Breathing Under Water

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Breathing Under Water
Studio album by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale
Released	28 August 2007 (2007-08-28)
Genre	Indian music, world music
Length	62:00
Label	Manhattan Records
Producer	Anoushka Shankar, Gaurav Raina, Karsh Kale
Anoushka Shankar chronology
Rise (2005)Rise2005 Breathing Under Water (2007) Traveller (2011)Traveller2011
Karsh Kale chronology
Broken English (2006) Breathing Under Water (2007) Cinema (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
All About Jazz	(Positive)
The New York Times	(not rated)
Okayplayer

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.

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)	177
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)	40
US World Albums (Billboard)	6