Deepak Ram - Beauty in Diversity

Deepak Ram: bansuri, tabla, keyboards, vocals,
udu drums and swarmandal
Sujata Ghanekar: vocals
Ian Herman: drums and percussion
Dan Robbins: electric and acoustic bass
Rabin Ram: sarod
Vivek Ram: sitar

1. Beauty In Diversity 2. Reflective-Self 3. Bhakti Shakti 4. Flutes Are All INeed 5. Nisreyas 6. Cinderella In India Theme 7. Dance With Lord Krishna 8. Midnight Invocation 9. Sacred Twilight 10. Aarti Total Time

(7:20) (6:21) (6:21) (4:32) (6:03) (6:30) (4:23) (4:05) (4:32) (4:41) 55:12

All tracks composed by Deepak Ram
except tracks 5, 8 & 10 - traditional
All tracks published by Haribhaj Music BMI

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1. Beauty In Diversity (7:20)
Deepak Ram: bansuri, udu drums, and swarmandal
Ian Herman: drums and shaker
Dan Robbins: acoustic bass
Sujata Ghanekar: vocals

2. Reflective-Self (6:21)
Deepak Ram: bansuri and swarmandal
Sujata Ghanekar: vocals
Ian Herman: udu drums and shakers
Benjamin Grant DePauw: guitar

3. Bhakti Shakti (6:21)
Deepak Ram: bansuri and voice percussion
Dan Robbins: electric bass
Ian Herman: drums and bongos

4. Flutes Are All I Need (4:32)
Deepak Ram: bansuri

This piece I dedicate with love and reverence to the memory of Babaji (Shri Suryakant V. Limaye), India’s greatest bansuri-maker, who was my mentor and friend. In this piece, Itry to show the versatility of the bansuri (bamboo-flute) by using it as a percussion instrument, an instrument for percussive effects, as a drone and as a bansuri itself. It features three bansuris recorded on eight tracks.

5. Nisreyas (6:03)
Rabin Ram: sarod
Deepak Ram: bansuri
Sujata Ghanekar: vocals

6. Cinderella In India Theme (6:30)
Deepak Ram: bansuri
Dan Robbins: acoustic bass
Ian Herman: drums

I wrote this melody in 1987 for a dance-drama staged by a community dance company in Cape Town, South Africa. The story of Cinderella was depicted in Indian dance forms and was choreographed by Kumari Savitri and performed by the Vadhini Dance Company. This theme was quite popular at the time and it was my first project as a composer, and my first experience in a recording studio.

7. Dance With Lord Krishna (4:23)
Deepak Ram: bansuri and manjeera
Sujata Ghanekar: vocals
Ian Herman: drums and triangle
Dan Robbins: electric bass

8. Midnight Invocation (4:05)
Vivek Ram: sitar
Sujata Ghanekar: vocals

9. Sacred Twilight (4:32)
Deepak Ram: bansuri, tabla and keyboard
Dan Robbins: acoustic bass

Dedicated to my master Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.
My entire existence is shaped by him, sometimes I cannot believe what he plays and creates is humanly possible.

10. Aarti (4:41)
Deepak Ram: bansuri and manjeera
Bhairab Dass: conch

This is a melody of a traditional Hindu hymn.
"Thou art beyond the knowledge of the senses, formless, the Lord of all life! How can I, steeped in ignorance, have a glimpse of thee." (one of the sixteen verses)