Track Listing

1. Ganga Dev - DJ Cheb I Sabbah
2. Ali Mola - Dan The Automator & DJ Baba G
3. Acquired Dreams - Nitin Sawhney
4. Variation on Genesis Theme on Sitar - Ravi Shankar
5. Punjab de Rang (Colours of Punjab) - Dhol Foundation
6. Piya Re Piya Re - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Remix)
7. Queenie's Jam - Shabaz
8. Sajanaa - Badmarsh & Shri
9. Jheel Mai Chand - Najma
10. Light Up The Love - Karsh Kale
11. The Alkhemist - TJ Rehmi
12. All Seeing Heart - Fun-Da-Mental & Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #157262 in Music
• Released on: 2002-06-05
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
This set isn't as bland as might be expected, given its Asian Chill title. There's certainly no New Age dilution involved, with all of its Anglo-American contributors intent on relocating Indian or Pakistani traditions within a vibrantly modernised production framework. Writer and producer Phil Meadley has assembled a sequence of less likely artists, particularly with US-based contributors Cheb i Sabbah, Karsh Kale, Dan The Automator and DJ Baba G. In terms of the familiar UK market, Nitin Sawhney, TJ Rehmi and Badmarsh & Shri are all well represented. The odd one out is India's Ravi Shankar, his completely acoustic "Acquired Dreams" stretching right back to 1984. Even Pakistan's Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is remixed into a spiralling pulse. Other stand-outs are provided by Najma Akhtar's gentle vocal gyrations, the Dhol Foundation's heavy stick-work against massed flutes and Fun-Da-Mental's now almost complete entanglement in their Qawwali roots. The common factor here is an assured coupling of club-orientated production techniques with an uncompromising acoustic virtuosity, whether it's coming from a classical or folk background, or somewhere mysterious in-between. --Martin Longley

Customer Reviews

Asian paradigm
I have quite a bit of Asian underground/fusion/massive, call it what you will. This compilation was a gift, as it's quite simply got, not just some of the best music in this genre that I have heard, but some of the best music, period. The Badmarsh and Shri and the Karsh Kale tracks in particular stand out. Absolutely beautiful. The voice on 'Queenie's Jam' has such character and power. The more traditional sounding tracks are also lovely. I put this album alongside Black Star Liner and Joi for sheer enjoyment!
This album is a bargain , I urge you to buy it if you have the slightest interest in Asian music or would appreciate something different but with real quality.