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<div>{{Infobox musical artist <br />
|name = Ramesh Shotham<br />
|image = Pressegespräch zum Festival Ramayana in Performance im Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum-9136.jpg<br />
|caption= Ramesh Shotham (background)<br />
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist<br />
|origin = [[Madras]], [[South India]]<br />
|instrument = [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], [[Drum kit|drums]]<br />
|genre = [[Jazz]], [[Jazz fusion|Fusion]], [[Rock music|Rock]]<br />
|occupation = Musician<br />
|years_active = 1970–present<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ramesh Shotham''' (born May 7, 1948 in [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]) is a [[percussionist]] and [[drummer]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
Ramesh Shotham was born in [[Madras]], South India. He graduated with a degree in zoology from Loyola College, University of Madras. He began his musical career as a self-taught drummer, co-leading a rock band called Human Bondage established in 1970 in [[Bombay]] and [[Bangalore]] then hitting the road gigging in clubs all over the subcontinent. Musical influences at this stage were [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Led Zeppelin]], and others. It took a live [[Ravi Shankar]] concert in [[Delhi]], and a chance meeting with a tourist, who was heading back West and wanted to hock his albums, amongst them ‘Birds of Fire’ by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, for Shotham to begin discovering his own musical roots: the vast ocean of [[Music of India|Indian music]].<br />
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During the mid-seventies Shotham returned to Madras to take up study of the [[thavil]] (a traditional temple music drum), under Vidwan K.P.Ramu. <br />
Since then, he has lived and worked in Europe. Shotam is recognized as one of the most successful percussionists around.<ref>{http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/madras-special/article4458459.ece</ref> He has performed not only with leading European and American [[Jazz]] and [[Rock music]]ians, but also with artistes from Africa, Australia, China, Korea and several Arabic countries. During the last 20-odd years, Shotham has recorded over 250 LPs and CDs and has worked for almost all the leading TV<ref>http://www.funkhauseuropa.de/world_wide_music/kuenstlerlexikon/interpreten/ramesh_shotham.phtml</ref> and Radio stations in Germany and Europe.<br />
Mid-2000, he and his wife Alexandra established an independent record company called Permission Music Productions.<br />
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In 1987 Shotham was responsible for introducing the late mridangam artist TAS Mani and his [[Karnataka College of Percussion|Karnataka College of Percussion (KCP)]] to the German rock group Embryo, paving the way for Mani's popularity in Europe. <ref>https://bangalore.explocity.com/article/the-incredible-mr-tas-mani-passes-on-a-carnatic-great-he-trained-many-international-jazz-musicians-in-bangalore/</ref><br />
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His current solo project, Madras Special, features Christian Zurner on electric bass, Zoltan Lantos on violin and [[Sandhya Sanjana]] on vocals.<br />
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==Discography==<br />
* Open Hand ([[Keytone Records|Keytone]], 1993/97)<br />
* Madras Special (Permission Music, 2002)<br />
* Urban Folklore (Double Moon, 2006)<br />
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==As guest musician==<br />
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* [[Embryo (jazz band)|Embryo]] : ''La Blama Sparozzi'' ( Schneeball Rec., 1982)<br />
* Embryo : ''Turn Peace'' (Schneeball Rec., 1989)<br />
* [[Rabih Abou Khalil]]: ''Between Dusk and Dawn'' (MMP, 1987; Enja Records, 1993)<br />
* Rabih Abou Khalil: ''Bukra'' (MMP, 1988; [[Enja Records]], 1994)<br />
* Rabih Abou Khalil: ''[[Al-Jadida (album)|Al-Jadida]]'' ([[Enja Records]], 1990)<br />
* Rabih Abou Khalil: ''[[Blue Camel]]'' (Enja Records, 1992)<br />
* Rabih Abou Khalil: ''[[Tarab]]'' (Enja Records, 1993)<br />
* [[Aziza Mustafa Zadeh]]: ''[[Seventh Truth]]'' (Columbia, 1996)<br />
* [[Charlie Mariano]]: ''Nassim'' (1998)<br />
* [[Nicolas Simion]]: ''Balkan Jazz'' (Intuition Music, 2001)<br />
* Various Artists: ''Karma Culture: 21 Asian Pearl'' CD (Cop International, 2003)<br />
* Abaji: ''Music of a Nomad'' (Network, 2005)<br />
* Mariano,Schenk,Shotham : ''The Tamarind Tree'' (2007)<br />
* Omri Hason: ''Shati'' (Double Moon, 2008)<br />
* Hermann Kock: ''Two Trios'' (2008)<br />
* Embryo: ''40'' (Trikont,2010)<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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==References==<br />
* http://www.shotham.org/<br />
* http://www.cduniverse.com/sresult.asp?artistid=0&HT_Search=artist&HT_Search_Info=Ramesh+Shotham&cart=783970310&seeall=1<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.shotham.org/ The Official Website]<br />
*[http://www.cduniverse.com/sresult.asp?artistid=0&HT_Search=artist&HT_Search_Info=Ramesh+Shotham&cart=783970310&seeall=1 Discography at CD universe]<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian jazz musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian percussionists]]<br />
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