L.Shankar (Shenkar)
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  • MUSIC
  • FILMS
  • VIDEOS
  • PHOTOS
  • CONTACT

Discography

Solo Albums, EPs and Singles

Under the names L.Shankar, Shenkar, Shankar

Answers

2025

(Album)

Pop Rock | SRI MUSIC


Full Moon

2024

(Album)

World Music | X DOT 25


Over The Stars

2024

(Album)

World Music | X DOT 25


Thinking About You

2023

(Single)

Pop Rock | DOWNTOWN DASH CO


Day To Live

2023

(Single)

Pop Rock | DOWNTOWN DASH CO

Christmas from India

2021

(Album)
World Music | CLEOPATRA RECORDS

Chepleeri Dream

2020

(Album)
Prog Rock | CLEOPATRA RECORDS

In My Heart

2020

(Single)

Rock | CLEOPATRA RECORD

Face To Face

2019

(Album)
Prog Rock | BIG DEAL RECORDS / CLEOPATRA RECORDS

Radiotronics

2016

(EP)

EDM | SRI MUSIC

Transcend

2015

(Album)

EDM | SRI MUSIC

On My Mind

2015

(Single)

EDM | SRI MUSIC

Champion

2014

(Album)

EDM | SRI MUSIC

Champion

2014

(Single)

EDM | SRI MUSIC

You’ve Shown Me

2014

(Single)

EDM | SRI MUSIC

The Revelation

2013

(Album)

EDM | SRI MUSIC

Lighthouse

2013

(Single)

EDM | SRI MUSIC

In A Box

2012

(Album)
EDM | BIG DEAL RECORDS

Open The Door

2007

(Album)
Pop Rock | SRI MUSIC / BIG DEAL RECORDS/ RYKO/WEA

Udistam (duet with Patrick Leonard)

2006

(Album)

New Age

Celestial Body

2004

(Album)
World, Pop, Rock | MONDO MELODIA

One In A Million

2001

(Album)
Pop | SILVERLINE

Eternal Light

2000

(Album)
Indian Classical, World | MOMENT! RECORDS

Enlightenment

1999

(Album)
Indian Classical, World | GANESH MUSIC

Raga Aberi

1995

(Album)
Indian Classical, World | MUSIC OF THE WORLD

Soul Searcher

1990

(Album)
Indian Classical, World | AXIOM / ISLAND RECORDS

M.R.C.S

1989

(Album)
World music | ECM

Pancha Nadai Pallavi

1989

(Album)
Indian Classical, World | ECM

Nobody Told Me

1989

(Album)
Indian Classical, World | ECM

Galaxy

1989

(Album)
Indian Classical, World | CBS

Eye Catcher

1987

(Album)
Pop Rock | LOLLIPOP RECORDS

Do What You Do

1986

(Album)
Pop Rock, Synth Pop | POLYGRAM

Epidemics

1985

(Album)
Pop Rock, Synth Pop | ECM

Song For Everyone

1984

(Album)
New Age, World | ECM

Himalaya

1982

(Single)

Pop Rock | WEA RECORDS

Vision

1983

(Album)
New Age, World | ECM

Who’s To Know

1980

(Album)
Indian Classical, World | ECM

Touch Me There

1979

(Album)
Pop Rock | ZAPPA RECORDS

Violin Ecstacy

1978

(Album)
Indian Classical | EMI

Albums with Shakti

L.Shankar with John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain & TH Vikku Vinayakram

Natural Elements

1977

(Album)
World music | COLUMBIA

Handful Of Beauty

1976

(Album)
World music | COLUMBIA

Shakti

1975

(Album)
World music | COLUMBIA

Albums with Violin Trio

L.Shankar with L.Vaidyanathan, L. Subramaniam & Palghat Mani Iyar

The Violin Trio

1978

(Album)
Indian Classical | HMV

The Violin Trio

1975

(Album)
Indian Classical | HMV

Violin Prodigies

1972

(Album)
Indian Classical | HMV

Group albums (Carnatic)

The Giants Of Carnatic Music

1980

(Album)
Indian Classical | EMI

With Alathur Srinivasan Iyer

Unknown

(Album)

Indian Classical | ORIENTAL RECORDS

Pancharathna Krithis

1974

(Album)
Indian Classical | EMI

Pallavi

1973

(Album)
Indian Classical | NONESUCH

Guest albums and collaboration

  • 2025 – Tony Levin – Beyond The Bass Clef – Double violin
  • 2018 – Jonathan Davis – Black Labyrinth – Vocal, violin
  • 2008 – The Human Abstract – Midheaven – Vocals
  • 2007 – Chris Murphy – Luminous – Vocals
  • 2007 – Jonathan Davis and the SFA – Alone I Play – Vocal, violin
  • 2006 – The Pretenders – Pirate Radio – Violin
  • 2006 – Toto – Falling in Between (as Shenkar) – Vocals, violin
  • 2004 – James Newton Howard – Hidalgo OST – Double violin, vocal
  • 2004 – John McLaughlin – Guitar & Bass – Violin
  • 2004 – John McLaughlin – John McLaughlin's Montreux concerts – Violin, arranger
  • 2004 – Peter Gabriel – Play the Videos – Vocal, double violin
  • 2004 – The Passion of the Christ OST – Composer, vocals, double violin
  • 2004 – Taufiq – Taalisma – Percussion, drums
  • 2003 – Frank Zappa – Halloween – Violin
  • 2003 – Mercan Dede – Seyahatname
  • 2003 – Phil May and the Fallen Angels – Fallen Angels – Violin
  • 2002 – Peter Gabriel – Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence – Double violin, vocal
  • 2002 – Peter Gabriel – Up – Double violin
  • 2002 – Peter Murphy – Dust
  • 2002 – Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture – Vocals, double violin
  • 2001 – Robin DiMaggio – Blue Planet – Vocal, double violin
  • 2000 – Peter Gabriel – OVO – Violin, vocals
  • 2000 – Warren Cuccurullo – The Blue – Vocal, violin
  • 1999 – Anthony Hindson and Friends – It's a Curious Life – Violin
  • 1999 – Frank Zappa – Everything Is Healing Nicely – Violin
  • 1999 – Trilok Gurtu – African Fantasy – Songwriting credit
  • 1998 – Marianne Faithfull – Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology – Double violin
  • 1998 – Saro Cosentino – One's & Zero's – Vocals, double violin
  • 1996 – Midge Ure – Breathe – Vocals, double violin
  • 1996 – Percy Ensemble Jones – Propeller Music – Violin
  • 1996 – Tony Levin – World Diary – Vocals, double violin
  • 1994 – Bill Laswell – Deconstruction: Celluloid Recordings – Violin
  • 1994 – Peter Gabriel – Blood of Eden (UK) – Violin
  • 1994 – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live – Violin, vocals
  • 1994 – SXL – Into the Outlands – Vocal, electric violin
  • 1993 – Fernando Saunder – Spin – Double violin
  • 1993 – Mark O'Connor – Heroes – Double violin, composer
  • 1993 – Material – Hallucination Engine – Violin (Electric)
  • 1993 – Peter Gabriel – Blood of Eden (US) – Violin
  • 1992 – Adam Rudolph – Moving Pictures – Violin, vocals
  • 1992 – Peter Gabriel – Us – Violin
  • 1992 – Shadowfax – Esperanto – Violin
  • 1992 – The Wailing Souls – All Over the World – Violin
  • 1992 – White Sands OST – Percussion, violin, vocals
  • 1992 – Yoko Ono – Walking on Thin Ice – Violin
  • 1990 – Jai Uttal – Footprints – Vocals
  • 1990 – Maurice Jarre – Jacob's Ladder OST – Violin, vocals, performer, double violin
  • 1990 – Ryuichi Sakamoto – Beauty – Violin
  • 1989 – Animal Logic – Animal Logic – Violin
  • 1989 – Material – Seven Souls – Violin
  • 1989 – Peter Gabriel – Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ – Double violin, vocals
  • 1989 – Swans – The Burning World – Violin
  • 1988 – Charly García – Cómo conseguir chicas – Violin
  • 1988 – Gary Wright – Who I Am – Violin
  • 1987 – Trilok Gurtu – Usfret – Violin
  • 1986 – Daryll Dobson – The Mind Electric – 10-string double violin
  • 1986 – Ginger Baker – Horses & Trees – Violin
  • 1986 – Peter Gabriel – So – Violin, vocal
  • 1986 – Public Image Ltd. – Album/Compact disc/Cassette – Electric violin
  • 1986 – The Pretenders – Get Close – Violin
  • 1985 – Artists United Against Apartheid – Sun City – Double violin
  • 1985 – Narada Michael Walden – Nature of Things – Violin
  • 1985 – Yoko Ono – Starpeace – Violin
  • 1984 – Lou Reed – New Sensations – Violin
  • 1983 – Echo & the Bunnymen – Porcupine – Strings
  • 1983 – Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues – Violin
  • 1982 – Zimbo Trio – Zimbo Convida
  • 1981 – Phil Collins – Face Value (as Shankar)
  • 1980 – Sérgio Dias – Sérgio Dias – Violin, songwriting credit
  • 1979 – Egberto Gismonti – Circense – Violin
  • 1972 – Archie Shepp – Attica Blues – Violin
  • 1972 – Clifford Thornton – Communication Network – Violin

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