Stephen Bellm is a multi instru­men­tal­ist and com­poser hail­ing from the United States. Stephen runs and oper­ates Finca Zula Sun and Wind Pow­ered Stu­dios sit­u­ated in the Sierra Nevada Moun­tains of South­ern Spain, and is the founder of Kashi Kollective.

He started from a young age learn­ing clas­si­cal Piano, trained on Jazz Trum­pet in school and Clas­si­cal Gui­tar and lived in India study­ing the Tabla, the pre­mier North Indian Clas­si­cal per­cus­sion instru­ment. Fus­ing these instru­ments together into com­po­si­tions is a dream man­i­fested for Stephen.

David Mages is a multi instru­men­tal­ist from Bavaria Ger­many. He has stud­ied a vari­ety of instru­ments, from clas­si­cal Gui­tar, Sax­o­phone, Flute to Steel Drums and Hulusi. David con­tributes on much of the Kashi Kol­lec­tive albums and his dis­tinct per­for­mances are a hall­mark of the groups over­all sound. He is a tour­ing musi­cian with the group ‘Sava’ in Ger­many, as well as a found­ing mem­ber of the cult band ‘Pulsare’.

Visit www.davidmages.de for more information.

Rajen­dra Tere­de­sai is a mas­ter Bansuri Flute player from Pune India.

Hav­ing stud­ied with per­haps the finest Flute player of our time, Hariprasad Chaura­sia, Rajen­dra is a leg­end him­self in the Clas­si­cal Indian world of music. He has a dis­tinct tonal qual­ity unlike any before him and has devel­oped into a lead­ing expo­nent of his instru­ment. He tours exten­sively through­out India and Asia, has released numer­ous albums and col­lab­o­rates with some of the finest musi­cians in India and abroad.

To learn more, visit www.rajendrateredesai.com.

Kari Field is a Sitarist from the United States. Kari stud­ied under the great mas­ter Ali Akbar Khan in Cal­i­for­nia, as well as liv­ing and study­ing in Varanasi India with Govinda Goswami and with var­i­ous other mas­ters in Cal­cutta. She per­forms reg­u­larly with fusion groups and tra­di­tional Clas­si­cal con­certs. Kari appears on the first two releases of Kashi Kol­lec­tive. Her haunt­ing drift­ing melodies add a unique spice to both works.

Other artists who have col­lab­o­rated with Kashi Kollective:

Rafael Tejada: Cor­doba, Spain; per­forms live with the group and recorded Udu and Kan­jeera on ‘Shadow and Light’

Lucidia: Lon­don, Eng­land; vocals, ‘The Space Between’

Kim Henry: Lan­jaron, Spain: vocals, ‘The Space Between’

Ang­harad McGreevey: Cardiff Wales, UK, per­forms Clar­inet ‘The Space Between’

Matt Kent: Cardiff, Wales, UK, per­forms Vio­lin, ‘The Space Between’

Kather­ine Mages : Bavaria, Ger­many; vocals, ‘The Space Between’