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Chateau Benares(Oct
17_2006)
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"The music you
play is hypnotic and exotic and beautiful....it calls to mind
a kind of spirituality"
Andrea Seabrook (In conversation with Sanjay
on NPR)
"Mishra's artistry and vision certainly deserve the exposure"
Mike Joyce-The Washington Post
"An album of intoxicating
elegance and ruminative graces-check in and you won't want to
leave"
John Diliberto-Amazon.com Editorial
Review
"A name to watch,
and listen to, for many years to come"
Global
Rhythm Magazine
"Within it's cross
cultural world is a beautiful idea: Every musical tradition. no
matter
how seemngly exotic, can become as familiar and soothing as our
own"
The Daily Om
"Is not about celebrity
wanking....Blue Incantation has the weightlessness and solidity
of music with real soul"
Bob Guccione Jr. SPIN 10 Best '95
"A thoroughly engaging artist.....an unforgettable
document." Amazon.com
"Uncommonly beautiful. Garcia's
hauntingly vulnerable contribution ... as eloquent a goodbye as
one could wish for."
Billboard
"A beguling fusion of Indian
subtlety and laid back Western sensuality.
One of the year's best. A beautiful and treasurable souvenir."
Stereo Review
"Sanjay is a superb writer
and guitarist, with a brilliant melodic sense...a seamless album
of highly evocative instrumentals."
Mix
"Fascinating..with Garcia
peering into realms of his talent that rarely emerged with the
Dead"
The Los Angeles
Times
"Listen and you'll know
why Garcia chose to make this very unorthodox appearance"
San Jose Mercury News
"Offers some of the best
playing of his(Garcia's )later years...his runs often show a harmonic
sophistication that had not been part of his Grateful Dead persona
for decades"
Star Ledger. New Jersey
"Without question the prettiest
instrumental guitar album released this year."
The New York Post CDs of the
week
"Mishra is impressive...his
lyrical guitar lines soar.."
The Washington Post
"Mishra plays with an eclecticism
well suited for his multicultural background.. selections (with
Garcia) are lovely and expansive"
The Denver Post
"One of Garcia's rare studio
triumphs...Mishra's feverish fretwork shines"
L.A. Daily News
"A magnificant epitaph for
Captain trips. Simply gorgeous, divine"
Mojo. London
"A consolidation of the
unique brand of Indian jazz rock revealed to the world on that
magnificent debut recording (The Crossing)
Another excellent CD from a remarkable musician."
Classical Guitar. London
"Bristling textures and
compact melodic space...this altogether agreeable session seems
utterly characteristic of one of the true adventurers in post
war American music"
St Louis Post Dispatch
"May it bring the fans of
Garcia's ethereal side to a new artist who merits a listen, a
long listen,while sitting in a warm tropical breeze with nowhere
to go"
Option
"The sonic quality of this
recording is a star in it's own right"
Audio
"A poignant document of
one of Garcia's last recorded side projects."
JazzTimes
"Mishra's style merges nicely
with Garcia's on their tracks together"
Jazziz
"Mysterious, heavenly and
gorgeously mellow....a delicious project well worth picking up"
Duprees Diamond
News
"An exceptional acoustic
guitarist equally at home in an Eastern or Western setting"
Maui News
"A great record...an absolute
must have..."
University Reporter
"A potent record that makes
as good a send off as anybody's all star tribute"
Sing Out
"Completely captivating"
Raleigh News
and Observer
"A sprawling display of
well crafted melodies...warm the ears and massage the musical
membrane"
Omaha Sunday World Herald
"Mishra's cross-cultural
blending of guitars, tabla and samples of stucture and improvisation
is what really recommends this"
Oregonian
"A full tilt East West extravaganza
featuring sampled Indian prayer chants and hypnotic modal interplay
between the two guitarists"
Oakland Tribune
"An absorbing fusion of
East and West"
New Age Journal
"Mishra's sometimes MIDIed
acoustic picking is lighter and more precise... complemented nicely
by Garcia's unmistakable fluid playing."
Dirty linen
"We hear guitar playing
of two different styles. on the one hand Mishra's sophisticated
fingerwork and flawless technique on his acoustic work with Garcia's
equally faultless work within the Blues idiom, his playing is
rough hewn and bluesy, straight from the heart with howling long,
blue notes and heaps of soul. Instrumental music of rare beauty."
World Music.
London
"A piece de resistance"
The Statesman.
Calcutta. India
"Intriguing and comely raga
influenced tracks . Fade to blue:Pungent music by which to contemplate
the moon"
India Today
"Non conformist, unpretentious
world music"
Outlook. India
"The total diversity of
the sound hooks in the listener"
The Week.
India
"I have been waiting a long
time to hear something like this"
Jerry Garcia
"The Crossing should appeal
strongly to anyone who enjoys collisions of old and new sounds
and technologies."
Four Stars
Downbeat
"A rich blend of cultures,
an album of brilliance and originality. The exotic themes are
shaped to perfection by Mishra's mastery of MIDI technology and
the virtuosity of his rhythm section. A remarkable CD."
Classical
Guitar. London
"A fresh and intoxicating
sound, this exquisitely crafted world fusion music resonates with
the inspiration of guitarist-composer Mishra's classical background
and whatever other profound musical forces mould masterful music.
A voluptuous treat in surprising compositions, sculpted sound
and brilliant performance. A must for those who thrive on something
deliciously different."
Heartsong
Review
"There's no denying the
attractiveness of the music."
Cadence
PORT DJEMA
POLYGRAM-PHILIPS. Catalog number 534919 2
"Best Original Score"
Hamptons International Film Festival '97
Best Director-Berlin Film Festival '97
Port Djema. sounds_info
"A special nod for Sanjay
Mishra's hauntingly beautiful score"
Variety
(Mishra's score) " brings
the film to life and lends it an eerie otherworldliness"
Filmmaker
US Reviews for the film DEC
'98/JAN '99
"Lovely artful cinematography
and a heart of gold"
The New York
Times
"Perfectly captures the
creeping dread of alienation in this spare haunting French import."
Marie Claire
"Superbly controlled drama
which builds a spellbinding atmosphere of mystery"
The Christian
Science Monitor
"That rare example of intelligent
and skeptical narrative art that compassionately contemplates
a chaotic world"
The New York
Observer
"Revelatory European cinema
like this is rare these days:It's almost a shock to see something
so powerful"
Interview
AMG_review
"combination of world music ideas with jazz fusion,
as well as his superb guitar playing skills make him worthy of
attention"
pauserecord.com
review
