Full Moon

Shankar
3:23
L. Shankar released Full Moon in 1986 on The Epidemics, featuring his custom double violin to merge Carnatic music with ambient fusion.
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About Full Moon

\"Full Moon\" is a track by Indian violinist and composer L. Shankar. The piece appears as the ninth track on his 1986 studio album The Epidemics, released by ECM Records GmbH on 12\" vinyl. The composition runs for three minutes and twenty-three seconds.

The album The Epidemics marked Shankar’s collaboration with producer and ECM founder Manfred Eicher. Shankar performed on the double violin, an instrument he developed to expand the tonal range of traditional Indian violin techniques. The recording sessions incorporated elements of Carnatic classical music alongside experimental fusion styles prevalent in ECM’s catalog during the 1980s.

Limited documentation exists on the specific musicians or production details for \"Full Moon.\" The track exemplifies Shankar’s approach to blending South Indian classical phrasing with ambient textures, a hallmark of his work on ECM. The album received distribution in Europe and North America, though commercial reception data remains unverified in available sources.

ECM Records issued The Epidemics under catalog number ECM 1325. The vinyl release included liner notes by Eicher but omitted detailed track-by-track annotations. Subsequent reissues or digital remasters of the album have not been confirmed in public records.