Name: The Zen Kiss
Brand: Sheila Chandra

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LPRW45X

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-16

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PIAS

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884108012840

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Black LP

CDRW45X

884108012833

Artist

Sheila Chandra

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Rest of World

Label GB

Real World

Recording studios established by [a11136]. (Legal entity behind the recording operations Real World Studios Ltd.)

Real World Studios is a residential recording studio in Box, Wiltshire, England associated with the [l4066] Ltd. record label, founded by [a11136].
Among many other unique facilities it has one of the world's largest control rooms, which allows special recording situations whereby musicians, engineers, producers and guests are no longer separated during the recording process.

Name variations as it appears on one or more releases:
- Real World Studios, England
- Real World Studios, Bath
- Realworld Studios
- The Bunker at Real World Studios (UK)
- The Bunker, Real World Studios (UK)
- The Bunker, Real World Studios, England
- The Bunker

Sheila Chandra is a writer and retired English vocalist and actress of South Indian descent. She now coaches creative professionals and has written two guidebooks for improving organizational skills.
Chandra first gained fame as a teenage actress on the British teen school soap "Grange Hill" playing the character Sudhamani Patel between 1979 and 1981. Her future husband and musical partner, Steve Coe, discovered her talent when he found one of her demo tapes in a box at Hansa. He was looking for a vocalist for his Asian fusion band Monsoon at the time.
Monsoon's debut single, "Ever So Lonely", recorded when Chandra was just 16 years old, reached #9 in the UK charts in April 1982. However, subsequent singles had less impact and she left the group by the end of that year. Chandra went on to release four solo albums with Indipop before retiring from music at the age of 20.
In 1991, she made a comeback with her fifth solo album called "Roots and Wings," where she began experimenting with drone-based music. This marked a new direction for her work in the '90s, including three albums released under Real World Records. These albums fused Arab, Andalucian, Celtic, Indian vocal styles with even older traditions like Gregorian plainsong. Additionally, Chandra performed live for two years during this period.
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Newest Listed Items

To hear Chandra’s work&nbsp;is to realise that the voice&nbsp;is the purest expression&nbsp;of human emotion; the&nbsp;closest instrumental&nbsp;connection to our bodies. These re-issues provide a chance for listeners to (re)discover the work of Shelia Chandra, one of the most original and trailblazing artists of her generation.   The compositions on&nbsp;The Zen Kiss&nbsp;have an added&nbsp;poignance when encountered&nbsp;today. They are both a&nbsp;snapshot of an innovative&nbsp;singer at her highest&nbsp;performative power, as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;a record of an ineffable&nbsp;sound that has yet to be replicated, and&nbsp;likely never will. When we drop the needle on&nbsp;The Zen Kiss&nbsp;we reach ever-closer to that&nbsp;special moment of Chandra&nbsp;giving voice to her innermost&nbsp;music, to her communion&nbsp;between the&nbsp;singer and those&nbsp;of us being sung to.&nbsp;”I lend the&nbsp;listener my unwavering presence and present-moment attention, my understanding&nbsp;of the musical forms I’m working with, and my skill. But they lend me their&nbsp;hearts.” All formats have updated artwork, including new sleeve notes.

The Zen Kiss

Music GB