The British-born, New York City-raised producer and multi-instrumentalist Karsh Kale spent the last two decades zigzagging the world, headlining major festivals and spinning records at the White House for Barack Obama. An Indian American musician, producer and composer, Karsh is considered one of the pioneering figures in defining the Asian Underground genre by mixing disparate genres of music such as Indian classical and folk with electronica, rock, pop and ambient music. In addition to production, remixing, and DJ work, Kale is known for his tabla drumming and film composition. Kale became the first Indo-American to be signed to a solo recording contract in the United States, a move which was followed by Kale's first full-length album, Realize, in 2001. While a Music Production and Performance student at New York University, Kale began playing in bands and working as a session musician.

Breathing Under Water, released in 2007, was the result of a two-year collaboration with sitar instrumentalist Anoushka Shankar. Songwriting at its highest, Kale's quick fingers on tablas, vocals and flutes flying in and fading out, Mendonsa and Kale trading watery guitar riffs he was featured alongside legends Zakir Hussain and Ustad Sultan Khan in Bill Laswell's Tabla Beat Science. A decade later he's playing a tribute concert for Khan in Mumbai with Hussain and composer Salim Merchant. In 2011 he opened at the Hollywood Bowl for Bollywood's biggest composer, AR Rahman.

That same year he joined Alicia Keys, the Black Keys, Norah Jones, and Gary Clark, Jr. at a tribute concert for George Harrison in New York City. Kale's remix of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's 'Give Peace a Chance' climbed into Billboard's Top 10 Dance charts. Collaborations with Chinese sensation Sa Dingding, American Imogen Heap and Anoushka Shankar have made him a go-to producer and player.

His music is cinematic and visual as one instrument blends into another as incremental transformational. For TD Mosaic 2016 presented by Turkish airlines, Karsh invites his crew from Coke Studio MTV India and pairs with the busiest playback singer of India Benny Dayal. Describing his experience with Benny Dayal's version of a traditional Carnatik melody honoring India's lord of destruction, "I sat at a piano and began playing a progression," Kale says. Dayal immediately began singing. "The next day I stepped into the studio with Warren Mandosa and a few other musicians. By day's end we had arranged the track on the album and performed it the very next day."

'Thin Line of Blue' reminds one of the wonderful Karsh Kale Collective that he put together for the Coke Studios sessions. This is the energy that Karsh brings to the stage of TD Mosaic festival this year. For female vocalist support Benny is joined by Apeksha Dandekar, another Coke Studio alumni produced by Karsh Kale.

Kirsh hope to captivate the audience of Mississauga with his impressive signature fusion adding in the medley of popular Bollywood songs interjected with Benny Dayal's impressive range of Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi songs to appeal to a wide range of audience that attends Mosaic festival each year. Also on the roster is a talented Canadian American musician Max ZT on his unique.

"Karsh Kale has established himself as a spokesman for a generation of music that incorporates electronica, dance grooves and classical Indian sound" - SF Chronicle

"Karsh has now become the grand orchestrator of everything from blues-rock guitars, Indian classical instrumentals and vocals, electronica and soulful keyboard patterns, and needless to say, percussion" - Eclectic Euphomy.com

"A visionary composer and producer" - Billboard Magazine

"High Priests of Electro" - Rolling Stone India

"Reinventing Tabla Culture" - Drum Magazine

"Suave, modern and unmistakably India" - New York Times

"Musical Enlightenment" - L.A Weekly

"One of the most sought after asian musicians on the planet" - Japan Times

"With Breathing Under Water, two of India's most talented artists have created a twenty-first century masterpiece" - Conscious Choice

"Whizzing through the global music scene" - RAVE Magazine

"Excellence" - Verve Magazine

"Music that has no borders" - Global Rhythm

"Bridging Time and space in a single sound" - Rhythm Magazine

"5 and a 1/2 stars out of 5" - Toronto Star

"A tabla scientist that is one part Zakir and one part John Bonham" - Modern Drummer

"Timeless and Astonishing" - Ink Blot Magazine

"Like the center of a tornado" - First City Magazine

"Intricate and Otherworldly" - BPM Magazine

"Highly Original Style" - VH-1

"Music the demands foreground attention" - LA New Times

"It is impossible to sum up Karsh Kale's brilliance in a line" - OK Magazine

"Mastery of both electronics and musicianship" - India Currents

"A pioneer with an over active imagination" - Jalouse

"Sonically Sumptuous" - Washington Post

"Ballsy and brave" - Ink Blot Magazine

"An impeccable balance of production and live instrumentation" - NAPRA

"Ethereal melodies and constantly evolving Rhythms" - San Francisco Guardian

"The next step beyond the Asian Underground" - CMJ New Music Report

Apeksha Dandekar, has performed on season 2 of mtv coke studio with Karsh kale and has sang for Hindi, Tamil and Marathi films. Her most recent releases are the songs beparwah with meet bros and Anjjan from the movie baby and Party karni hai with Salim sulaiman from the movie Wedding Pullav. She has also featured on various indi-pop albums and music videos with the song chal hatt with viceversa being her latest release. She was recently a jury member on the reality singing contest Zee Sa re ga ma pa!

Roosara Dance was founded by Nilantha Karunarathna in 2009 and is dedicated to the preservation, promotion and education of Sri Lankan culture through the ongoing development of Sri Lankan Traditional dance, Indian Classical dance and creative and innovative style of contemporary dance. Roosara Dance provides an excellent opportunity for many Sri Lankan students to learn exemplary traditional, innovative dance from Nilantha Karunarathne, the Artistic Director/ Choreographer of Roosara Dance. Roosara Dance intent is to maintain the highest level of excellence of dance, to train future generations of dancers, and build local, national and international community support for classical and contemporary Sri Lankan dance.

Kandiyan Dance takes its name from Kandy, the last royal capital of Sri Lanka. This genre is considered the classical dance of Sri Lanka. In Sanskrit terminology, it is considered pure dance (nrtta); it features a highly developed system of "tala" (rhythm).

Tea Dance is inspired by theTea cultivation and the process involved in preparingtea leaves. Dances display the stages of tea planting, tea plucking, drying and selecting of tea leaves. Today we all enjoy a cup of tea made with these tea leaves imported from Sri Lanka.

Chamara Dance is a unique folk dance, CHAMARA is a manual Fan for used by the ancient Kings. Dances are performed to the melody of a Prashasthi- a traditional song of praise which became popular in the Kandyan era of King Narendrasinghe. These songs of praise were sung for the Royalty.

Harvesting Dance is a traditional folk dance performed by village girls celebrating a rich harvest, that portrays sequences from harvesting and reaping to winnowing of the grain. This is a cheerful dance providing ample opportunities for displaying feminine grace and beauty.

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