The Absence of Laughter

The Absence of Laughter is the 4th album release from Jason Zac Band. There are 13 tracks featuring musicians from across the globe. The music from the album can be classified as Progressive Rock, Folk, Fusion & Western Classical The album is dedicated to my father, the late Prof. John K Zachariah, and my best friend, the late Dennis Ostern All music composed, arranged, orchestrated and produced by Jason Zachariah Recorded, mixed and mastered at the Nathaniel Production House by Jason Zachariah Jason Zachariah - Piano, Bass, Trumpet, Percussion, Vocals, Melodica, Euphonium, Trombone, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Synth and Kazoo The artists Vocals Omkar Havaldar (Tracks 1, 4 & 9) Megha Shankar (Track 2) Dennis Ostern (Track 3) Krithika Shekar (Track 6) Naveen Hiremath (Track 8) Jonathan Zachariah (Tracks 1 & 10) Shami Mohan (Tracks 10 & 11) Sujay Harthi (Track 10) Drums Kishan Baalaji (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 9) Nikhil Vaidhyanathan (Track 11) Matteo Fraboni (Track 12) Veena Radhika Baskar (Tracks 1, 4, 6, 11 & 12) Flute Ashwini Koushik - Flute (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 & 10) Tabla Suyash Gupta (Tracks 1, 2 & 11) Kedarnath Havaldar (Track 9) Electric Guitars Tony Das (Track 1) Vikram Sekar (Track 3) Abel Evan (Track 4) Ritwik Bhattacharya (Track 9) Acoustic Guitar Ritwik Bhattacharya (Tracks 6, 9, 10 & 11) Joey Sharma (Tracks 1, 8) Jonathan Zachariah (Tracks 2 & 12) Synth Anirban Basak - Synth (Track 1 & 10) Lyrics Jonathan Zachariah (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 9 & 10) Dennis Ostern (Track 3) Vamsi Krishna (Track 8) Kakoli Deka (Tracks 3 & 8) Sidharth Gopalan (Track 11) Backing Vocals by the Nathaniel Choir Vocals for “Redemption” (Track 3) recorded at Wally World Studios, Miami Recording Engineer : Peter Wallace