RODNEY LEE - Piano, Synths, and Programming SATNAM S. RAMGOTRA - Tabla, Drums, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, and Programming
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS(STUDIO) MICHAEL LANDAU - Electric Guitar * DMITRIS "JIMMY" MAHLIS - Oud * SHRI ALOKE DASGUPTA - Sitar * SHAWN DAVIS - Electric Bass * RICO BELLED - Electric Bass * STAN SARGENT - Upright Bass
Influences
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Joe Zawinul, John Coltrane, Keith Jarret, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Wayne Shorter, Jan Hammer, John Mclaughlin, John Abercrombie, Steve Khan, John Scofield, Elvin Jones, Jack DeJohnette, Tony Williams, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Vinnie Colaiuta, Michael Landau, Peter Erskine, Michael and Randy Brecker, Tom Scott, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Tito Puente, Omar Hakim, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Kenny Kirkland, Ray Charles, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, Isley Brothers, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five, Prince, Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Eliane Elias, Led Zeppelin, Danny Elfman, Henry Mancini, P-Funk, Ohio Players, James Jamerson, Bootsie Collins, The Meters, Zigaboo Modeliste, Clyde Stubblefield, Thomas Dolby, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Gary Newman, DEVO, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Primus, Rush, Supertramp, Boston, The Allman Brothers, Nazareth, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, Sub Humans, The Dead Kennedy’s, GBH, SNFU, Earth Wind & Fire, Rick James(BITCH!), The Cars, Missing Persons, Frank Zappa, The Motels, The Pretenders, YES, The Eagles, Alan Parsons Project, Radiohead, U2, Steve Jordan, Coldplay, INXS, George Michael, Depeche Mode, REM, The Smiths, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh. Beck, The Police, Sting, Stewart Copeland, Stanley Jordan, Elton John, Billy Joel, Van Halen, Toto, Steely Dan, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Simply Red, The Kinks, Dire Straits, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Allarakha, Ustad Sultan Khan, Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Brij Bushan Kabra, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, L. Shankar, L. Subramanium, Lata Mageshkar, Asha Bhosle, Jagjit & Chitra Singh, Mehndi Hassan, Anup Jalota, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Ghulam Ali, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj, Mian Tansen, Ustad Allaudin Khan, The Doors, Massive Attack, Portishead, Bill Laswell, Square Pusher, Thievery Corporation, Gotan Project, Karsh Kale, DJ Chebi Sabbah, Talvin Singh, Midival Punditz, Carmen Rizzo, Sigur Ros, Kronos Quartet, Janes Addiction., Tower of Power, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, The Stone Roses, Sons of Freedom, AIR, Kraftwerk, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Stevie Wonder, WAIT…THERE”S MORE! JUST GIMME A SECOND! Oh yeah...All things TABLA AND PIANO!!!
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First of all...Danke und Willkommen!! Thank you, & Welcome!! Merci Beaucoup et Bienvennue!! Namaste-Ayye Ayye!!! Sat Sri Akal - Aujo, Aujo!! Gratsi - Benvenuto!!
Alien Chatter is THE BOMB!!! (That's right! I said it!!!) Indian music has been making some progressive inroads into popular culture over the past decade. Not only are we hearing South Asian rhythms mashed with club beats and hip-hop, but the West is also experiencing an Indian cultural "INVASION" with the recent mainstream success of Bollywood films.
As you may or may not know, ALIEN CHATTER has signed a deal with Six Degrees Records as part of their Emerging Artist Series, which will be available for download on 10.16.2007 at sixdegreesrecords.com
The new physical cd, entitled "INVASION", will be available for purchase at our live shows, and through cdbaby.com/alienchatter only!! Infact, the discs are being pressed as you read!!!
We are extremely excited about this new recording! We have been blessed with, and are grateful to, some seriously amazing artists to lend their brilliance and musical genius to this project! We can't even begin to thank them enough!! Those artists are; Michael Landau on Electric Guitar, Dmitris Mahlis on Oud, Shri Aloke Das Gupta on Sitar, Stan Sargent on Upright Bass, Shawn Davis, and Rico Belled on Electric Bass!!
We hope that you all enjoy it as much as we are...It's a little scary the second time round, because there was nothing to compare it to, really! Of course, there is our 1st cd to compare it to now. So please don't!! HAH!! right...like that ain't going to happen... Anyway...in the meantime, if you haven’t picked up our 1st cd, "Music for Aliens" please do so., and please check back often, we will be posting songs from the new cd, shortly!!! So sit back, relax and listen to Alien Chatter...For more information we strongly urge you to view our official website, alienchatter.com sign up, and receive a free song to download!
WOW - beautiful stuff, especially the song "Persistence of Memory" - great tune!!!! Love your production and tonal choices too!
Hope you dig our sound too - we're nearing the end of our "Acoustic Week" where we've posted the acoustic based tunes from our catalog. Check out "Come With Me" or "By My Side" - I think you'd enjoy those tunes even if they're pure pop!
Oh yah, thanks for the add - keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to hearing more from you!
hope u've been well...i've been away from my page for a very looong time, but now i'm back and i just want to say hi, hope ur week is going great!!!:-)
