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There's worldbeat, and then there's worldbeat. Psychic Karaoke starts off with "Chariot," during the seven-minute course of which you get to hear Middle Eastern percussion, a string section, bruising breakbeats, a Cockney rapper, and Natacha Atlas warbling like a dancehall muezzin. So much for track one. And it only gets better, at least for a while: "Mouth Wedding" is a more Afrocentric outing with a surprising Adrian Sherwood/African Headcharge ambience, and "A Tongue of Flame" is a snaky, satisfying reggae workout. But things start to bog down a bit by the end, and as you approach the 78th minute of this generous album, you might be forgiven for checking to make sure you didn't accidentally hit the "repeat" button on your CD player. Psychic Karaoke is strong and effective medicine, but it's best taken in measured doses.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Dinah Beamish, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Singleton, AssociatedPerformer - Natacha Atlas, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer - Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Sonia Slaney, AssociatedPerformer - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Sian Bell, AssociatedPerformer - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Larry Whelan, Arranger - T.U.U.P., AssociatedPerformer - David Coleridge, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Johnny Kalsi, AssociatedPerformer - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Sparkes, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Larry Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - David Coleridge, AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - T.U.U.P., AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Natacha Atlas, AssociatedPerformer - Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nawazish Ali Khan, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ashiq Ali, AssociatedPerformer - Ashiqali Hussein, AssociatedPerformer - David Coleridge, AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Natacha Atlas, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Sparkes, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Oval Records, MusicPublisher - Larry Whelan, AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Deepak Ram, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Godfrey Duncan, ComposerLyricist - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - T.U.U.P., AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Natacha Atlas, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Sparkes, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Deepak Ram, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ashiq Ali, AssociatedPerformer - David Coleridge, AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Natacha Atlas, ComposerLyricist - Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Godfrey Duncan, ComposerLyricist - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - T.U.U.P., AssociatedPerformer - David Coleridge, AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Natacha Atlas, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Sparkes, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Larry Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - David Coleridge, AssociatedPerformer - Psycho Karaoke, AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Johnny Kalsi, AssociatedPerformer - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nawazish Ali Khan, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Psycho Karaoke, AssociatedPerformer - Kid Ouzo, AssociatedPerformer
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Dinah Beamish, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Singleton, AssociatedPerformer - Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Sonia Slaney, AssociatedPerformer - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Neil Sparkes, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Sian Bell, AssociatedPerformer - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Larry Whelan, Arranger
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Brian Eno, ComposerLyricist - Natacha Atlas, AssociatedPerformer - Dieter Moebius, ComposerLyricist - Transglobal Underground, MainArtist - Count Dubulah, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hans Roedelius, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - BMG Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Emi Virgin Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - REAL WORLD WORKS, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEMA Records, MusicPublisher
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
Album review
There's worldbeat, and then there's worldbeat. Psychic Karaoke starts off with "Chariot," during the seven-minute course of which you get to hear Middle Eastern percussion, a string section, bruising breakbeats, a Cockney rapper, and Natacha Atlas warbling like a dancehall muezzin. So much for track one. And it only gets better, at least for a while: "Mouth Wedding" is a more Afrocentric outing with a surprising Adrian Sherwood/African Headcharge ambience, and "A Tongue of Flame" is a snaky, satisfying reggae workout. But things start to bog down a bit by the end, and as you approach the 78th minute of this generous album, you might be forgiven for checking to make sure you didn't accidentally hit the "repeat" button on your CD player. Psychic Karaoke is strong and effective medicine, but it's best taken in measured doses.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:34
- Main artists: Transglobal Underground
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Nation
- Genre: World
1996 Nation Records Ltd 1996 Nation Records Ltd
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