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Wild Wild East

by - Sunny Jain

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Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East encompasses myriad facets of Jain’s identity both as a first-generation South Asian–American and as a global musician, from his own family’s immigration story to his eclectic musical upbringing. In recasting the immigrant—steeped in the courage to leave a familiar homeland for a new beginning—as the modern-day cowboy and cowgirl, Jain sources musical inspiration from the scores of Bollywood classics and Spaghetti Westerns, Indian folk traditions, jazz improvisation, and rollicking psychedelic and surf guitar styles. Wild Wild East is an album rooted in the contemporary American soundscape, singing in a new voice, “I am large, I contain multitudes.”

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released February 21, 2020

Performers:
Pawan Benjamin
Grey Mcmurray
Kenny Bentley
Sunny Jain
Ganavya
Dave Smoota Smith
Haseeb
Aditya Prakash
Alam Khan

Produced by Sunny Jain and Joel Hamilton
Recorded and mixed by Joel Hamilton at Studio G, Brooklyn, NY, in May and June 2019
Assistant engineer: Francisco Botero
Mastered by Pete Reiniger
Annotated by Vivek Bald and Sunny Jain
Photos by Ebru Yildiz
Executive producers: Huib Schippers and John Smith
Production manager: Mary Monseur
Production assistant: Kate Harrington
Editorial assistance by Carla Borden and James Deutsch
Art direction, design, and layout by Louis F. Cuffari

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Sunny Jain Brooklyn, New York

Sunny Jain is a composer, drummer & dhol player.

“One of the leading figures in North America’s burgeoning Asian music scene. A global musical alchemist and cultural agent provocateur.”
- SONGLINES (UK)

In 2020 Sunny Jain released his debut album, "Wild Wild East" for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. He's also the founder, bandleader and dhol player for the pioneering global band, Red Baraat.
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