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Ronobir Lahiri has been bothering and been bothered by Indian music for more than 2 decades. After intense classical training in Calcutta, India as a teenager, under Sri Deepak Choudhuri, the preeminant disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar, he returned to this country, and in addition to developing a thriving career as an actor, began composing scores for theatre, film, and television. He graduated from Yale University in 1994, with a BA in Theater Studies and Literature. Soon after coming to Los Angeles in 2005, he recorded and produced his debut album, Broad Strokes, which marked a notable departure from the North Indian Classical Tradition. His second album, on sale on iTunes, CD Baby, and other online retailers, is also self-produced, and titled Joy for Silverlake. Using elements of raga and tala theory, in Silverlake, he explored the tension between computer generatated music and human emotion. By overlaying traditional Indian ragas onto ambient, house, techno, and club tracks, he sought to create a sound environment both intense yet soothing, joyful yet profound, uplifting yet understated. More than anything else, he embarked on this experiment with great respect and humility towards the rich and complex Indian musical tradition from which he came

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