To say that "Breathing Under Water" stands as a career breakthrough for both Shankar and Kale is an understatement. For both, it proved creatively catalytic and stands as a measure of their growth as musicians, as they broke ground beyond the roles each is known for: Shankar expanding her talents as an electronic producer, keyboard/pianist, composer and lyricist, and Kale as a composer and singer, while playing guitars, tabla, drums, keyboards and bass. For both the common thread within this album remained the Indian Classical repertoire. In the same way rock and roll artists used blues music and hip hop artists use jazz and funk as their muse to create new forms, Kale and Shankar both keep Indian music at the center of all that they create, yet allow the music to expand beyond cultural and traditional borders to reach a panoramic view of their world.
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