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Orient Squeezers

Orient Squeezers

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This is a one man band studio project, making crossover music by mixing western & eastern influences.

Three CD's has been recorded so far "SADHU" - 1999. "NAGAS" - 2000, "NUBIA" - 2001

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Member Since: 2/20/2007
Band Website: tap-records.com
Band Members: HÃ…KAN ALMKVIST- Sitar, Tabla, Tanpura, Zither, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Voices, Samplers, Tapes, Loops, FX

OCCASIONAL GUESTS: Hasse Bruniusson- Rhythmloops, Sound Effects, Lars Björk- Altered Clarinet, Voice, Sound Effects,

SAMPLED GUESTS- Oum Kalsoum, Hama Vayan, Larry "Wildman" Fisher, Sheila Shandra, Tribes of Burundi, Huun-Huur-Tu, Giridhara, Mohamad Ghavi Helm, Don Van Vliet, Albert Örtlund,
Influences: NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL: Nikhil Banerjee, Shahid Parvez, Shivkumar Sharma, Bismillah Khan, Zakir Hussain, Anindo Chatterjee, Kishori Amonkar, Bimsen Joshi, Ram Narayan, Sultan Khan, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Kala Ramnath, Ravi Shankar's Orchestrations & film scores, Debashish Bhattacharya,

FUSION & WORLD: Shakti, Oregon, Material, Bill Laswell, Michael Brook, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Djivan Gasparyan, Gamelan Galak Tika, Kronos Quartet, A.R.Rahman, Sussan Deyhim, Natasha Atlas, Richard Horowitz, Goran Bregovic, Mick Karn, Transglobal Underground, Loop Guru, Jon Hassel, Daniel Schell & Karo, Talvin Singh, Trilok Gurtu, Egberto Gismonti, Nana Vasconcelos, Trey Gunn, Tony Levin, Robert Rich, Katzen Kapell, Glen Velez, Ivo Papasov, Ian Anderson

PSYCHEDELIC: Beatles, Gong, White Noise, Amon Duul, Faust, Can, Bo Hansson, The Seeds, Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett, Popul Vuh, Arthur Brown, The Doors, Donovan,
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Record Label: TAP-Records
Type of Label: Indie