Cornershop “When I was Born for the 7th Time" (1997)
Cornershop was formed in Leicester by Tjinder Singh. The book suggests
that as time went on, Singh started to incorporate elements of Indian
music into the band, but I listened to a compilation of their first
couple of EPs and that influence was already pretty clear even back
then.
"When I was born..." features production from Dan the Automator, and definitely track "Butter the Soul" has his sound all over it with its mix of retro kitsch and unconventional turntablism.
"We're in your corner" in a full on raga drone, while "Indian Tobacco"
takes elements of drone but puts them in more of a triphoppy frame.
"Candyman" is pure funk, but most of the rest of the album is generally a
nice beat-heavy form of indie-pop with "Brimful of Asha" being the most known track.
The album closes with a cover of the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" that
takes that band's experimentation with Indian music and puts a spin on
it by performing the song in Punjabi.
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