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MIDIval PunditZ

Genres: Electronica, Digital Exclusives

The musical partnership of Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj creates MIDIval PunitZ. The two cemented their aquaintance in grade school, and reunited again in 1994. Both were veterans of India's dance club culture and shared a love of the classical music of their homeland. however, each bring their own... Learn More »

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Since their Six Degrees Records debut, the MIDIval PunditZ—the first Indian electronica band to hit the international scene—has ushered in a new era of possibilities for the sound of 21st-century India. Their unique sound marries the soulful elegance of South Asia's rich traditional and classical music heritage with the exuberance and limitless potential of modern Western electronic...
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	Title	Length
	Ali (Tapan's Deep Blue Mix)	7:50

	Night (Bandish Projekt Club Mix)	10:20

	136 (Jayant's Breaks Mix)	9:22

	Raanjhan (Jalebee Bass for Breakfast Mix)	7:26

	Kesariya (Groovio's This Thing Mix)	6:13

	Dark Age (Audialize Super Psy-Remix)	9:35

	Raanjhan (Son Kite Remix)	10:01

	Dark Age (Karsh Kale Remix)	7:50

	136 (Gautam's Downtempo Mix)	5:51

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MIDIval PunditZ

MIDIval PunditZ are: Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj 1. Air 6:41 2. Extasis 4:02 3. Fabric 5:02 Vocals: Hira Devi Mishra contains sample from �Ras K� Bhar� Tore Nain� performed by Hira Devi Mishra (Courtesy of Saregama India, Ltd) 4. Insite 4:33 Spoken Word: Ajay Naidu Spoken Word Lyrics: Bipin Puri Mridangam: MV Chandrashekharan Additional Keyboard Stabs: Julius Packiam 5. Far From Home 5:49 Vocals: Vidya Shah Additional Keyboards: Julius Packiam 6. Bhangra Fever 4:58 Spoken Word: Ajay Naidu Seetee: Joy 7. Mercury 4:50 Shehnai: Rajendra Prassanna 8. Night 5:55 Vocals: Smriti Minocha Israj: Arshad Chowdhry Flute: Shailendar Kumar Additional Instrumentation: Bal Krishan Additional Keyboards: Julius Packiam 9. Forest Dreams 5:13 Flute: Shailendar Kumar Spoken Word: Ajay Naidu Additional Keyboard Atmospherics: Karsh Kale 10. Ajmer 5:44 Vocals: Ghulam Farid Nizami Vocals: Chand Nizami Vocals: Shadab Nizami Tabla and Drum Programming: Karsh Kale Israj: Arshad Chowdhry 11. God of Love 6:05 Vocals: Jolly and Jasmeet Rabab: Mukesh Jolly Israj: Arshad Chowdhry Additional Instrumentation: Bal Krishan 12. Dark Age 7:03 Vocals: Smiti Minocha Shehnai: Rajendra Prassanna Keyboards & Additional Instrumentation: Bal Krishan Produced by MIDIval PunditZ All songs performed and arranged by Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj except where noted. All songs composed by Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj All songs published by Six Degrees Publishing (BMI) Engineered by Gaurav Raina @ MIDIval PunditZ Studio & BPM Studio, New Delhi Mixed by Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj @ BPM Studio, New Delhi Mastered by Brian �Big Bass� Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA. Cover by MIDIval PunditZ Package design by Michael Snyder Photography by Jay Blakesberg Website: www.punditz.com Gaurav: Big love and thanks to my mom, dad and sister for all their love and support. Shilpa, for the great inspirations for my music�. To my best man Chintu , my extended family of Saakshi, Antima, Priya, Deepak, Sapna, Manshu, Neerav, Annamika. My most loving Aparna & Tania. My Travelling Family of Anja, Aditi, Niranjan, Raja, John, Montu & Jiggy. The light� from Juju & Chebi Ji. This Album is dedicated to my country and its unending artistic inspirations! Tapan: This album is dedicated to Priya, my parents and God - Thank you for the undying support and love that you have given me in your own special ways. Big love to Manish, Mridula, Sudeep & Nandita for pushing me on. Huge respect to Julius & Roy for being there, Jimi Hendrix, PK & Mathur Studios for the first lessons, the entire IIT posse specially � Prash, KK, Alok, Bagchi, Heavy Waters�. all the Kara Dudes � Cheeku, TB, Chawla, Dabbas, Asati, GG, Garo, Daru, Buddha, Pissu and Nannu. High five to the Rainas, Sameer Tyagi, Aakanksha, Shilpa & Anja for being family!! PunditZ: Many many many thanks to Sameer Tyagi, Shivani, Manish and Chachhu for giving money to buy our first pieces of equipment. It would not have been possible without you. Special thanks to the entire Six Degrees crew for believing!! Big Shout to the Cyber Mehfil crew - Abby, Jayant, Gautam �Booglygacha� Kaul, Joy, Akshaya Pandit, Urvaksh, Ashwin, Kunal, Apu, Tania, Arjun. Thank you for inspiring us and keeping the vibe alive. Much love and respect to Karsh Kale, Ajay Naidu (gir mat jaana), Chebi Ji, Talvin Singh, Tabla Beat Science, Mo Rashid, Atul, Fabian, Equal � I, Osmani Soundz, Lelonek, Mukul, Mel D�Souza, Tonio, Maneesh, Naresh , Ashish @ Calcutta, Janaka, Golu, Tarun Shahni, Sapna Shahni, JP, Sank @ Ethnotechno, Bipin Puri from Janak Puri, Ritu 4 the website, Asian Massive, the Academy of Arts crew, Dubstream, Globesonic, the Mutiny crew, the Dhamal Crew, the management @ Scribbles, Fireball, Radisson, Bristol, Someplace Else, My Kind of Place, Tantra, Fabric, Paisleys, Backflip, Joe�s Pub, Razberry Rhino. If there is anyone that we have missed out, thank you too!! FMEH = BAMFF
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	Title	Length
	Air	6:41

	Extasis	4:01

	Fabric	5:01

	Insite	4:32

	Far From Home	5:48

	Bhangra Fever	4:58

	Mercury	4:49

	Night	5:55

	Forest Dreams	5:13

	Ajmer	5:44

	God of Love	6:04

	Dark Age	7:03

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Midival Times

1. Morning Music by Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) Flute: Shailendra 2. Saathi (feat. Ustad Sultan Khan) Music by Gaurav Raina, Tapan Raj & Ustad Sultan Khan Lyrics by Uma Khan Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) and Copyright Control Vocals & Saarangi: Ustad Sultan Khan 3. Raanjhan Music by Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) Strings: Salim Merchant Sample of Abida Parveen's "Raanjhan" courtesy of Times Music 4. 136 Music by Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj Lyrics by Vishal Vaid Additional engineering: Brad Verebay Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) Vocals: Vishal Vaid Kantos Vox: Groovio Spoken Word: Ajay Naidu 5. Rebirth (feat. Anoushka Shankar) Music by Gaurav Raina, Tapan Raj & Anoushka Shankar Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) and Anorag Publishing Sitar: Anoushka Shankar Flute: Ajay Prasanna 6. Khayaal (feat. Vishal Vaid) Music by Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj Lyrics by Vishal Vaid Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) Vocals: Vishal Vaid Additional Instrumentation: Karsh Kale Flute: Ajay Prasanna 7. Piya Written by Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) Vocals: Sanjivini Flute: Ajay Prasanna Tabla: Prashant Israj: Arshad Chowdhry 8. Kesariya Music by Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj Lyrics: Traditional Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) Licensed from Quartet Productions Pvt. Ltd. Vocals: Richa Sharma Saarangi: Murad Ali 9. Ali (feat. Kailash Kher) Written by Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) Vocals: Kailash Kher Rabab: Mukesh Sharma 10. Enemy Music by Gaurav Raina, Tapan Raj & Laxmikant Pyarelal Lyrics taken from the poem "Beshak Mandir Masjid" by Bulle Shah Published by Six Degrees Beats Publishing (BMI) and Saregama India Ltd. Vocals: Mohinder Pal Lead Guitar: Gautam Cheema 11. Hold On (Thaarey Rahiyo) Music by Gulam Mohammed Lyrics by Majroom Sultanpuri Published by Saregama India Ltd. Vocals: Sanjivini Flute: Ajay Prasanna Tabla: Prashant Produced by Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj Additional arrangement by Balkishnan Sharma Engineered by Gaurav Raina @ BPM Studios, Delhi Mixed by Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj @ BPM Studios, MIDIval Studios, Delhi Mastered by Bob Katz at Digital Domain, Orlando, FL Photography by Anushka Nadia Menon Art direction/design by Michael Snyder PunditZ: Big thanks to everyone who helped in the making of this record � from all the wonderful artists featured on this album to the entire New Delhi crew that works with us, inspires us and simply makes it all happen � especially Gautam, Jayant, Julius & Bal Krishan. As always, a big shout to the entire global family of musicians and friends � Karsh Kale, Anoushka Shankar, everyone at Six Degrees, Ajay Naidu (GMJ), Vishal Vaid, Cheb i Sabbah, Mat Thomas, the crew at Kollective NY, Mutiny NY, Dhamaal SF, Nasha UK, Bobby Friction, Audialize, Seb and Marcus � Son Kite, Shahar for the connects, Shulman @ Aleph Zero, Ethnotechno.com, Tuktuk, Abby, Akshaya, Urvaksh, Joy, Kootchie, Anisha, Deepak, Sapna and Manish, Dheeraj and the entire crew @ Shalom, Tarun and Nisha and �boombaby� Shahni, Ashwin, Sheetal, JP, Salim and Sulaiman Merchant, Bharat Sikka, Atul Ohri, Pappon, Randolf, Banco de Gaia, Gio � Makyo, Manish �da twista�, Janaka, Dhruva, Bandish Projekt, Essense Mag, Ankur Tiwari, Wagale, the Elevate crew, Nihal @IPSH, Mayuri & Subba @ Angika and everyone who comes out to our gigs and to the entire city of New Delhi for being!!! Tapan: To God, my family & Anushka - Thank you for always being there. Gaurav: My Ma & Pa, for their love and support all the way. Gudiya for her inspirations & love. Shivani di, Neerav, Saakshi, Tanya, Appu, Antima, Gauri, Nainika, Amit, Aseem, Roshni, Anjali, Rouble, Gaurav K, Amol, Karina, Kuni, Atul-Sheetal, Nishant, Manav, Chinu, Ruchi, Churamani, Morgan, Raju, Tarun T, HK, & Lisa. Our heart goes out to all the Tsunami hit families and those who lost their lives.
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	Title	Length
	Morning	1:14

	Saathi	6:18

	Raanjhan	6:04

	136	6:36

	Rebirth (featuring Anoushka Shankar)	6:57

	Khayaal (feat. Vishal Vaid)	6:56

	Piya	5:10

	Kesariya	7:16

	Ali	6:33

	Enemy	5:43

	Hold On	5:50

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