Breathing Under Water

Breathing Under Water is an album by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale released on 28 August 2007. Shankar and Kale expand beyond cultural and traditional borders of music with this collaboration. With the help of featured guests Ravi Shankar, Sting, Norah Jones, Midival Punditz, Salim Merchant, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and others, the duo blended Indian classical music, electronica, dance and folk styles.

Breathing Under Water
Studio album by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale
Released	28 August 2007
Genre	Indian music, world music
Length	62:00
Label	Manhattan Records
Producer	Anoushka Shankar, Gaurav Raina, Karsh Kale
Anoushka Shankar chronology
Rise (2005) Breathing Under Water (2007) Traveller (2011)
Karsh Kale chronology
Broken English (2006) Breathing Under Water (2007) Cinema (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
All About Jazz	(Positive)[2]
The New York Times	(not rated)[3]
Okayplayer	[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burn"	5:43
2.	"Slither"	6:25
3.	"Breathing Under Water"	2:29
4.	"Sea Dreamer" (featuring Sting)	5:40
5.	"Ghost Story"	5:47
6.	"PD7"	7:21
7.	"Easy" (featuring Norah Jones)	3:30
8.	"Little Glass Folk"	5:13
9.	"A Perfect Rain"	4:29
10.	"Abyss"	5:22
11.	"Oceanic, Part 1" (featuring Ravi Shankar)	4:07
12.	"Oceanic, Part 2" (featuring Ravi Shankar)	4:40
13.	"Reprise"	1:23

Personnel

Musicians

• Anoushka Shankar – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, sitar, tanpura
• Karsh Kale – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, electric bass, cymbals, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, tabla, vocals, snare drums, electronic percussion, orchestral percussion
• Ravi Shankar – sitar
• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt – mohan veena
• Pedro Eustache – flute
• Sting – vocals (track 4)
• Shankar Mahadevan: vocals
• Norah Jones – piano, vocals (track 7)
• Pirashanna Thevarajah – mridangam, kanjira, moorsing
• Vishal Vaid – vocals
• Salim Merchant – piano, keyboards
• Sunidhi Chauhan – vocals
• Ravi Shankar – guest appearance

Technical personnel

• John Stewart – engineering
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Herbert Waltl – executive production
• Gordon Jee – art direction
• Anoushka Shankar – arrangements, production, string arrangements
• Saul Williams – author
• Brian Montgomery – engineering
• Karsh Kale – arrangements, production, string arrangements, drum programming
• Gaurav Raina – programming, production, engineering, atmosphere
• Salim Merchant – arrangements, production, string arrangements
• Chad Lupo – assistant arranger
• Jayant Luthra – programming
• Jonathan Dagan – engineering

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[5]	177
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6]	40
US World Albums (Billboard)[7]	6

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Breathing Under Water - Anoushka Shankar | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. Roberts, Rhonda. "Anoushka Shankar / Karsh Kale: Breathing Under Water". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Lescharts.com – Anoushka Shankar – Breathing Under Water". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
6. "Anoushka Shankar Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
7. "Anoushka Shankar Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 May 2016.