Kalaisan Kalaichelvan: Golconda

Credits

We are very proud to release Kalaisan Kalaichelvan's beautiful seven-track EP, Golconda.

Kalaisan Kalaichelvan was born to a Sri Lankan Tamil family, displaced by war, and grew up learning Carnatic music – South Indian classical music – in the suburbs of Scarborough, Canada. Today he is an in-demand composer for film, and makes music which is contemporary and classical, ambient and minimalist — drawing upon the multiplicity of traditions he has encountered. In 2023 he won the SOCAN Emerging Composer Award.

Golconda is his first EP, and features the award-winning Dior Quartet on strings, alongside piano, percussion and electronics. Sometimes pretty and yearning, at other times brimming with haunting textures and questions, Kalaisan’s EP of stunning short tracks showcases a producer marking out a distinctive creative vision.

Credits:⁠⁠

Composer: Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
Producer: Kalaisan Kalaichelvan⁠

⁠String Quartet: Dior Quartet
Violin: Noa Sarid
Violin: Tobias Elser
Viola: Caleb Georges
Cello: Joanne Yesol Choi

⁠Vocals: Olivia Komahcheet
Additional Strings: Lauren DeRoller⁠
Percussion: Martin Daigle ⁠

⁠Recording Engineer: Kohen Hammond
Recorded at: Revolution Recording

Mixing Engineer: Paul Evans⁠
Mastering Engineer: Paul Evans⁠

⁠Commissioning Producer: David Gauntlett
Unfolding Records, 2024