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Bombay Dub Orchestra

UK Duo Gary Hughes and Andrew T Mackay formbed the group in the late 1990s. They worked together recording session players in India for the group Spellbound. Several years afterwords they got back together to create an ambient sound overlayed with Indian musical styles.

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Total Time: 01:10:22Number of Discs: 1Studio Album
Released: 2008United StatesSix Degrees Records
Cat#: 657036 1153-2In PrintUnlimited Edition


Garry Hughes (producer, keyboards, programming)
Andrew T. Mackay (producer, keyboards, programming)
Mumbai Musicians
Ashwin Srinivasan (Bansuri on 2,4,6,7,8,9)
Sunil Das (sitar on 2,7,9)
Ulhas Bapat (santoor on 2,7,8)
Tapas Roy (santoor on 1; oud, saz, rebab on 1,7,11)
Zarine Sharma (sarod on 9)
Dilshad Khan (sarangi on 7,8)
Pradeep Pandit (vocals on 9)
Hamsika Lyer (vocals on 4,8,10)
Rakesh Pandit (vocals on 11)
Nishadh Chandra (percussion on 2,7,8,9,11)
Deepak Bhatt (percussion on 9)
Chennai Musicians
Madhu Suthnan (percussion on 5)
Jaya Chandran (percussion on 5)
Saroja (dilruba on 5)
Napoleon (bansuri on 5)
UK Musicians
Sirishkumar (percussion on 1,5,7,9; tablas on 5,7,9)
Abdullah Mufa (percussion on 1,3,5,7; drums on 4)
Will Brown (drums on 2,3,5-11)
Meneka Das (vocals on 7)
Kartik (vocals on 2,5)
David Rainger (guitar on 3,6,10)
Adam Lamprell (russion zither on 11)
Jonathan Mayer (sitar on 5)

Disc: 01Track: 01(00:05:23)Egypr By Air
Disc: 01Track: 02(00:05:40)Journey
Disc: 01Track: 03(00:05:40)Strange Constellations
Disc: 01Track: 04(00:05:34)Junoon
Disc: 01Track: 05(00:07:48)Spiral
Disc: 01Track: 06(00:04:57)Map Of Dusk
Disc: 01Track: 07(00:05:54)Fallen
Disc: 01Track: 08(00:06:45)Greenish Blue
Disc: 01Track: 09(00:06:18)Monsoon Malabar
Disc: 01Track: 10(00:09:07)Feasting With Panthers
Disc: 01Track: 11(00:07:23)Amina

Bombay Dub Orchestra

Total Time: 01:54:34Number of Discs: 2Studio Album
Released: 2006United StatesSix Degrees Records
Cat#: 657036-1120-2In PrintUnlimited Edition


Garry Hughes (keyboards, programming, conducting)
Andrew T. Mackay (keyboards, programming)
Bombay Dub Players, Indian Sessions
Nevill Franco (orchestra leader)
Violins: Jeejendra Thakur (soloist on 1,4); Puran Singh; Dlishad Ahmed; Anand Patel; Abhijit Maiumdak; Hansraj Jawda; Kamel Pradhan; Jude Alexander; Ernest Mendezes; Budha Dev Singh; Rizwan Sheikh
Violas: Francis Mendes; Mario Fernandes; Mark Nunes; Dharmendra Jawda; Jitendra Jawda; Sanjay Vama; Nandkishore Talgoankar; Prabhat Kishore; Sandeep Thakur
Celli: Benito Gracias; John Gonsalves; Mohinder Singh Attra; Bijoy Singh; Narendra Rathi; Sanjay Chakravarti
Female Vocals: Preeti Uttam Singh (3 and 11)
Tabla: Musharat (2, 3, and 7)
Bansuri: Rupak Kumar Kilkami (3 and 11)
Sarangi: Dilshad Khan (11)
Sitar: Sunii Das (7 and 11)
Male Vocals: Rakesh Pandit (7)
Musicians, London/UK
Santoor: Tarun Battachanya (1, 3, 5, and 11)
Tabala: Shiv Shankar Ray (11)
Guitars: David Rainger (2, and 7)
Vocals: Meneka Das (1); Sheenu Das (8); Khalid Kharchaf (4)
Solo Violin: Feliks Tablis (2); Rosi Flood (Dust Remix)
Solo Cello: Jeliette Tomlinson (3)

Disc: 01Track: 01(00:04:45)Compassion
Disc: 01Track: 02(00:05:47)Rare Earth
Disc: 01Track: 03(00:04:12)Mumtaz
Disc: 01Track: 04(00:04:06)The Berber Of Seville
Disc: 01Track: 05(00:06:20)To The Shore
Disc: 01Track: 06(00:06:23)The Greater Silence
Disc: 01Track: 07(00:06:50)Feel
Disc: 01Track: 08(00:04:22)Dust
Disc: 01Track: 09(00:03:21)Sonata
Disc: 01Track: 10(00:05:07)Unexpected Rain
Disc: 01Track: 11(00:08:44)Beauty And The East
Disc: 01Track: 12(00:02:17)Rememberance
Disc: 02Track: 01(00:08:44)Rare Earth (The Forest Of Thieves Mix)
Disc: 02Track: 02(00:05:34)Feel (The Diamond Cake Mix)
Disc: 02Track: 03(00:06:20)Beauty And The East (The Marine Drive Traffic Jam)
Disc: 02Track: 04(00:06:12)The Berber Of Seville (The Berber Of Suburbia Mix)
Disc: 02Track: 05(00:07:26)Dust (The Pigment Of Your Imagination Mix)
Disc: 02Track: 06(00:06:57)Compassion (The Continental Drift Mix)
Disc: 02Track: 07(00:05:28)The Berber Of Seville (Orchestral Version Father Mackay's Celestial Vision)
Disc: 02Track: 08(00:05:40)Remembrance (Fires Remix)