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Who would have guessed that dance music's most threadbare tabla drum'n'bass pioneer would stop, have a think, and spin around to offer some cool-headed bhangra chill-out? Ha -- another near-universally understood title -- proves just that, and the result is a credibly restrained, sometimes woefully arrogant sidestep. The tip-off should be the cover: moving from abstracted computer blueprint X-rays to, unhappily, a close-up of Talvin Singh himself, it implies a certain rise of narcissism instead of a deepening of crossbred musical concepts. A theory not entirely disproved throughout most of the LP. In the creeping 11-minute opener "One" or the magnetic "Ablonia," Singh unfolds his transglobal trots to much success, but almost anywhere else -- see "Uphold" -- he hums with carefully demolished trip-hop clichés, lacking the mental energy of his roots. In a way, one gets the sense that he broke up his band of one and went solo into a travel-guide's version of multicultural nooks and crannies. And Singh should know far better than such conceits by now.
© Dean Carlson /TiVo
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TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, Sound Effects, Tabla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Karsh Kale, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Somatik, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Swati Natekar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rakesh Chaurasia, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Tagd O'Maonlai, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sultan Khan-Sarangi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ajay Naidu, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Deepak Borkar, Harp, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve D'Caro, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Ustad Sultan Khan, ComposerLyricist - Brad Munn, ComposerLyricist - TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Programmer, Tabla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brad Somatik, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sultan Khan-Sarangi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Rony Barrak, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Cleveland Watkiss, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brad Somatik, Mixer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Programmer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sophie Sarota, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Button, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Samar Estaphane, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ingrid Button, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Fairhurst, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, Sound Effects, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brad Somatik, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Ram Shankar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Tabla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brad Somatik, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - U. Shrinivas, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Deepak Borkar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brad Somatik, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, Tabla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brad Somatik, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Swati Natekar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rakesh Chaurasia, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Tagd O'Maonlai, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, Tabla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Karsh Kale, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Somatik, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Rakesh Chaurasia, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Sultan Khan-Sarangi, Sarangi, AssociatedPerformer - Ajay Naidu, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Madras String Massive, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, Tabla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brad Somatik, Mixer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bhairvi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rakesh Chaurasia, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Madras String Massive, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
TALVIN SINGH, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, Tabla, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brad Somatik, Mixer, Keyboards, Programmer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sultan Khan-Sarangi, Sarangi, AssociatedPerformer - M. Iyer Mahalakshmi, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Album review
Who would have guessed that dance music's most threadbare tabla drum'n'bass pioneer would stop, have a think, and spin around to offer some cool-headed bhangra chill-out? Ha -- another near-universally understood title -- proves just that, and the result is a credibly restrained, sometimes woefully arrogant sidestep. The tip-off should be the cover: moving from abstracted computer blueprint X-rays to, unhappily, a close-up of Talvin Singh himself, it implies a certain rise of narcissism instead of a deepening of crossbred musical concepts. A theory not entirely disproved throughout most of the LP. In the creeping 11-minute opener "One" or the magnetic "Ablonia," Singh unfolds his transglobal trots to much success, but almost anywhere else -- see "Uphold" -- he hums with carefully demolished trip-hop clichés, lacking the mental energy of his roots. In a way, one gets the sense that he broke up his band of one and went solo into a travel-guide's version of multicultural nooks and crannies. And Singh should know far better than such conceits by now.
© Dean Carlson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:10
- Main artists: Talvin Singh
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. ℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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