title: Breathing Under Water
text: # Breathing Under Water
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | All About Jazz | (Positive) |
  | The New York Times | (not rated) |
  | Okayplayer | |
  
  Breathing Under Water is an album by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale released on 28 August 2007. Shankar and Kale expand beyond cultural and traditional borders of music with this collaboration. With the help of featured guests Ravi Shankar, Sting, Norah Jones, Midival Punditz, Salim Merchant, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and others, the duo blended Indian classical music, electronica, dance and folk styles.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Anoushka Shankar – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, sitar, tanpura
  * Karsh Kale – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, electric bass, cymbals, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, tabla, vocals, snare drums, electronic percussion, orchestral percussion
  * Ravi Shankar – sitar
  * Vishwa Mohan Bhatt – mohan veena
  * Pedro Eustache – flute
  * Sting – vocals (track 4)
  * Shankar Mahadevan: vocals
  * Norah Jones – piano, vocals (track 7)
  * Pirashanna Thevarajah – mridangam, kanjira, moorsing
  * Vishal Vaid – vocals
  * Salim Merchant – piano, keyboards
  * Sunidhi Chauhan – vocals
  * Ravi Shankar – guest appearance
  
  ### Technical personnel
  
  * John Stewart – engineering
  * Greg Calbi – mastering
  * Herbert Waltl – executive production
  * Gordon Jee – art direction
  * Anoushka Shankar – arrangements, production, string arrangements
  * Saul Williams – author
  * Brian Montgomery – engineering
  * Karsh Kale – arrangements, production, string arrangements, drum programming
  * Gaurav Raina – programming, production, engineering, atmosphere
  * Salim Merchant – arrangements, production, string arrangements
  * Chad Lupo – assistant arranger
  * Jayant Luthra – programming
  * Jonathan Dagan – engineering
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (2007) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | French Albums (SNEP) | 177 |
  | US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) | 40 |
  | US World Albums (Billboard) | 6 |
  