Indo-American Artist Sunny Jain Releases Trippy ‘Where Is Home' Video

The New York-based founder of global music group Red Baraat talks transcultural project ‘Phoenix Rise,’ which includes an album, recipe book

- ANURAG TAGAT

THERE ARE OVER 50 artists involved in New York-based percussionist, producer and drummer Sunny Jain’s new solo record Phoenix Rise. What’s more, they’re not just musicians like Snarky Puppy’s Michael League, pianist Vijay Iyer, violinist-vocalist Rini or singer-songwriter Shilpa Ananth (featured on his latest single “Where Is Home”). There are visual artists, filmmakers, photographers and dancers, among others who have come together to create a 10-track album and a cookbook that doubles up as a photobook.

So how did Jain – the founder of Red Baraat – manage to put this “transcultural” project altogether? He says with a laugh, “I can say that I’m fortunately really good with spreadsheets.” The percussionist adds, “Things moved easily thanks in huge part to all the folks involved. But yeah, much of this was done via emailing, some phone calls and just collaborating – and then just sitting in my basement studio putting things together.”