Daughter of a Temple (Vinyl LP)

Ok, do us a favour, if you take our word on anything this year, give this extraordinary new voice a listen. Ganavya, whose voice stunned crowds silent at a recent live SAULT performance, has just announced her new album Daughter of a Temple, and it's set to cause more stunned silence the world over. Inspired by the work of Alice Coltrane, the album features contributions from the likes of Shabaka Hutchings, Vijay Iyer, and many more. - Flying Out

Described by the Wall Street Journal as “one of modern music’s most compelling vocalists,” New York-born and Tamil Nadu-raised singer and multi-instrumentalist ganavya shares an ambitious new album, Daughter of a Temple, via LEITER. The album follows her performance at SAULT’s acclaimed live debut in London in 2023, where, according to The Guardian, her “voice had a delicate emotive heft that could turn stoics into sobbing wrecks.” Her first single for LEITER, "draw something beautiful," was released earlier this year in July.

For Daughter of a Temple, ganavya invited over 30 artists from various disciplines to a ritual gathering in Houston. Consequently, the album features numerous contributors, including renowned musicians such as esperanza spalding, Vijay Iyer, Shabaka Hutchings, Immanuel Wilkins, and Peter Sellars. The results—an innovative and deeply moving blend of spiritual jazz and South Asian devotional music—were initially recorded by Ryan Renteria and then further edited and mixed by Nils Frahm at LEITER's studio in Berlin in 2024.

Tracklist:

1. A Love Chant (feat Esperanza Spalding)
2. Om Supreme (feat Vijay Iyer & Immanuel Wilkins)
3. Prema Muditha (feat Shabaka Hutchings)
4. Elders Wayne & Carolina
5. Om Namah Sivaya (feat Charles Overton & Ganesan Doraiswamy)
6. Journey In Satchidananda/Ghana Nila
7. A Love Supreme: Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (part 1)
8. A Love Supreme: Peter Sellars (feat Peter Sellars - part 2)
9. A Love Supreme: Alice Coltrane (part 3)
10. A Love Supreme: IONE (feat Ione - part 4)