Bengaluru’s Ricky Kej wins third Grammy Award, celebrates with ‘guru’ Stewart Copeland
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LOS ANGELES: Music composer Ricky Kej, primarily based out of Bengaluru, has gained his third Grammy Award for the album ‘Divine Tides’ and devoted the honour to his residence nation, India.
The US-born musician shared the award with Stewart Copeland, the drummer of the long-lasting British rock band The Police, who collaborated with Kej on the album.
At the sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards, the duo earned the gramophone trophy in the very best immersive audio album winner class. They had gained a Grammy in the very best new age album class for a similar album final yr.
“Congrats Best Immersive Audio Album winner – ‘Divine Tides’ Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; @copelandmusic, @rickykej & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej) #GRAMMYs,” introduced the Recording Academy, the organisation behind Grammy Awards, on its official Twitter web page on Sunday night time.
Kej mentioned he was “grateful” for the popularity. “Just won my 3rd Grammy Award. Extremely grateful, am speechless! I dedicate this Award to India. @copelandmusic. Herbert Waltl Eric Schilling Vanil Veigas Lonnie Park,” the composer captioned a collection of images on his Twitter web page.
He additionally shared how he celebrated his win along with his “guru, older brother and dear friend” Stewart Copeland. Taking to Twitter, he posted an image of him and Copeland consuming an Indian meal. Along with the image, he wrote, “This is how my guru, older brother and dear friend Stewart Copeland and I celebrated our win 🙂 An Indian meal in Los Angeles.. just the two of us. So grateful for him in my life.”
This is how my guru, older brother and expensive good friend Stewart Copeland and I celebrated our win 🙂 An Indian meal in Los Angeles.. simply the 2 of us. So grateful for him in my life. @copelandmusic @RecordingAcad #3xGrammyWinner #GRAMMYwinners pic.twitter.com/o9632qY0qT
— Ricky Kej (@rickykej) February 6, 2023
This tune was Kej’s collaborative mission with Copeland and so they bagged one other Grammy for Best New Age Album in 2022.
Kej took residence his first Grammy in the very best new age album class for ‘Winds of Samsara’ again in 2015.
As a part of his work with The Police, Copeland has gained 5 Grammys.
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Featuring artists from world wide, ‘Divine Tides’ comprises 9 songs and eight music movies that had been filmed world wide from the beautiful fantastic thing about the Indian Himalayas to the icy forests of Spain.
It goals to ship the message that “each individual life plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance that serves all equally”.
Other nominees within the class had been: Christina Aguilera (‘Aguilera’), The Chainsmokers (‘Memories.. Do Not Open’), Jane Ira Bloom (‘Picturing The Invisible- Focus 1’), and Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondeheimsolistene (‘Tuvahyun – Beatitudes for a Wounded World’).
(With ANI, PTI inputs)
LOS ANGELES: Music composer Ricky Kej, primarily based out of Bengaluru, has gained his third Grammy Award for the album ‘Divine Tides’ and devoted the honour to his residence nation, India.
The US-born musician shared the award with Stewart Copeland, the drummer of the long-lasting British rock band The Police, who collaborated with Kej on the album.
At the sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards, the duo earned the gramophone trophy in the very best immersive audio album winner class. They had gained a Grammy in the very best new age album class for a similar album final yr.
“Congrats Best Immersive Audio Album winner – ‘Divine Tides’ Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; @copelandmusic, @rickykej & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej) #GRAMMYs,” introduced the Recording Academy, the organisation behind Grammy Awards, on its official Twitter web page on Sunday night time.
Kej mentioned he was “grateful” for the popularity. “Just won my 3rd Grammy Award. Extremely grateful, am speechless! I dedicate this Award to India. @copelandmusic. Herbert Waltl Eric Schilling Vanil Veigas Lonnie Park,” the composer captioned a collection of images on his Twitter web page.
He additionally shared how he celebrated his win along with his “guru, older brother and dear friend” Stewart Copeland. Taking to Twitter, he posted an image of him and Copeland consuming an Indian meal. Along with the image, he wrote, “This is how my guru, older brother and dear friend Stewart Copeland and I celebrated our win 🙂 An Indian meal in Los Angeles.. just the two of us. So grateful for him in my life.”
This is how my guru, older brother and expensive good friend Stewart Copeland and I celebrated our win 🙂 An Indian meal in Los Angeles.. simply the 2 of us. So grateful for him in my life. @copelandmusic @RecordingAcad #3xGrammyWinner #GRAMMYwinners pic.twitter.com/o9632qY0qT
— Ricky Kej (@rickykej) February 6, 2023
This tune was Kej’s collaborative mission with Copeland and so they bagged one other Grammy for Best New Age Album in 2022.
Kej took residence his first Grammy in the very best new age album class for ‘Winds of Samsara’ again in 2015.
As a part of his work with The Police, Copeland has gained 5 Grammys.
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Featuring artists from world wide, ‘Divine Tides’ comprises 9 songs and eight music movies that had been filmed world wide from the beautiful fantastic thing about the Indian Himalayas to the icy forests of Spain.
It goals to ship the message that “each individual life plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance that serves all equally”.
Other nominees within the class had been: Christina Aguilera (‘Aguilera’), The Chainsmokers (‘Memories.. Do Not Open’), Jane Ira Bloom (‘Picturing The Invisible- Focus 1’), and Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondeheimsolistene (‘Tuvahyun – Beatitudes for a Wounded World’).
(With ANI, PTI inputs)
