Student and disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar, Dr. Rajeev Tarnath and Amiya Dasgupta, Paul began intensive training in Indian music, living in India as a teenager. His musical breadth spans from the world music traditions of India, Africa and the Middle East to jazz, rock, funk, and hip-hop. Paul earned a Masters degree in world music from Cal Arts majoring in North Indian Classical Music and now composes for film, records and performs nationally and internationally. His upcoming CD release “Arohi” bridges many of these world traditions with a contemporary acoustic sound. He has also played recently on various pop albums including releases by Cypress Hill and Ozomatli. His most recent score was for the award-winning PBS film, “Turbans” which involved the blending of American folk with Indian Classical music. In scoring Swaroop, Paul is creating a truly unique sound which combines American urban music with Indian music.

Also on the Soundtrack

Josef Leimburg – trumpet, hip hop beats and scratching

Leonice Shinneman – tabla, xylaphone, and assorted percussion

Pedro Eustache – bansuri (Indian flute), bamboo sax

Krishna Kutty – Indian violin

Geetha Bennett – Indian vocal

Poovalur Sriji – mridangam

Paul Z. Livingstone – sitar, fretless and fretted guitars, percussion

Jason Stelzel – music editing, technical and creative advisor. >

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