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Shaia

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Shaia is a band which composes and produces ethnically influenced electronic music, especially world beat, dance and chillout tracks. Shaia's compositions are a juxtaposition of electronic riffs overlaid with real instrumentation, giving the tracks a rich and organic feel. We incorporate a wide variety of ethnic instrumentation, including traditional African percussion and Indian tabla, tampura, sitar and flutes. Chris Stapelberg collects ethnic instruments, which he plays and records digitally. During his travels to India and Thailand Chris digitally recorded local musicians playing traditional instruments. These ethnic sounds are blended with electronic beats and synthesized sounds, which form the foundation of Shaia's music.

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Member Since: 4/24/2007
Band Website: http://www.shaia.net
Band Members: Kuljit Singh: Punjabi and English vocals. Kuljit writes her own vocals and frequently incorporates Punjabi religious chants, ethnic folk songs and poems into her vocals.Roshan Singh: Roshan performs Punjabi and Hindi vocals. He recently made the semi finals in Indian Idol 3.Anne Marie Forrest: Composes and performs English vocals. Anne Marie also provides backing vocals on several tracks.Candice Espenschied: English Vocals and composition. Candice is doing a degree in media studies and music at the University of Queensland. She plays the piano, composes music and singsChris Stapelberg: Composition, Instrumentation, Sampling, Production, and Backing Vocals.
Influences: Shaia's music incorporates a rich diversity of styles. The compositions reflect Chris's passion for techno, house, drum and bass, world beats and chillout music, as well as Kuljit and Roshan's influences of Punjabi bhangra and religious music, Bollywood Hindi, techno, soul, pop and world music and Anne Marie's penchant for jazz, soul, blues and folk.
Sounds Like: The Launch of Shaia's First Album on the 16th of November 2008 at the Gold Coast Multicultural Festival was a huge success! Albums are now available for sale on iTunes and Napster!You can log on directly to iTunes or Napster to buy our music, as well as listen to the tracks, at www.shaia.net
Record Label: Shaia Music
Type of Label: Indie

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New track added!

We have added a second track from Shaia's forthcoming album to both MySpace and to our website at www.shaia.netThe track is called Kaha Chela and features lead vocalist Roshan Singh. Roshan competed i...
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