their killer full-on sound they are known for today. Ananda shake is another bright star shining under the Utopia Sky. .