# | Cover | Release title | Total tracks | Download mp3 album | Release date | Label fo release |
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1 |
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Nada Brahma | 5 |
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1985 | Indipop |
2 |
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Roots And Wings | 11 |
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1989 | Indipop |
3 |
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EEP1 | 8 |
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1999 | Indipop |
4 |
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Waiting EP | 2 |
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2003 | |
5 |
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Moonsung (A Real World Retrospective) | 12 |
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1999 | |
6 |
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Out On My Own | 10 |
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1984 | Indipop |
7 |
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"This Sentence Is True" (The Previous Sentence Is False) | 7 |
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2001 | Shakti Records |
8 |
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The Struggle | 8 |
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2002-01-15 | Narada World |
9 |
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The Struggle | 8 |
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1985 | Indipop |
10 |
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The Zen Kiss | 11 |
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1994 | |
11 |
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Monsoon | 16 |
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1995 | Mercury |
12 |
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EEP2 | 9 |
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2000 | Indipop |
13 |
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Weaving My Ancestors' Voices | 11 |
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1992 | Real World Records |
14 |
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The Zen Kiss | 11 |
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1994-04-10 | |
15 |
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ABoneCroneDrone | 6 |
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1996 | Caroline Records |
16 |
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Quiet! | 10 |
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1984 | Indipop |
17 |
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The Struggle | 3 |
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1985 | Indipop |
18 |
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Nada Brahma | 5 |
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2000 | Narada World |
19 |
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Out On My Own | 10 |
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1984 | Indipop |
20 |
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Roots And Wings | 11 |
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2000-04-25 | Narada World |
21 |
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Speaking In Tongues '98 | 3 |
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1997 | Real World Records |
22 |
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Nada Brahma | 5 |
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1985 | Indipop |
23 |
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Best Of Sheila Chandra | 10 |
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1992 | Alfa International |
24 |
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Quiet | 15 |
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1988 | Indipop |
25 |
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Roots And Wings | 11 |
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1989 | Indipop |
26 |
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Out On My Own | 14 |
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1984 | Indipop |
27 |
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Waiting | 2 |
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2003 | Spacecraft |
28 |
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Quiet! | 10 |
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1984 | Indipop |
29 |
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ABoneCroneDrone | 7 |
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1996 | Caroline Records |
30 |
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Nada Brahma | 5 |
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1995 |
Sheila Chandra first came to prominence as a teenage actress on the British teen school soap "Grange Hill" playing the character Sudhamani Patel between 1979 and 1981.
At the same time as she left the series [a=Steve Coe] head of [l=Indipop] was looking for a vocalist for his Asian fusion band [a=Monsoon]. Allegedly he found an old demo tape of Chandra's in a box at [l=Hansa] and was attracted by her rich, fluid voice and South Indian heritage.
Monsoon's debut single, the much sampled "Ever So Lonely", recorded when Chandra was 16, reached #9 in the UK charts in April 1982, but subsequent singles made less impact and she left the group at the end of the year
She subsequently made 4 solo albums with Indipop, before retiring at the age of 20, coming back in 1991 for a 5th solo album "Roots and Wings" for Indipop where she began to expirement with voice tracks laid over drones, a style which set the tone for her work in the 90s
From there, Chandra's association with [a=Real World Records] began as she made 3 remarkable albums, "Weaving My Ancestors Voices" and "Speaking In Tongues" Parts 1 and II, fusing Arab, Andalucian, Celtic and Indian vocal styles with even older traditions such as Gregorian plainsong. She also performed live for 2 years in the 90s, for the first and so far only time in her career
In 1999 Real World released a retrospective of her work "Moonsung" and a retrospective of her Indipop work appeared in 2003