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Karsh Kale

@karshkale

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Karsh Kale is an award winning music producer , composer and musician from New York City now living in Goa . New album Dust out now- link below

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An Indian-American kid in suburban New York taught himself tabla alone in his bedroom, listening to Zakir Hussain records. No teacher. No guru.

He grew up to wire up the tabla itself, get signed as the first Indo-American artist on a solo deal in the US, and play Tabla Beat Science alongside Zakir Hussain.

But the part nobody tells you is what he did next.

When Karsh Kale signed to Six Degrees Records, he pushed his label to sign Midival Punditz too. By 2001, they became the first Indian electronic act ever signed to an international label. Then they toured America together, before Indian electronica had a name in any algorithm.

In 2019 they co-wrote Train Song for Gully Boy. 14 million plays.

In 2026, Kale returned with DUST. Punditz returned with Love and Machines.

Two pioneers. Still building.

Did you know any of this?

#IndianElectronica #KarshKale #MidivalPunditz #AsianUnderground #BangaloreElectronic RaverIndia taken in India by @karshkale

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@karshkale a pioneer of infusing the tabla and Indian soundscapes with the electronic beats.

A global treasure whose music has been celebrated and experienced all across the world.

This Saturday, a living legend performs at the Two Year anniversary of AltSpaces this Saturday. by @karshkale

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10 points if you can guess the song ,… by @karshkale

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In 1999, Zakir Hussain and bassist-producer Bill Laswell came together to create Tabla Beat Science, a project built around taking the tabla into a new sonic landscape.

The idea grew into the album Tala Matrix (2000), bringing together some remarkable musicians: Zakir Hussain, Bill Laswell, Karsh Kale, Trilok Gurtu, Talvin Singh and Ustad Sultan Khan. Their music combined Hindustani rhythms with bass, drum & bass, electronic production and other contemporary sounds.

The project later evolved into a live ensemble, with DJ Disk adding turntables, Karsh Kale on drums and tabla, Ustad Sultan Khan on sarangi and vocals, and Fabian Alsultany on synthesizers and electronics. Guest musicians included Gigi, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Salim Merchant and the MiDival Punditz.

Their 2002 album Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove captured this evolving lineup, recorded at the Stern Grove Festival in 2001.

A fascinating moment when Indian classical rhythm, electronic music, dub, drum & bass and turntablism came together, with the tabla at its centre.

#ZakirHussain #TablaBeatScience #BillLaswell #TalaMatrix #KarshKale

[ TrilokGurtu TalvinSingh UstadSultanKhan DJDisk Tabla IndianClassicalMusic FusionMusic MusicHistory] by @karshkale

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Another clip from my show at @oberoinewdelhi w the amazing @amaanalibangash and @ayaanalibangash w the fantastic @ojasadhiya on tabla and @tanisha_ganatra on bass. by @karshkale

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. last night I got to have a conversation with one of the best next gen tabla players on the planet @ojasadhiya , along with my brothers and sarod maestros @amaanalibangash and @ayaanalibangash. I said to my manager , “this guy is gonna make me take my jacket off tonight “ and he did . Always a magical trip performing w my brothers and the amazing Tanisha on bass by @karshkale

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Some moments I could capture from just one side of the stage...a memorable evening with #maestros @amaanalibangash @ayaanalibangash @karshkale @ojasadhiya #music still ringing in the mind :) by @karshkale

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From many years ago, @karshkale formed a supergroup comprising some of the best known musicians in the country, called Karsh Kale Collective, they went on to play a Coke Studio session, as well as several shows! #Hallelujah is such a song, a version of Leonard Cohen's classic, and @blackstratblues' "Ode to a Sunny day"! The live version featured a verse sung by @Apekshadandekar as well.
The songs of collective has gone on to become some of the finest of its kind! by @karshkale

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Two years of Alt Spaces. Two years of curating a home for Indian electronica in Bangalore. Some of it looked like this on the day!

#indianelectronica #indianbassmusic #bangalorebass #midivalpunditz #karshkale by @karshkale

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‘View From Space’ Taken from Bombay Dub Orchestra’s fourth album, ‘Radiotron’ (early 2027)

‘View From Space’ explores the idea that, from afar, our incredible world appears both breathtakingly beautiful and remarkably small. Just as newspapers can report the same story from different perspectives, each revealing a slightly different narrative, this Remix EP reimagines the same composition through the unique voices of artists from around the world.

The original version of ‘View From Space’, features the late legendary @slyandrobbie recorded at Anchor Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

This new EP brings together an international collective of producers and musicians, each offering their own interpretation of the track.
Featuring remixes by @karshkale (India/USA), SHRF @sheriffmumbles (Trinidad), and Vlastur @vlasturvlash (Greece), alongside new mixes by Bombay Dub Orchestra and Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society @ddasmusic , the EP celebrates the richness of diverse musical perspectives while reminding us that, viewed from space, we all share the same home.

Today’s reel features a future club classic by the legendary producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and musical visionary @karshkale

What can you see from space?

Borders disappear. Differences fade. Perspective changes.

Perhaps the most important thing we see is that there is only one precious & fragile Earth.

#bombayduborchestra #newmusic #worldmusic #newrelease #sixdegreesrecords

Artwork: Garry Hughes @minimoog13
Reel: @kanhhaiya by @karshkale

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Didnt need Shat GPT to tell me what I looked like in the 80s . 😂 rockstar dreams by @karshkale

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