Member Since: 5/4/2006
Band Members: Jen Miller (Uma)...that's me!
Influences: In no particular order my Inspirations are: TALVIN SINGH, Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Ashwini Bhide Despande, Nitin Sahwney, Susheela Raman, Adham Shaikh, DJ Cheb i Sabah, Sheila Chandra, Vineet Vyas, Ali Akhbar Khan, Ustad Sultan Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bobby Mcferrin, Autorickshaw, Sheila Chandra, Anoushka Shankar, Pt. Ravi Shankar, Jai uttal, L. Subramanian, Neeraja Aptikar, Shyam lal Thakur, Trilok Gurtu, Umakant and Ramakant, Prabha Atre, transglobal underground, Habib Koite, Thievery Corperation, Karsh Kale, Asian Underground, Bach, John Williams, Bulgarian Women's Choir, Ms Ella Fitzgerald, Radiohead, Kinnie Starr, Feist, Po' Girl, Rae Spoon, Esthero, Blue Island Trio, Groove Armada, Ben Harper, Harry Manx, Metric, Mother, North and South Indian, Bollyhood, Hindustani, Bhajans and Stotrams, World, Jazz, Folk, Blues, Afrian music, Putumayo record label and many many more.........
Sounds Like:"Ambika's voices provide a warm and beautiful sound inspired by Indian traditional and classical music and by the eclectic spirit of its instrumental collaborators on original instruments and inventive percussion textures. Theirs is an evocative and alluring music."Sal Ferreras (artistic director of the Listen Up festival)
Type of Label: None