Biography Shanti

There are 4 known artists who promote under the name Shanti.

1. Shanti Matkin, a psytrance producer, who is part of Krome Angels too. He is brother of Riktam Matkin from GMS.

2. "Shanti", an Indo-American Group (1969-70) (...see bio below)

3. Shanti Snyder (1981.6.4; Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese/American lyricist, singer, songwriter, and music TV host.

4. Shanti Wintergate is a Canadian/American musician/actress/writer.

From San Francisco, this Californian-meets-India group played a very relaxed mystic blend of music, alternating instrumental cuts with vocal songs. Adding instruments such as sarod, dholak and tablas to their regular guitar/bass/drums line-up Shanti created an exotic, rootsy aura, never mind the spiritual lyrics. Ustad Zakir Hussein in one of his earliest recordings.

ashish khan, sarod

zakir hussein, tabla, dholak, naal

neil seidel, gtr

steve haehl, gtr, voc

steve leach, bs, voc

frank lupica, ds

pranesh khan, tabla, naal

mike aydelotte, songwriter

produced by richard bock

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