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Official announcement of my upcoming 8th album 'Seen Heard Held' with thoughts on the why, how and what of it all. 

 

Seen Heard Held releases 16th Oct 2026 on Warner Chappel Music.

 

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Sheila Chandra returns to Tapasya Loading for her third appearance to discuss Echo, a collection of live recordings she describes as possibly her final album.

Her first album as producer reunites her with Stuart Bruce, a collaboration dating back to Sheila’s Monsoon sessions in 1982 and continued through her Real World trilogy. For Echo, they worked as a team of two, communicating entirely via email.

In this episode:

Producing Echo and the dynamics of a two-person collaboration.

Production techniques and the often overlooked art of vocal production.

Revisiting past performances and choosing feeling over technical perfection.

Accessibility for artists, being mentored and becoming a mentor.

Sheila’s artistic journey and her perspective on what may be her last release.

 

Echo is released on 25 September 2026 through Real World Records on LP and digital, with six additional tracks on the digital edition.

 

Explore Echo and find listening and purchase options.

 

Previous conversations with Sheila:

Voices Lost and Found

Revisiting the Birth of ‘World Music’ and Unpacking its Relevance in 2023

 

Listen to the second half of the episode.

 

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Music and Audio Production: www.everynowheremusic.com

Connect with Sheila:

Website: https://www.sheilachandra.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sheila_chandra

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesheilachandra

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheila.chandra.1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sheilachandra0000

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilachandraartistcoach/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sheila-Chandra/e/B0034Q533Q

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Chandra

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1291550/bio/

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www.tlmazumdar.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynowheremusic/

With roughly a month to go before my eighth album comes out, I’m revisiting the work I’ve dedicated the past decade to, and what I was searching for through it.

This is a look back at that search, and how my upcoming album, Seen Heard Held, aims to be the counterbalance to what Re_movement was. 

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Three weeks after a racial attack in Berlin, I move from shock and helplessness into anger, and sit with the discomfort of agreeing with what someone is fighting for without knowing if I could fight the same way.

A solocast about racism, belonging, contradictory truths and what humanity means when even that word can be hijacked.

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More Relevant Links:

My talks with Equity Coach Tayo Rockson

My Talks with Sheila Chandra

My article on Racism in Germany

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The coaching industry has fractured into two distinct worlds: one grounded in genuine education and responsibility, another built on engineered dissatisfaction and circular profit models. Between them lies a dangerous gap where the language of transformation masks the machinery of extraction, and where the promise of accessibility obscures deliberately incomplete offerings.

Read the article.

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Episode Notes / Text : www.tlwrites.com