― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 11 March 2005 14:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Other than that, no skooling I'm afraid. But I'm curious, like you, so I'm hoping for more accurate answers... :-)
― willem (willem), Friday, 11 March 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link
julio for um historical reasons i have like SIX or SEVEN sc recs: i haven't listened much recently and i can't remember which is good, which not so good
QUIET! is the famous one - i gave it a good review MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO eep, i don't know what i think now
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 11 March 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 11 March 2005 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 March 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
i think i agree w.pash: any of her LPs will have SOMETHING good on it
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 11 March 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
we LIVE in record shops i tells ya...thanks everyone. fear me I have record TOKENS!
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 11 March 2005 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 12 March 2005 00:04 (nineteen years ago) link
Quiet! (1984)Nada Brahma (1985) The Struggle (1985) Roots and Wings (1989)Silk 1983-1990 (1990)
plus i have ABoneCroneDrone somewhere on CD but can't find it at the moment
i love this pic (she is holdin a spanner): http://www.islandia.is/helgakr/chandra/images/strugglecov2.jpg
(though this is a poor renderin of it)
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link
(or vice versa if that's what they think)
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 13:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
From where I'm coming from an album full or 4 minute drones with indian sounding vocals to match - a cpl of tracks DO fit that template - wd've been sufficient. But sheila does something else and that's rearranging her vocals to fit different templates: one track is british folk sounding (hey it reminded of ENYA and HIGHLANDER!!), another arabic, and it works really well. another cpl that don't quite do it but I may grow to like 'em.
is this what Bjork aims for at times?
this is indi(e)pop and its actually ok!!
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 25 March 2005 10:48 (nineteen years ago) link
that is all
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
sheila chandra!
― ☭, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Found out today she retired from music bcz she has been rendered mute by a condition :-(
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 23 February 2014 11:32 (ten years ago) link
In 2010, Chandra developed Burning Mouth Syndrome which has rendered her unable to sing or even speak, laugh or cry without suffering intense pain, rendering her "effectively mute".
Fuck, that's a bit harsh.
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Sunday, 23 February 2014 12:33 (ten years ago) link
Yeah heard this a few weeks ago when somebody upped a live set by her to Dime. I knew I'd heard something negative about her health before but thought it might have been that she died. This sounds like it might be even worse. So hope it does clear in some way. It sounds really nasty and she had a great voice so hope it will be usable at some future point.
I've enjoyed her work since she appeared on TOTP with Monsoon and maybe even before that when she was 'the Indian girl on Grange Hill' in its early serieses. Unfortunately not kept up with her work since. I think that set upped to Dime was an acappela Festival set and an accompanying workshop from elsewhen in the Festival.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 23 February 2014 12:49 (ten years ago) link
x-post -that's sad about her condition
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 23 February 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
Gosh, I'd missed that news earlier this year. Terrible stuff.
Perhaps on the brighter side, here's a new interview with her about her work on the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. Tone is hard to read in print sometimes but she seems content enough, and doesn't mention her current condition at all, though that is reconfirmed on her own site.
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/05/17/89401-torn-exclusive-interview-with-sheila-chandra/
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 18 May 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
Just searched for her here to say ABoneCroneDrone is great and now I read about her condition... Hope she gets better.
― StanM, Friday, 12 September 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
yeah what the heck? that's awful
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 12 September 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
Sheila Chandra has given an interview to mark the expanded reissue of Monsoon’s sole album, 'Third Eye'. She's sadly still got Burning Mouth Syndrome.
It was revelatory for younger Asians: Monsoon’s Sheila Chandra on her hit Ever So Lonely
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link