Tandon, Chandrika Krishnamurthy / Soul Call
Album: Soul Call   Collection:World
Artist:Tandon, Chandrika Krishnamurthy   Added:Feb 2011
Label:Unknown  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-04-10 Pull Date: 2011-06-12 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: May 15 May 8 May 1 Apr 17
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 23, 2014: Its Bollywood, Its Hollywood
Manj Khamaj Medley
4. Aug 25, 2011: It's Bollywood
Basanth Mukhari - Radio Edit
2. May 13, 2014: It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood
Manj Khamaj Medley
5. Jul 28, 2011: It's Bollywood
Basanth Mukhari - Radio Edit
3. Oct 22, 2013: It's Bollywood, It's HOllywoopd
Manj Khamaj Medley
6. May 08, 2011: YOUTH DEMOGRAPHIC RADIO
Bhoopali

Album Review
Kamla Bhatt
Reviewed 2011-03-21
964-649 Soul Calling

Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon is an unusual musician.
She cut her teeth in business & finance, & made a name for
herself in that field before switching to music. This is her debut
album.
This is an unusual album. Chandrika uses an ancient
Hindu chant/mantra with 8 syllables & sings them in
8 different ragas of Indian classical music. Surprisingly,
she manges to pull off each track in new, modern &
interesting ways.

Listen to 1, 3,5, 8, 9

1. Soul stirring invocation that starts slow & picks
up steam.
2. A beautiful number.
3. Starts with a quiet & grave mantra & then
settles into a soothing chant.
4. Starts wtih an ancient mantra & then renders
the familiar chant in a different raga.
5. There is a nice rythmic & hypnotic edge
to this mantra.
6. Slow build up. Only track with a chorus.
7. Listen to the flute in the opening piece when Chandkrika
recites the mantra. This is more of a traditional sounding track.
8. Slow start & then at 2.30 Middle Eastern influences
music kicks in & the result is an interesting hyrbid. There is
a trance like quality to this piece.
9. Peppy & upbeat, with Middle Eastern sounding percussion.
Lovely fusion of Indian classical & Middle Eastern sounds.

Kamla March 18, 2011

Track Listing
1. Bhoopali   5. Bhatiyar
2. Bageshri   6. Malkauns
3. Suddha Sarang   7. Basanth
4. Manj Khamaj Medley   8. Basanth Mukhari
  9. Basanth Mukhari - Radio Edit