In February 2011 Kristian Holvila recorded six songs with Indian musicians in the city of Varanasi on the Ganges in northern India. It became an album that is a merger between Swedish acoustic "forest reggae" and Indian classical music.

6 MP3 Songs in this album (32:07) !
Related styles: Reggae: Roots Reggae, World: Indian Classical, Mood: Dreamy

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Kristian Holvila, musician from Gothenburg. Spread reggae, and interviews with international reggae stars such as Freddie McGregor, Culture, The Wailers, via radio program Syncro System in Ale-free radio in the late 80's. Kristian Holvila was an active member of Gothenburg's first sound systems, Dread International Hi-Fi Sound System, together with Ras Jhoe and Papa Dee. After having participated as a singer / songwriter and released two albums with blues rock band Mistreaters in the 90s, he made his debut in 2010 with the album Jobba Jobba "Work Work". The album was the result after three years of working in the studio with young musicians from Lövgärdet in Angered. Forest Reggae faced concrete and the noise of the suburbs.

In February 2011 Kristian traveled down to Varanasi / India to find musicians, a producer and a studio where he could record six new songs in a more meditative and richer vintage than previous albums. After meeting with Ravi Tripathi - a young recognized tabla players who helped him to arrange and record the songs with local musicians on sitar, sarod, Sarangi, harmonium and flute. In Sweden, were added the base of Ake Ziedén and bg. Song of Merwe Medini. Production by Joakim Andreasson. This resulted in the album In Dios, which has release in India in January.