Prashant Michael John

Putting Music To An Artists Spoken Word

 Vensan Kamberk's drawings caught my eye on FB a few years ago and I friended him. He wrote "poems" for many of his paintings and I got the inspiration and recorded a spoken word peice of music using his words and posted it to him. Listen to "Threatened Sanity . Now months later he has recorded his "poetry" and sent it to me from Montreal along with some very cool original "doodles" - below. I have just put one of the many pieces he sent to music - listen to "Moonstruck"
"Within this paradox we shall solve the equation ...or...the equation will solve us" he says. makes me chuckle...but not too lightly.
doodle'art by Vensan Kamberk

 

Currently working on music for a new 'solo' album to be produced by Gordon Grdina 


Probable guest musicians for the album:
 

Gordon Grdina - oud, guitar 
Keith Lowe - bass
Steve Dawson - slide guitar
Sunny Matharu - tabla
Yoro Noukoussi - African percussion
Curtis Andrews - mbira and percussion
Prakash Sontakke - slide guitar
Karthik Mani - percussion

 

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  • Kaladhar
  • Muralila
  • Himalayan Springtime
  • Into the Blue
  • Mid Morning Dream

"...an aural cocktail that is as intoxicating for a West Coast Anglo Saxon as it is for a native of Bangladesh." 
 Marke Andrews, Canwest News


Nominations and Awards for Prashant’s two cross-cultural world music bands: 

Tandava
Independent Music Awards (Canadian) - Best 'World Fusion', Favourite World/Artist/Group/Duo
Canadian Folk Music Awards-
'Best Ensemble' and 'Best World Group' 

The CD topped the International Music charts of CIUT, CHRW, CJAM and CJSW in Toronto, London, Windsor and Calgary. Among the top ten for CBC’s ‘Roots and Wings’. Second place in the National Canadian Campus Radio 'International' charts in March 2006.

Lehera
Independent Music Awards (Vox Populi) 2009 (World Fusion)
International Songwriting Competition 2010 - World category for Heartsky
Just Plain Folks 2009 - Indian Album and Indian Song winners

Some Selected past performances included Vancouver's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, Toronto Street Fest, Ottawa Folk Festival, Ottawa
Bluesfest, Vancouver Jazz Festival, London's Sunfest, Nova Scotia Multicultural Festival, North Country Fair (Alberta), Detroit Institute of Arts.Harrison Festival of the Arts



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