Jhini is the third studio album by the Indian Fusion band Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

 recorded at Kosmic Studios in Varadeipalyam, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, in the midst of fields and hills, a hundred kilometres north of Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

. Members of Indian Ocean used to laze in swings hung from mango trees, listen to the jackals at night and gaze at the Milky Way,as they were surrounded in such a beautiful atmosphere. The first performance of the Jhini track happened at the IIM Lucknow campus. The album was released in May 2003, and the band had their first video made, were MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 Artists of the Month.

Jhini was composed for the film Swaraj - The Little Republic apart from releasing it as a separate album. Susmit Sen played on Electric Guitar for the first time on the track 'Torrent'.

Track listing

1. "Bhor"
2. "Torrent"
3. "Jhini"
4. "Nam Myo Ho"
5. "Let Me Speak"
6. "Des Mera"
7. "After the War"