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About "One Song "
GRAMMY® Winner Darlene Koldenhoven sings with GRAMMY® Nominee Rocky Dawuni of Ghana on this song by GRAMMY® Winner Ricky Kej(Bangalore, India) and Rocky Dawuni. GRAMMY® Winner Wouter Kellerman (South Africa) on flute. Filmed at the Tamarind Gardens near Bangalore, India 2016.
Based on the Indian classical music Desh raag, One Song begins with just a simple melody sung by Charanraj accompanied by an Indian choir. Gradually, the music expands to include the sitar, bansuri, harmonium and S. African flute by Grammy® Winning Wouter Kellerman, mesmerizing vocals by Grammy® Winning songstress Darlene Koldenhoven, and a lush string orchestra. Bringing all these elements together is the warm, inviting voice of Grammy® nominated Ghanaian Reggae singer, Rocky Dawuni. While the musical elements may be complex, the song’s message is clear and simple: despite our differences, we are all just One Song and collectively responsible for our world.
Music and Lyrics Composed and Written by Ricky Kej, Rocky Dawuni
Arranged by Charanraj, Vanil Veigas
Produced by Ricky Kej, Wouter Kellerman, Kabir Sehgal, Vanil Veigas, Raghava KK
Executive Producer: Sunny Singh
Video Directed by Pradeep Nayak
Lead Vocals: Rocky Dawuni
Indian Vocals: Charanraj
Operatic Vocals, Backing and Texture Vocals and Vocal Arrangement: Darlene Koldenhoven
Flute: Wouter Kellerman
Harmonium, Keyboards and Programming: Charanraj
Keyboards and Programming: Vanil Veigas, Ricky Kej
Solo Violin: Manoj George
Strings: Raveolution Orchestra
Raveolution Strings Conducted and Arranged by Manoj George
Violins: Manoj George, Augustine Sandy, Siby Manuel, Jeoffrey Martin, Reuben James, Dawn Jos
Violas: Manoj George, Augustine Sandy, Reuben James, Siby Manuel
Bansuri: Butto
Sitar: Sumarani
Kunakol (Vocal Percussion): Arun Kumar
Tabla: Venugopal
Choir: The Children of Greenwood High
Choir Conducted by: Dominic D’Cruz
Additional Keyboards: Tholsi Pillay
Recorded by Vanil Veigas and PA Deepak at Raveolution Studios
Strings recorded by Prabhakar M S at SSP Bangalore, India
Flute recorded by Wouter Kellerman at Kellerman Music
Darlene recorded by Steve Shepherd at Time Art Studio
Mixed by Immanuel Ramirez /ima305 at IMA STUDIOS, Miami, USA
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering, USA
Based on the Indian classical music Desh raag, One Song begins with just a simple melody sung by Charanraj accompanied by an Indian choir. Gradually, the music expands to include the sitar, bansuri, harmonium and S. African flute by Grammy® Winning Wouter Kellerman, mesmerizing vocals by Grammy® Winning songstress Darlene Koldenhoven, and a lush string orchestra. Bringing all these elements together is the warm, inviting voice of Grammy® nominated Ghanaian Reggae singer, Rocky Dawuni. While the musical elements may be complex, the song’s message is clear and simple: despite our differences, we are all just One Song and collectively responsible for our world.
Music and Lyrics Composed and Written by Ricky Kej, Rocky Dawuni
Arranged by Charanraj, Vanil Veigas
Produced by Ricky Kej, Wouter Kellerman, Kabir Sehgal, Vanil Veigas, Raghava KK
Executive Producer: Sunny Singh
Video Directed by Pradeep Nayak
Lead Vocals: Rocky Dawuni
Indian Vocals: Charanraj
Operatic Vocals, Backing and Texture Vocals and Vocal Arrangement: Darlene Koldenhoven
Flute: Wouter Kellerman
Harmonium, Keyboards and Programming: Charanraj
Keyboards and Programming: Vanil Veigas, Ricky Kej
Solo Violin: Manoj George
Strings: Raveolution Orchestra
Raveolution Strings Conducted and Arranged by Manoj George
Violins: Manoj George, Augustine Sandy, Siby Manuel, Jeoffrey Martin, Reuben James, Dawn Jos
Violas: Manoj George, Augustine Sandy, Reuben James, Siby Manuel
Bansuri: Butto
Sitar: Sumarani
Kunakol (Vocal Percussion): Arun Kumar
Tabla: Venugopal
Choir: The Children of Greenwood High
Choir Conducted by: Dominic D’Cruz
Additional Keyboards: Tholsi Pillay
Recorded by Vanil Veigas and PA Deepak at Raveolution Studios
Strings recorded by Prabhakar M S at SSP Bangalore, India
Flute recorded by Wouter Kellerman at Kellerman Music
Darlene recorded by Steve Shepherd at Time Art Studio
Mixed by Immanuel Ramirez /ima305 at IMA STUDIOS, Miami, USA
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering, USA