''Kandisa'' is the second studio album released by Indian fusion band

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in March 2000. It went on to become one of the best-loved albums produced in India. ''Kandisa'' acquired cult status and propelled Indian Ocean into the status of one of India’s most original and creative bands. The band left Indian shores for the first time ever in August 2001. They played their first concert abroad in London, and then went on to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where they played 18 concerts in 14 days, and were nominated the Pick of the Fringe. They returned to the Fringe in 2002 and 2003. In 2002, the band played 37 concerts abroad across four continents: New Zealand, USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and Indonesia. In 2003 they toured the UK twice, as well as Australia, Germany, Singapore, and Réunion. In addition, they continued to play all over India. In its 2014 listing of "25 Greatest

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India" featured two songs from the album, ''Ma Rewa'' and ''Kandisa''.

Production

The band went on the road – playing gigs in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Maharashtra. The break through into the mainstream came some time in late 1998 when Times Music (a division of Times of India) signed up the band. A few months later, Indian Ocean were invited to play at the Millennium celebrations at Khajuraho.

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, then President of India, was one of the first, to hear the special composition, which is one of the high points of their album, Kandisa. The album was recorded at Western Outdoors, one of India’s premier studios, in Mumbai. Members of Indian Ocean call it as their first “proper” studio recording. They were given two weeks for recording and 5 days for the mix, and actually had a producer. The band also pays gratitude to Gurpreet, Orijit and the Sidhus and the wonderful ambiance of 16/330 Khajoor Road, for the album's production.

Track listing

Lyrics: Sanjeev Sharma for Khajuraho, Kaun and Kya Maloom. Kandisa and Ma Rewa are traditional. Hille le is based on Gorakh Pande’s words.

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lyrics in Kaun by Indira Kilam. Kandisa is an ancient prayer which is still chanted in the Syro Malabar Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church. #"Kya Maloom" #"Ma Rewa" #"Leaving Home" #"Hille Re Jhakjor" #" Khajuraho (song)" #"

Kaun (song) Kaun may refer to: Art and entertainment * ''Kaun?'', a 1999 Hindi film * ''Kaun? Kaisey?'', a 1983 Hindi film * Kaun (song), a song by Indian Ocean from album '' Kandisa'' Other uses * The Old Norse name of the ''k'' rune; see Kaunan * ''K� ...

" #"Kandisa"

Languages

The album's title, and the song Kandisa is in

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

East Syriac The East Syriac Rite or East Syrian Rite, also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy ...

which is used in the liturgy of the

Saint Thomas Christians The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, ''Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani'', ''Malankara Nasrani'', or ''Nasrani Mappila'', are an ethno-religious An ethnoreligious group (or an ethno-religious group) is a grouping of ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

is widely used throughout the album with Kashmiri lyrics in the song Kaun, written by drummer Amit Kilam's mother.

References

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