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Shankar
real name Lakshminarayana Shankar
L. Shankar
India · b. 1950-04-26
Shankar is credited on 885 releases across 188 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
885
Credits
188
Albums
7
Decades active
840
In collections
Biography
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Tamil Indian violinist, singer and composer; A son, brother of L. Vaidyanathan and L. Subramaniam, uncle,, and, and brother-in-law of and Kavita Krishnamurthy; formed 1970s fusion group Shakti with guitarist John McLaughlin.
His music a blend of Indian classical Western styles, he has worked with many prominent musicians including Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Bill Laswell, David Byrne et al. and has recorded classical Indian music as well as several solo records. Also collaborated with Korn frontman Jonathan Davis on his solo-projet.
Born April 26, 1950 in Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
885 releases · 188 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 2,090
- Other credits · 229
- Production · 46
- Engineering · 7
Studios: Old Croft · The Village Recorder · The Town House · Rainbow Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Speaking In Tongues
1983
So
1986
Face Value
1981
Porcupine
1983
Us
1992
Get Close
1986
Passion (Music for The Last Temptation Of Christ)
1989
Shaking The Tree (Sixteen Golden Greats)
1990
Album
1986
Up
2002
...Hits
1998
New Sensations
1984
Attica Blues
1972
The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust
2007
Secret World Live
1994
Sun City
1985
Hit
2003
Queen Of The Damned (Music From The Motion Picture)
2002
Crystal Days 1979 - 1999
2001
OVO
2000
Ravi Shankar At The Monterey International Pop Festival
1967
Beauty
1989
Passion - Sources
1989
The Burning World
1989
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Peter Gabriel
- Phil Collins
- Frank Zappa
- John McLaughlin
- Shakti (2)
- Trilok Gurtu
- Yoko Ono
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