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Beach Chair is the debut studio album by Indian-American violinist and producer Raaginder formerly known as Violinder. It was released October 29, 2014, independently. The album features guest appearances from vocalist Tina Mann, Fateh, Raxstar, Marcus Orelias, KinG!, Sodhivine and Surjit Singh Bawa. The production was mainly handled by Raaginder with the addition of JumpinGenres, Deep Dolla$, Sodhivine and Sango.
Background
Following the 2011 mixtape release Take One..., Raaginder then still using the moniker "Violinder" began to work on new music that wasn't "cover music" but originally composed and produced. Raaginder stated " It was the first time, I displayed my music productions and original compositions on a body of work". The album's title was inspired by the Jay Z song "Beach Chair". The lead single "Dholna Ve" featuring Tina Mann was released on October 31, 2013. and was succeeded with "Raindrops" a tribute to Raaginder's mother whom passed away in April during the recording process and the single featured on The Times of India, "Bonfire/Coastin" featuring Sodhivine and KinG! a few months later on October 29, 2014. Due to a last minute addition the album was supposed to release on October 27, 2014, but was pushed back to October 29, 2014. On October 28, a day before the albums release via Twitter, Momi teased the tracklist.
Track listing
Personnel
= Notes
=JumpinGenres (track 1) – production
Sodhivine (track 2) – production
Deep Dolla$ (track 3) – production
Raaginder (tracks 3-8, 10, 11) – production
Sodhivine (track 9) – production
Surjit Singh Bawa (track 6) – drums
Tina Mann (track 3) – vocals
Raxstar (track 5) – vocals
Marcus Orelias (track 7) – vocals; sample arrangement
KinG! (track 8) – vocals
Fateh (track 11) – vocals
Jeff Jackson (track 7) – Mixing engineer
= Sample credits
="Depth" contains a sample of "Beach Chair" written and performed by Raaginder featuring Marcus Orelias.
"Beach Chair" contains inserts from the series Mad Men performed by Jon Hamm as Don Draper and January Jones as Betty Draper.