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Junun (other)
Junun may refer to: * ''Junun'' (album), a 2015 album by Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express * ''Junun'' (film), a 2015 documentary about the making of the album See also * Junoon (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junun (album)
''Junun'' is a 2015 album by the Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, the English composer Jonny Greenwood and the Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express. It was produced by Greenwood and engineered and mixed by Nigel Godrich, the longtime producer for Greenwood's band Radiohead. Greenwood first performed with Ben Tzur and his band in 2014. For ''Junun'', they set up a recording studio in Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan, India, and hired only local musicians. The Rajasthan Express incorporated musicians from Qawwali, Muslim Roma and a brass section who had played in weddings and parades. Ben Tzur wrote the songs, with Greenwood contributing guitar, bass, keyboards, ondes Martenot and programming. He wanted to use chords sparingly, and instead write using North Indian ragas. Greenwood and Godrich hoped to capture the "roughness" of music in India, rather than pursue the high fidelity of many world music recordings. The recording was the subject of a documentary by Paul Thomas And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junun (film)
''Junun'' is a 2015 documentary film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It documents the making of the album ''Junun'' in Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan, India, by Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, English composer and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. ''Junun'' premièred at the 2015 New York Film Festival and was released on the MUBI film streaming service on October 9, 2015 and on iTunes on November 20, 2015. It received generally favorable reviews. Production and release ''Junun'' was filmed at the Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan, India. Much of the documentary crew's professional camera equipment was held by customs, forcing them to shoot entirely with carry-on consumer-grade digital cameras and rental equipment from India. Anderson used Godrich's drone to capture aerial footage of the fort. Production was secretive and the film was announced two months before its release. ''Junun'' premiered at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
