- KARAVAN SARAI -
Live Mesmerizing Music of the Middle East & Silk Road w/ Lush Electronics & Global Beats.
Welcome to Karavan Sarai’s Electronic Press Kit
50 word Bio:
Karavan Sarai — Alchemists of Sound, shifting hearts like desert sands. Journey from the Middle East to India through ancient melodies, ecstatic rhythms, and lush electronica. Deep Fusion music that awakens the soul, stirs the imagination, and guides listeners into uncharted mystical realms.
““Karavan Sarai’s music is thick, clear and fills a space without pressure but with pleasure like love it warms a room. To draw on the great traditions and bring the prayers of century’s into CoSM is a real blessing for us. I loved it. “
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Mission
Karavan Sarai carries the fire of sound along ancient roads, across deserts, and beneath endless starry skies. We invite listeners to step softly into the unseen, to wander through realms of feeling, imagination, and sacred resonance.
Our music is a living web, a tapestry of rhythms and melodies that weave the whispers of the past with the pulse of the present. Each note stirs the spirit, each vibration opens the heart, and every melody traces the invisible threads that connect all souls.
We are alchemists of sound, sharing the freedom, wonder, and magic that flow through us. Around the fire of our music, worlds converge, time dissolves, and the soul remembers its own journey.
🐫 The Main Caravan –
Karavan Sarai
(SOLO act) (also Duo or Full Band when booked as)
Cinematic World Fusion featuring live vocals, oud, saz, and electronic soundscapes. A mystic journey through Silk Road cultures blending ancient instrumentation with modern sensibility.
Band Statement Options for show
(Ecstatic Dance & Performing Art formats)
1..) Live Mesmerizing Music | Middle East & Silk Road Sounds | Lush Electronics & Global Beats
2..) Live Mesmerizing Music | Middle East & Silk Road Sounds | Lush Electronics & Global Beats
(A transcendent journey of live instruments, lush electronics, and hypnotic global grooves)
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(Immersive live performance with lush electronic soundscapes and global percussion)
3..) Mystical Silk Road Ecstatic Dance | Journey to a Middle Eastern Realm | Live Music, Lush Electronics & Global Beats
4..) Silk Road Electronica | Live Mystical Global Fusion | Ancient Melodies & Lush Electronics
5..) Middle Eastern & Silk Road Music | Modern Pulse & Ancient Vibes | Live Global Fusion & Beats
(Live instruments, lush electronics, and hypnotic global grooves.)
6.) Mystical Sound Journey | Silk Road Rhythms & Electro Alchemy | Live Global Fusion
7.) Live Eclectic Middle Eastern Fusion | Ecstatic Dance Pulse | Lush Electronics & Percussive Beats
🎤 Festival/Gig Bio (Medium Length for Programs, Posters)
Karavan Sarai is a mesmerizing live music experience rooted in the mysticism of the Silk Road. Weaving Middle Eastern and Indian instruments with lush electronics and global beats, Karavan Sarai creates deep, hypnotic sound journeys that shift hearts like desert sands. This is sonic alchemy—where ancient melodies meet cinematic atmospheres and pulsing rhythms. Whether on a grand festival stage or in sacred spaces, Karavan Sarai forges ahead where the tracks end.
🔹 Short Bio (For Flyers & Quick Promo Use)
Live mesmerizing music of the Middle East & Silk Road fused with lush electronics and global beats. A deep, hypnotic journey of sonic alchemy.
📜 Full Bio (GIG/Festival Bookers)
Karavan Sarai offers a deeply immersive live music experience, blending the mysticism and musical traditions of the Silk Road—from the Middle East to India—with lush electronic soundscapes, global rhythms, and ecstatic trance elements. Ancient instruments such as oud and saz are layered with cinematic textures, sacred percussion, and ambient atmospheres to create a genre-defying sound.
Founded by international artist Narayan Sijan, Karavan Sarai is joined by vocalist and visionary Amber Renee in select formats. Together they invite audiences into a living ritual of rhythm, mysticism, and imagination. This is deep fusion—music that awakens the soul and moves the body.
All five Karavan Sarai albums have reached the Top 10 on the North American World Music Charts, with Torn in Lovenamed one of the Top 25 World Music Albums of 2020.
Download 14 solo/band photos, promo flyer, PNG Logos with a zip folder (20 mb) in button below
What is a Karavan Sarai?
Along the Silk Road, I was always drawn to the old karavan sarais—travellers’ inns or cultural hubs—stretching from India to Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco. These are real places, existing for thousands of years, where weary travelers—mystics, nomads, gypsies, kings and queens, camel traders, musicians, dancers, merchants, and even madmen—gathered around the fire in the inner chambers of a Sarai.
“Karavan” is the Persian spelling of caravan, and a “Sarai” is the palace or inn where diverse cultures, religions, and beliefs converged. Around the fire, tales of the world were told, food and medicine shared, and ways of life exchanged. Peace was the unspoken law within these walls; differences and conflicts were left at the door. Here, a singer from Egypt, a drummer from India, an oud player from Turkey, a dancer from Persia, a flutist from Mali, and a violinist from Serbia could come together and co-create new art. Often without a shared language or prior knowledge of each other’s music, they would jam, invent, and weave melodies together. In this space, the healing spirit of sound brought people together in love—a force so powerful it inspired me to create the music project Karavan Sarai.
After nights around the fire filled with inspiration, joy, healing, and creativity, each soul would carry that spark of potential into their own journey the next morning, moving in different directions. This is the essence of a Karavan Sarai—a living, breathing exchange of culture, music, and spirit. Over 20+ years since 1993, I have lived and visited these sites, and yes, Karavan Sarais still exist today, in remodeled shops, hotels, ruins, or restored historical sites.
This vision became the foundation of the band Karavan Sarai: to create music that honors ancient ethnic traditions, songs, and global rhythms of the Middle East and Silk Road regions, fused with lush modern electronics, beats, and original compositions. To craft spaces where the old and new generations can find a common thread of musical enjoyment—a sonic oasis, like the Silk Road casbah tents, alive with rhythm, color, and connection. At every show, in every venue, in every heart, we invite listeners to take a mystical journey, co-create the moment, and ripple that energy out into the world—like a spring of water, fresh and ever-flowing.
I am forever humbled by the meditative, healing, and celebrative power of music. My deepest desire is to gather listeners around that same fire, to feel the web of connection, and to experience the magic of a Karavan Sarai for themselves.
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✨Acclaimed Music:
The debut album, WOVEN LANDSCAPES (2015), reached number 6 on the World Music Charts (CMJ), while the follow-up, ‘Painted Sands’ (2018), peaked at number 4 with over ten weeks on the charts. (CMJ). TORN IN LOVE (2020) peaked at number 6 with over 12 weeks in the Top Ten World Music Charts (NACC) and was selected as #22 of the Best World Music Albums of 2020. THE MOONS WITHIN REACH (2022) a more ambient sounding album also was on the top ten World Music Charts and Chill Out Charts (NACC). New Album Released OCT. 8 2024: ‘‘MYSTICS, MASTERS, MADMEN, (EASTERN DEVOTIONAL MUSIC, VOL.1)’.
Performing at large festivals from Bali Spirit Festival in Indonesia, Spirit of Tengri in Kazakhstan and Lightning in a Bottle (LIB) in California to cultural art centers such as Makan, Cairo Jazz Club in Egypt and CoSM (Alex Grey) in New York plus resorts such as The Sanctuary in Thailand; Karavan Sarai makes for a riveting performance that engages audiences of any size. Ecstatic Dance sets have been an important development with our tour; from New York to North Carolina, Colorado to California, and festivals world wide.
This evocative visual and sonic journey carries listeners to a nighttime courtyard of a virtual Silk Road palace, the Karavan Sarai that gave the project its name.
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist Narayan Sijan—of a rich, multi-ethnic heritage spanning the Eastern Balkans, Moorish Spain, Jewish Poland, and Ireland—spent over a decade living along the Silk Road from 1994 to 2006. Immersed in the lives of mystics, master musicians, and local communities, he absorbed their melodies, rhythms, and stories. From this journey, he weaves original compositions with traditional sounds, creating immersive musical storytelling that carries listeners across deserts, ancient cities, and star-lit caravan paths.
Karavan Sarai’s electronic music is co-created by two-time GRAMMY nominee producer and programmer Carmen Rizzo, whose credits range from A.R. Rahman, Seal to co-founding the world/electronic act Niyaz.
Karavan Sarai Founder Personal Bio:
Founder of Karavan Sarai composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist & vocalist Narayan Sijan lived on the Silk Road for 20+ years, learning & performing music with mystics, masters & locals. With a family heritage of mixed East & West culture, he creates a hybrid of musical storytelling from original & traditional melodies & beats. A mystical alchemists of sound, shifting hearts like the desert sands; Narayan takes one on a deep hypnotic mesmerizing journey to unlimited devotion.
other Formats of Karavan Sarai
A Caravan of Sonic Journeys. 🎪
Karavan Sarai is a nomadic musical project with multiple immersive formats—-each “wagon” of Karavan Sarai carries a different flavor of the Silk Road. Offering distinct experiences that suit a wide range of venues, from large festivals to intimate sacred spaces.
Cinematic stage shows to healing journeys and rhythm-driven dance sets.
Flexible, scalable, and soulful — choose the configuration that aligns with your space and audience.
Karavan Sarai:
🥁 Desert Pulse Ensemble
A soul-stirring evolution of Karavan Sarai - melding hypnotic electronic percussion with ethnic instruments from the East in a trance-infused nomadic sound journey. Ideal for festival stages, sacred gatherings, immersive lounges and movement spaces alike.
1..) Desert Pulse Fusion | Hypnotic Electronic Percussion | Ethnic Instruments from East & Silk Road
2.) Silk Road Rhythms | Ethnic Trance & Nomadic Beats | A Living Ritual of Sound & Spirit
3.) East Meets Electronica | Live Global Fusion | Karavan Sarai: Desert Pulse Ensemble
Karavan Sarai:
🔥 Mystic Flame Sound Weavers
Immersive Sonic Sound Healing from the Silk Road to the Soul
A deep sonic healing journey — lush ambient electronics, sacred percussion, celestial vocals, and Middle Eastern/Far Eastern instruments. Ideal for sound healing events, conscious festivals, and sacred music spaces.
Mystic Flame Sound Weavers is a powerful live experience that blends ancient mysticism with deep vibrational sound healing. Created by international artists Narayan Siajn of Karavan Sarai, this meditative and dynamic immersive offering fuses Middle Eastern and Far East instruments with ambient electronic textures, sacred percussion, spiritual poetry and celestial vocals - igniting a journey of inner alchemy and soul awakening.
1.) Mystical Global Sound Healing | Lush Electronics & Ancient Instruments | From the Silk Road to the Soul
2.) Mystic Flame Sound Weavers | Immersive Sonic Healing | From the Silk Road to the Soul
3.) Silk Road Sound Healing | Expanding Soundscapes of the Mystic | Sacred Music & Sonic Transformation
A built to order for your event configuration options.
(Vids Below):
>Available with Dancer(s). Sufi Whirling, Belly Dance, Gypsy, Folkloric, Classical, Devotional and dances of N. Africa, Middle East, Balkan, Turkish to Persia & Indian.
>Full Egyptian Band. (w/ Egyptian gypsy master musician)
>Percussionist, Musicians.
Sufi Whirling workshops, Vocal workshop, Eastern devotional (Hindu Kirtan, Sufi, Jewish, Catholic gospel) acoustic song circles & sing alongs.
Karavan Sarai-(Egyptian Full Band & Sufi Whirling dance) configuration
Karavan Sarai live in Egypt with Band & Dancer
Karavan Sarai Ecstatic Dance with Sufi Whirlng & Workshops
Karavan Sarai (solo act) with Dancers
Greetings, family and friends,
Step with us into the circle of sound. Karavan Sarai brings fire, rhythm, and alchemical melodies to festivals, venues, retreats, and private gatherings—a rare journey into mysticism and musical transformation. Around our sonic fire, hearts open, spirits soar, and the ordinary falls away, leaving only connection, wonder, and freedom.
If you feel called to this path, we trust our mission is aligned: to awaken, inspire, and co-create a shared experience that lingers long after the last note fades into the night sky.
““Contemporary spiritual world-music of the highest caliber. Incredible production fused with masterful playing. And the tantric interplay of dancer and musician is stunning. The performance exceeded our already high expectations of what Karavan Sarai would bring to the festival.””
22nd Best World Music Album of 2020 in N. America
Critically acclaimed 12 weeks in the Top Ten World Music Charts.
# 4 World Music Charts
We’re honored that Painted Sand’s spent 10 weeks in the Top 10 World Music Charts, peaking at #4
#10 World Music Charts
Expanding our sound into mystical ethnic ambient soundscapes.
#6 World Music Charts
Woven Sands alchemized the World Music Charts, peaking at #6.
‘MYSTICS, MASTERS, MADMEN, (EASTERN DEVOTIONAL MUSIC, VOL.1)’
SUFI FOLKTRONICA TO ECLECTIC BHAJAN CHANTING
““This is contemporary spiritual world-music of the highest caliber. Incredible production fused with masterful playing. And the tantric interplay of dancer and musician is stunning. The performance exceeded our already high expectations of what Karavan Sarai would bring to the festival.”
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““Karavan Sarai’s music is thick, clear and fills a space without pressure but with pleasure like love it warms a room. To draw on the great traditions and bring the prayers of century’s into Cosm is a real blessing for us. I loved it.”
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““We had the absolute pleasure of hosting Karavan Sarai at the Sanctuary Koh Phangan March 2019. Incredible, fantastic, tantalising are just three words i’d use in describing the performance :) the best !”
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““Evocative, easily accessible music which will be of interest to seasoned world music listeners as well as newcomers.”
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““A sensual assault; a tapestry of music and movement that is as restless and seeking as the travelers it evokes.”
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““Contemporary sonic edge, without compromising the integrity of the traditions they represent.”
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Contact
Narayan Sijan
Email: karavansaraimusic@hotmail.com
WhatsApp & Cell Phone: (+1) 575-252-3167
Website: www.karavansaraimusic.com
Instagram: @karavansaraimusic
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPgQVrxbIuHnFxuqE2WRrgA