Shakti

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Shakti was a group which played a novel acoustic fusion music which combined Indian music with elements of jazz. Members were the English guitar player John McLaughlin, the Indian violin player Shankar, Zakir Hussain (on tabla), and R. Raghavan (on the Mridangam) and T. H. Vinayakaram (on Ghatam).

In addition to fusing Western and Indian music, Shakti also represented a fusion of the Hindustani and Carnatic music traditions, since Hussain is from the North and the other Indian members are from the South.

Shakti came together in the early 1970s, and toured fairly extensively during 1975-1977; the group made only sporadic appearances (with personnel changes) thereafter.

Their eponymous first album, Shakti, has had a lasting following.

McLaughlin later put together another band with the same concept, named Remember Shakti.

1	Face to Face	82
2	Happiness Is Being Together	79
3	Mind Ecology	77
4	India	68
5	Bridge of Sighs	58
6	Joy full track	55
7	Isis	54
8	Two Sisters	52
9	Lotus feet full track	51
10	La Danse du Bonheur	45
11	Come on Baby Dance With Me	26
12	The Daffodil and the Eagle	24
13	Get Down and Sruti	23
13	Peace of Mind	23
15	Kriti	20

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Shakti With John McLaughlin
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Natural Elements
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A Handful of Beauty
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mrweithy wrote:
last month

Awesome band... too bad they broke up before i was born

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henbenny wrote:
July 2008

joy! joy! joy!

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hippiev02 wrote:
June 2008

love this band, got to see them live in india in 2005 i think, with a whole bunch of other musicians.. one of the best concerts i've ever been to..

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VogonJeltz wrote:
May 2008

Respect!

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trifibian wrote:
February 2008

only for initiated : http://www.last.fm/group/Ancient+Future

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evilpandawrath wrote:
February 2008

Holy shit... I've listened to half of La Danse Du Bonheur and I'm hooked.

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luannn wrote:
January 2008

http://www.lastfm.es/group/Shakti

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kidofthecentury wrote:
December 2007

Oh my fucking, fucking God!

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kaiserzeitgeist wrote:
December 2007

Shakti is serious frickin shit. And John can get outplayed, screw-up and be a dick live, big frick. John is John and that's all that need be said. Thanks, Shakti.

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troward wrote:
November 2007

There are some really great bootlegs to download at www.dimeadozen.org if you like to hear more !!

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HotRat wrote:
September 2007

Agreed. Zakir Hussein and himself are musical soulmates! Their interplay seems so natural.

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DeadSeaFloating wrote:
August 2007

I definately think Shakti is the perfect home for McLaughlin's style of playing. It's mind blowing every time you hear it.

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JiveTalka wrote:
August 2007

I wish it weren't so hard to find a show of theres, McLaughlin came through a few months back but I didn't get to attend.

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HotRat wrote:
July 2007

Amazing group. I saw them live last year and the electric mandolin player actually outplayed John McLaughlin...

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greg_valou wrote:
April 2007

truly amazing

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halfon123 wrote:
April 2007

WOW, i just heard A Handful of Beauty at a friend last night and i have to tell you, it's a mind blowing. they are very professional musicians.

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noviKorisnik wrote:
May 2006

Ups, I've became shortly the top fan here ... really captures me

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Michikawa wrote:
March 2006

Mind Ecology <3

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