Deepak Ram
Deepak Ram | |
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| Birth name | Deepak Ram |
| Born | 1960[citation needed] |
| Origin | South Africa |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, flute player, Music producer |
| Instrument | bansuri |
| Website | http://www.deepakram.com/ |
Deepak Ram (born 1960)[citation needed] is a South African flautist, composer, keyboard player and producer of Indian origin. He has contributed on Shango and Labyrinth albums by the trance group Juno Reactor, Dead Bees on a Cake album by Jazz artist David Sylvian among others.[1]
Early life
Deepak Ram's great-grandparents were brought to South Africa to work on sugar cane plantations as indentured labourers. He was thus born in South Africa to second generation immigrants during the apartheid era in the 60s. A few weeks after his birth the family home in Sophiatown, a racially mixed area, was bulldozed under Group Areas Act for effecting racial segregation. His family then settled in Lenasia - a township south of Johannesburg earmarked for those of Indian origin. His earliest influences were the Jazz records his brothers listened to and the Bollywood and Indian music his parents listened to. His first flute was fashioned out of a drainpipe with six holes drilled arbitrarily on the sides.[2]
Career
Deepak Ram first traveled to India at the age of 17 where he received training in classical Indian music under the tutelage renowned flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and the late Shri Suryakant Limaye.[3] Before passing away, the latter bequeathed a collection of flutes to Ram.[2]
Discography
Solo albums
- Prasad (Blessing) with Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
- Samvad (Conversation) with Ustad Tari Khan
- One Breath with Pandit Anindo Chatterjee
- Flute for Thought
- Beauty in Diversity
- Searching for Satyam
- Steps
- Flute Tales
- Incandescent
DVD
Live in California with Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (includes interviews with Deepak Ram and Pt. Anindo Chatterjee
Production
- 'Sun Zara', a debut album by Chinmayi on Worldwide Records label.[4]
Contributions
- Buddha Bar I
- Buddha Bar III
- Juno Reactor - Shango (2000)
- Dead Bees on a Cake
- Juno Reactor - Labyrinth (2004)
- Civilazation VI - India
References
- ^ "Bansuri Master Deepak Ram Tackles Jazz". NPR.org. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Golden Horn Records :: Deepak Ram - Steps". goldenhorn.com. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "National Geographic: Images of Animals, Nature, and Cultures". nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Radio Mirchi releases Chinmayi's debut album". Radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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External links
- Deepak Ram plays Ordo Virtutum by Hildegard of Bingen, Article on HealthyHildegard (2017)