Garaj Mahal#2 | en

Star circus is the first Solo album of Tajmahal aka Stephane Gallay (plus some additional friends). Tajmahalüfs style of composition shows his music as a bridge between trance and downtempo rythms. His key is to follow the path of his feelings in the music he composes. The list of guest artists and producers was chosen at the beginning of 2006.This album was pre-mastered at Quest 4 goa studio, Matosinhos, Portugal .

Garaj Mahal is a four piece band, based in the United States, playing a fusion of jazz, Indian music, rock, and especially funk: Kai Eckhardt (bass), Fareed Haque (guitars), Sean Rickman (drums), and Eric Levy (keys). The band was formed in 2000 with the largely fulfilled expectation that the technical virtuosity that each band member has been known for would bring about great music. They are one of the modern high-profile bands that allow their music to be recorded live at shows, and distributed in torrents, and musical archives. http://www.archive.org/details/GarajMahal .

Mahalakshmi Iyer (also Mahalaxmi Iyer) is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam. Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus, which was Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's debut as music directors in 1997, though the album released only in 1999. Later, she went on to work frequently with them. She then sang the track Ae Ajnabee with Udit Narayan for A R Rahman in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998). Since then she has sung over thousand songs...