Talvin Singh “OK” (1998)
For once I didn’t read the blurb in the book ahead of listening to this album. At first, listening to opening track “Traveller”
I thought it sounded like pretty straight-ahead trancey electronica…
then the orchestral section kicked in and I was blown away.
Throughout, the music is adorned with tablas, chants, strings and sitars
that evoke India, where Singh studied tabla. Singh is apparently viewed
as the godfather of the 'Asian Underground' subgenre of electronica, but being a bit of a Luddite in regards to that genre I was unaware of this.
Singh spent 2 years in India studying the tablas and had worked with
artists including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bjork and Madonna. So even
if his own music wasn’t great (it is), his credentials are pretty
solid.
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