Grammy® winning Indian composer Ricky Kej has come up with his 21st studio album in collaboration with five-time Grammy® award winning artiste Stewart Copeland. Titled ‘Divine Tides’, the album also features many acclaimed artistes from around the world.
A tribute to the magnificence of our natural world and the resilience of our species, ‘Divine Tides’ illustrates these musings through its diverse musical canvas of soundscapes, melodies, pulsating rhythms and lush ambient textures. The album features nine songs and 8 eight music videos that were filmed around the world from the exquisite beauty of the Indian Himalayas to the icy forests of Spain.
Every song in ‘Divine Tides’ will feature an accompanying music video that will be released from July 7 until September 28, as Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej feel that all of the tracks deserve their moment in the sun. The complete album will be made available on all audio streaming platforms from July 21.
Ricky Kej says, “I had been working on a follow-up to the Grammy® winning album “Winds of Samsara” and had cataloged some of my favorite melodies. Recordings were delayed because of a relentless touring schedule, but then the 2020 pandemic hit. Strict lockdowns presented an opportunity to spend more time in the studio. In 2016 I was privileged and honored to collaborate on a song with Stewart Copeland. With the support of industry veterans Ralph Simon and Tarquin Gotch I mustered up the courage to ask him to collaborate with me yet again, this time on a complete album. What followed was one of the best and most fulfilling personal and musical experiences I could have ever asked for. Working with Stewart was like attending one of the best masterclasses imaginable. Stewart is not only a living legend, but an extremely humble human being, filled with positive energy, that pushed us to deliver our very best for ‘Divine Tides’.”
“One day during the Apocalypse, I got a call from Ricky Kej about making an album. He had assembled an amazing collection of exotic musicians, or perhaps I should say deeply traditional musicians, in the exotic context of his inspired production style. The flow of ideas soon became a torrent of recording and music. The spiritual ambience (not something that I’m generally known for) infused my aggressions upon inanimate objects with loving passion. The timpani were ringing! The crotales were singing! Making this record has been a unique adventure in both music and divine awareness,” says Stewart Copeland.
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Ms. Soumya Vajpayee, Senior Entertainment & Lifestyle Journalist |
