Ganavya Shares New Single “Draw Something Beautiful,” Her Debut For Nils Frahm’s Leiter Label

Accompanied By Second Track “Ami Pana So'dras,” Both Produced By Frahm At Berlin’s Funkhaus Studio

Fall Tour Dates Announced Including Performances In US, EU + UK

Leiter Release Follows Recent Collaborations With Sault, Shabaka Hutchings, Floating Points, Esperanza Spalding And Others

Nils Frahm’s Leiter label is honored to welcome Ganavya with a new single, ‘Draw Something Beautiful’, co-produced by Frahm at his Berlin Funkhaus studio. Described by The Wall Street Journal as “among modern music's most compelling vocalists,” the charismatic New York-born, India-raised singer and transdisciplinarian has won hearts and minds with solo and collaborative projects showcasing her remarkable vocals and a singular style as likely to draw on spiritual jazz as the South Asian music of her youth. Ganavya has worked with Quincy Jones (who wrote her Harvard recommendation letter), opera/theatre director Peter Sellars, esperanza spalding, Shabaka Hutchings, Floating Points, and was seen last December beguiling crowds at SAULT’S debut in London, where, The Guardian wrote, her “voice had a delicate emotive heft that could turn stoics into sobbing wrecks.”

“Draw Something Beautiful,” released by Leiter today via all digital platforms, is accompanied by the gorgeous 8-minute incantation ‘Ami Pana So'dras.’ Listen to both tracks HERE.

“Draw Something Beautiful” isn’t a new song. Instead, the template for these strikingly tranquil four minutes, in which her voice floats delicately amid Frahm's intuitively minimalist, spacious arrangement, was one of the first Ganavya ever composed. “I wrote it as a child to say, ‘If I die, could you take the life force in me and redistribute it among the remaining humans to make them happier?’ I genuinely believed this was possible because of the stories and mythology I grew up with.” The track represents the first music Frahm and Ganavya ever recorded together, and her vocals were captured so quickly that she, Frahm, and Felix Grimm – Frahm’s long-time manager and Leiter label co-founder – decided to keep going. Ganavya recalls being unsure what to sing next, but Frahm “set up his glass harmonica, using a kalimba to apply sustained pressure to one singular note,” creating a foundational drone for her unforgettable melody in ‘Ami Pana So'dras.’ “It’s an old Kashmiri song I hum to myself all the time when alone,” says Ganavya. “Nils has a matter-of-factness to his presence that feels like the opposite of… excessiveness. It was easy to just be.”

‘Draw Something Beautiful’ follows Ganavya’s album ‘like the sky i’ve been too quiet,’ produced by Shabaka Hutchings, and released earlier this year on his label Native Rebel. Featuring contributions from Floating Points, Tom Herbert, Carlos Niño, Leafcutter John, and others, the album was hailed by The Quietus as “haunting, otherworldly…balancing darkness and light, weaving together intimate stories with thread of cosmic spirituality.” The Guardian added that Ganavya “pushes traditional craft into a newly evocative and atmospheric direction.”

There’s more new music coming from Ganavya later this year, and international tour dates have been announced, with performances in Los Angeles, Chicago, NYC, Paris, Berlin, London and beyond. See below for a full list of dates.

Track List

DRAW SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

AMI PANA SO'DRAS

Label: LEITER

Release Date: JULY 12, 2024

Catalogue No: LTR044

Format: DIGITAL

Listen: LEITER.LNK.TO/DRAW

Visit: LEITER-VERLAG.COM

GANAVYA 2024 TOUR DATES

July 21 - New York, NY - Joe’s Pub

September 22 - San Francisco, CA - Gray Area