But what do we do when we like Indian music so much?
Cheers
Venkat,
ECM had produced some albums in Indian Classical for example:
- 'Making Music by Zakir Husssisn'
- 'Raga and Saga by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan' ( he sings Indian Ragas such as Durga etc but doesn't name them accordingly!)
EMI Classic (UK) too had produced some albums look for their
Another small label from Germany is
'Chhanda Dhara' owner is 'Ms Shefali Naag', this label has a very impressive list of albums both in Hindustani Classical as well as Carnatic Classical.
As mentioned in other posts , check for
Water Lilly Acoustic , very impressive album list , artist include
Vishwamohan Bhat, Ronu Muzumdar, Kadri Goplanath just to name a few.
One more UK based label is
Audiorec, they have some nice albums.
If you are lucky enough you can still find some very good recording done by
Navraas records (UK) especially go for
Ahir Bhiarav by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Sukhbinder Sing Namdhari recorded live at Kufa Hall London.
There is one more
French Label 'Makar Record' they are famous of recording some lesser known but brilliant artist. Go for their
'Bhairavi' a 2 cd album by various artists but buy this for Rudra Veena by Ustad Dagar.
SONY-Naad lable also produces some good albums look for their Rashid Khan series.
Also look for one Indian Label:
Ninaad, they too have very impressive and well recorded albums,
Soul Raga by Ronu Muzumdar, AnantPrabha series by Dr Prabha Atre, Maya by Pt Hariprasad Chourasis,
Thumari Katha by Pt Satyasheel Deshpande etc.
There is one more Indian label
Mystica Music offering some very well recorded albums such as Hidden Gems by Kalpana Zokarkar , Gauri Pathare etc
Also watch other indian labels such as
Kosmic and
Times music label, occasionally they produce some very good albums (for example Raga Symphony)
Mahendra Dave of Oceanic Sound and Vision Pune, has produced some very well recorded
Sufi Albums under the label 'Oceanic.
Hope this helps.