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Arun Shenoy

ARUN SHENOY is a GRAMMY® Award nominated composer and record producer. Based in Singapore and also a California resident, his versatile production style spans genres as wide as rock and funk, to jazz and world music. Arun writes and produces music released as solo productions under his own name, as well as for other bands and solo artists. He is the founder and CEO of publishing firm Arun Shenoy Music Publishing (BMI) and record label Narked Records.

Shenoy’s debut world fusion production titled Rumbadoodle released in 2012 secured a nomination at the 55th Annual GRAMMY® Awards alongside Larry Carlton, Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Norman Brown, and Chris Botti, the eventual winner. “Bliss”, Shenoyʼs follow up single from his Indian World Fusion project was launched by the Recording Academy via a Worldwide Exclusive First Look at GRAMMY.com in 2013.

Shenoy has also collaborated with a diverse range of artists and producers from Matthew Shell to Sridhar, and also released with Kulur and Duke an eponymous debut single as a trio under the moniker Soul’d. The music on “Soul’d” introduced the Bansuri Funk music to the world.

Shenoy has been featured twice in the best dressed list at the GRAMMY® Award red carpet arrivals, in 2014 by Zen Magazine and again in 2015 by Le Guide Noir.

A STAGEY BANK AFFAIR marks ARUN SHENOY’s first album in 4 years and a follow up to his critically acclaimed GRAMMY®-nominated debut Rumbadoodle. The highly anticipated concept album is Shenoy’s first collaboration with THE GROOVE PROJECT, a musical supergroup of Shenoy’s long term collaborators.

The Contemporary Instrumental album presents an immersive audiovisual experience of the Bansuri Funk Music, Artwork, Animation, Liners and Physical Packaging. Bansuri Funk is a sound stylized by the fusion of Funk, Jazz and Rock with a spicy hint of Worldly Pleasures, the latter being a reference to the blazing performance on the traditional Bansuri by acclaimed flautist Ravichandra Kulur.

The first single “Sugar Free (feat. Uziel)” with a supporting animated music video has been released on June 3rd via Narked Records. The full album A Stagey Bank Affair, also supported by an animated music video for the title track, was released on July 1st.

Shenoy is a Breedlove artist, a showcase artist of SONY for their audio production suite, and endorses PreSonus, the premier American manufacturer of live and studio sound equipment.

Awards

55th Annual GRAMMY(R) Awards Nomination: Rumbadoodle in Best Contemporary Instrument Album


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Album Review

The Groove Project: Volume 1: Flights of Fantasy

Read "Volume 1: Flights of Fantasy" reviewed by Robin B James


Refreshing, new and innovative compositions from producer and guitarist Arun Shenoy and his eight-piece ensemble, The Groove Project. What you will hear is upbeat and energizing, good for keeping your pace up while exercising, running and powering through the day, and plenty left over for moving all night on the dance floor. There are some tracks where the groove relaxes and you can feel the tension fade away. There is diversity here, and inventiveness and creativity. There is emotion in ...

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In The Biz

Arun Shenoy: Change Brings New Opportunities

Read "Arun Shenoy: Change Brings New Opportunities" reviewed by Kathy Sanborn


In the Biz is devoted to the business of making jazz music. We will feature established and emerging jazz artists and discover how they successfully maneuver in the often-challenging world of music today. This is the first article in the series. I recently spoke with Singapore-based jazz composer and record producer Arun Shenoy. His 2012 album, Rumbadoodle, launched Shenoy into international fame and garnered the talented musician a first Grammy nomination. His brand new A Stagey Bank Affair ...

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Recording

"A Stagey Bank Affair" By Grammy-Nominee Arun Shenoy Unleashes Its Bansuri Funk Vibe On Jazz Radio This Summer

"A Stagey Bank Affair" By Grammy-Nominee Arun Shenoy Unleashes Its Bansuri Funk Vibe On Jazz Radio This Summer

Source: The B Company

Grammy-nominated composer, producer and guitarist Arun Shenoy is back, with a dynamic new concept album A A Stagey Bank Affair. Following up his breakthrough album Rumbadoodle, the Singapore-based artist Arun Shenoy joins forces with The Groove Project Band to create a Funk/Jazz/Rock/Global Fusion experience. Conceptually, he says, it is driven by the metaphorical imagery of childhood fairgrounds and the wonderland of innocence in us all. The infectious lead single “Sugar Free (feat. Uziel)” enjoyed 2 weeks at #1 most-added on ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

A Stagey Bank Affair

Narked Records
2016

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Rumbadoodle

Arun Shenoy
2012

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Sugar Free (feat. Uziel)

From: A Stagey Bank Affair
By Arun Shenoy

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