Kavichandran Alexander | |
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Born |
Kavichandran Alexander 1 January 1952 Sri Lanka |
Occupation | Audio engineer, record producer |
Website | waterlilyacoustics |
Kavichandran Alexander (born May 3, 1949) is an audio engineer and record producer. He is a Sri Lankan Tamil.
In 1984, he started the Water Lily Acoustics record label based in Santa Barbara, California. Alexander was the producer and engineer for the 1993 album A Meeting by the River, featuring Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, which won a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
In 1968, he moved to Paris, and at age of 18, played in the French production of Hair by Shakespeare & Co. He then moved to Brussels to study at the Mudra School of Dance started by choreographer Maurice Béjart.
After a tour of the East, he created a new record label, Indian Shellac Company. After getting married, he moved to Sweden.
In 1984, Alexander started the Water Lily Acoustics record label based in Santa Barbara, California. He named the company in honour of his mother, Lily.
Recordings released by Water Lily Acoustics have been nominated twice for Grammy Awards. Alexander was the producer and engineer for the 1993 album A Meeting by the River, featuring Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, which won a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.