The Rain (album)

The Rain is a live album by the Persian-Indian hybrid ensemble Ghazal, comprising kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor[1] vocalist and sitar player Shujaat Husain Khan,[2] and tabla player Sandeep Das, recorded at a live concert at Radio Studio DRS in Bern on May 28, 2001 and released on ECM in August 2003.[3] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album in 2004.[4]

The Rain
Live album by
ReleasedAugust 2003
RecordedMay 28, 2001 (2001-05-28)
Length53:06
LabelECM
ECM 1840
ProducerKjell Keller, Manfred Eicher
Ghazal chronology
Moon Rise over the Silk Road
(2000)
The Rain
(2003)

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fire"18:18
2."Dawn"14:58
3."Eternity"19:50

Personnel

Ghazal

Technical Personnel

  • Kjell Keller – recording producer
  • Andy Mettler – recording engineer
  • Manfred Eicher – producer
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug, Kayhan Kalhor, Manfred Eicher – editing, remix, and mastering
    • Edited, remixed, and mastered at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Gérald Minkoff, Cylla von Tiedemann, Ira Landgarten – photography

References