Photo by Luis Ba?uelos

Tabla Player, Drummer, Producer, Composer, Remix Artist, and D.J., Karsh Kale, is riding the landscape between organic and electric traditions of the past, present and future.

His solo work is an expedition into the uncharted sound of South Asian America. Being an Indian born in the U.K, and brought up in the United States, the fundamentals of Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop and modern electronica play as much a role in Kale's style as Indian classical and folk music does.

It is this amalgam of sound that is Kale's trademark, "Classical Science Fiction From India... The Urban Raag". Numerous artists from all over the world have employed Karsh's hybridized styles. In a few short years Karsh has worked and performed with artists such as Bill Laswell, Sting, Paula Cole, Hassan Hakmoun, Sussan Deyhim, Gigi, Talvin Singh, Ustad Nishat Khan, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ustad Sultan Khan, Arto Lindsay, Will Calhoun, Rakesh Chaurasia, Ramesh Misra, Clevland Watkiss, Shankar Mahadevan, Jojo Meyer, and many others.

Karsh's Bi-weekly event Futureproof finds him pleasing the New York City underground with his DJ and live electric tabla sets. Indian classical, dub, drum and bass, jungle, reggae and ambient influences come together to create the Futureproof aesthetic. The event features a live band led by Kale, which has been recognized as one of the leading live drum and bass events in New York.

Karsh has transplanted his sound to other arenas as well. He has produced remixes for artists ranging from Paula Cole to DJ Spooky, and can be heard performing on works by artists such as Sussan Deyhim, Talvin Singh, Amel Larrouex, DJ Logic and Ming &FS. He has composed, scored and performed for film, theatre and television including works for Paramount, NBC and Seneca Falls. The breadth of Karsh's performance abilities is wide. In addition to performing on both drum kit and electric tabla in Europe and Canada, he has toured the country with DJ Spooky and EBN.

Aware of the effect of live music as well as DJing, Karsh has performed at many festivals. In 2002 Kale visited Paris performing alongside Iranian vocalist Sussan Deyhim, and did a string of dates with the breakbeat jam band Sound Tribe Sector 9.

Official Web Site: www.karshkale.com

Pause (Mighty Junn Records, 1998)

Play (Mighty Junn Records, 1999)

Back Beat Lavni, EP (Mighty Junn Records, 1999)

Bright Like This, EP (Mighty Junn Records, 1999)

Classic Science Fiction from India (Mighty Junn Records, 1999)

Distance, remixes (Six Degrees, 2001)

Realize (Six Degrees 1051, 2001)

Redesign: Realize Remixed (Six Degrees 1074, 2002)

Liberation (Six Degrees 1090, 2003)

Broken English (2006)

Breathing Under Water, with Anoushka Shankar (Mahattan Records/EMI, 2007)