Sanjeev T releases his Album
"EPIC SHIT"
"EPIC SHIT"
Sanjeev T was awarded Best Vocalist and Bajiu Dharmajan Best Guitarist in India.
In his latest album Sanjeev collaborated with some of India’s finest musicians.
The album has been nominated in three categories at the Prestigious Indian Rolling Stone/Jack Daniels Music Awards in 2014
The album has been nominated in three categories at the Prestigious Indian Rolling Stone/Jack Daniels Music Awards in 2014
This is a brief intro the tracks and the featured Artists:
- Chekele: (5:06) – A song about the harsh living conditions of peasants in Kerala in the 19th century, Chekele features carnatic guitarist Baiju Dharmajan on guitars and Shreyas Bhargavan on percussions.
- Mixed Emotions (3:42) – A song about the need to fail to allow the mind to learn, mature and update itself to succeed. Lyrics of the song have been written by Maria Tom and Sanjeev T and the skills on the tap guitar are those of Achyuth.
- Electric Pranaam (5:10) – An instrumental track, the second that features the Baiju Dharmajan is a morning respect to the Gods of music. The track capsules the sense of feelings that Indian Sounds can produce and sees sitar maestro Asad Khan’s as a guest performer on the song.
- Purple Lie (3:02) – In Sanjeev T’s words, “Purple lie is a song about a shortcut to our minds capabilities. An acid trip. A trip to show us the possibilities of our minds strength and power.” Sanjeev’s done the vocals, played the guitars and done the programming for this song, while the lyrics are by Maria Tom.
- Zamzayo (4:33) – A very hummable track, Zamzayo is a call for bravery – a song about the state of being alone and taking pride in it, possessing the confidence to see a bright future. Lyrics of Zamzayo are written by Gowri Jayakumar and the sweet sounding violins on the song have been played by Herald and Francis.
- Palli Vathil (5:15) - Palli vathil, like Chekele is a folk song from Kerala belonging to the Catholic Christian traditions. Composed by Sanjeev T and recorded on the album in collaboration with Sayanora on vocals, on this song the Banjo is played by Santhosh Chandran.
- Feel Me Now (3:43) – Feel me now is a song about the collective human consciousness, one that’s felt by all human beings whether they realize it or not. Sanjeev says that this could be anything from an idea, a reformation or the consciousness of our senses as a hive, i.e a collective unit. Donning the guitars on this song is Warren Mendonsa who used to play for the alt-rock outfit Zero in the 2000s and the backing vocals are of Maria Tom.
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal Guns n Roses Guitarist judged India’s Jack Daniels Music Awards and noted that he particularly liked Sanjeev Thomas’s collaboration with Carnatic rock guitarist Baiju Dharmajan on the album Epic Shit. In his score sheet for JDARA,
Thal commented on the music saying:
“I love the musical theme, the acoustic and electric [guitar] together, the ethnic instrumentation, arrangement and the complimentary tones.”