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| a) John Kaizan Neptune: Neptune is an American born "Shakuhachi" (Japanese bamboo flute) player and composer who resides in Japan. In the mid eighties and early nineties V.S. Narasimhan was involved in two of John Neptune's albums. |
| Narasimhan was invited by John to participate in the recording of his album 'The Circle' which was recorded at Nippon Colombia Studios in Tokyo, July / August 1985. |
| The second album which was called 'The River Rhythm' was an exploratory album which was conceived as a Japanese musician's musical attempts to integrate Carnatic music along with Jazz and the Japanese music. This album was recorded in Madras in 1993. |
| b) Pandit Ravi Shankar and Phillip Glass: Members of the quartet had an opportunity to play in the album called "Passage"(1989) which was another interesting exploratory attempt by the Indian Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and the great American Minimalist composer Phillip Glass.The members also took part in the album called "Vedic Chants" (1997) produced by the "Beatles Fame" George Harrison and composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar. |
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| c) Karaikudi Mani and The Srutilaya: Karaikudi Mani is one of the leading exponents in Mridangam (South Indian barrel drum). His Institution called "Srutilaya" has many schools teaching Carnatic music in India, Australia and U.K. & Germany. Besides playing and teaching Karaikudi Mani in association with V.S. Narasimhan and other musicians have made some remarkable innovative ways of playing Carnatic music. One such early attempt was an album called "Melodyssey"(1992). |
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| This was followed by yet another project called 'Purcell to Pallavi' which was conceived by Karaikudi R. Mani, assisted by Narasimhan, featured pieces based on Carnatic ragas with improvisatory passages for both Western & Indian musicians of Britain, was performed in London in 1995 |
| The members of the group have interacted with musicians, groups and scholars from India and abroad. Such musical encounters in the form of workshops, concerts and sessions have given the group rich experience and knowledge on various aspects of music and performance. Following is a list of such interactions: |
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