OK

A well-made blend of Indian and synthy electronic music. If you were going to blend the two genres, this is how to do it. Very unique. Would make a great soundtrack for something like cirque du soliel or something.

Ok

the genre combination you never knew you needed.

Ok.

As the first song started, and we hear "the world... is sound..." I was reminded of Ross from 'Friends' and any DJ who thinks he can easily do electronica. Fortunately, this turned out to be a lot better than most of that, and that had to do with the instrumentation. I am always a fan of the tabla, so hearing it in combination with the music playing was a real plus and elevated the music some. Still, there were songs that had some minuses to them (the first track was too long IMO, and "Soni"... I have never been a fan of that type of high, nasally singing.). I would also have liked the last song too have been explored more. "Decca" suffered from being an oratorio, with only 10 seconds of music. An easy one to skip in the future if I ever listen to this again. Not a big fan of this type of music, but the instrumentation and Singh's singing made it decent. I would like to hear his work with other artists (except Yoko Ono).

Interesting. British electronica meets classic Indian. When Singh stuck to this formula, I really dug it (Butterfly, Sutrix, Eclipse, OK). When he went more straight ahead electronica, I cared less (first half of Traveller, Mombasstic, Light). Not that they didn't have some Indian or Asian elements, but they were more whimsy or airy (too much flute?). And when he didn't really do either and just went weird, I didn't enjoy it (Decca, last third of Soni, Vikram the Vampire). So, there is some really cool stuff and I can see myself putting this on again or sharing with my Indian, West Indie, and Sri Lankan friends, there were a few too many points where I was not impressed.

Eh, nice background music with a few good moments (Traveller, Mombasstic, O.K., Light) and a few weird moments (end of Surtrix, Decca, Eclipse). Harmless enough, nothing I need to check out again.

yes very cool

My goodness what an interesting journey. Loved that.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. The Indian elements, the drum n bass and oh my gosh the low end is something.

Ok for some background music

It was OK

I enjoyed this a bit. Takes a turn at the end and the Indian influence isn't always working I think. 1 extra star for effot

A very light 4. I just think it's super interesting. A really earnest mix of south Asian classical music and electronica. Not great but definitely one I'll be going back to

accidentally listened to it on shuffle so i got a very random selection but overall i really liked the vibe! fun and I could see myself listening to it as background music.

I like a lot of Asian Underground music such as Niyaz and Cheb I Sabba. This one, though, is a bit too atmospheric. Seems suitable as background music at trendy spa.

this was interesting, Indian inspired electronica type stuff

Probably one of the most unique albums I've listened to so far; interesting blending of styles that turned out pretty well. 3.5

Den dyre fusion af traditionel indisk og elektronisk musik, til tider afslappende, men måske lige spist nok

Hard to get into, mostly boring. Some interesting ideas in there.

Techno raga. Interesting melding of Indian percussion and electronic beats. Surprising melodies and textures.

Pretty cool but mostly just weird

Ik kan vatten wat er hier gaande is en het is waarschijnlijk een van de geslaagdere mixen van ambient/Liquid drum & bass en Aziatisch instrumentarium, maar dit kan echt mijn kouwe kut kussen. Ik ben zeker niet allergisch aan die Aziatische klanken, want gemengd met de juiste electronica, pyschedelic rock of postrock kan dat u echt teleporteren naar een andere wereld. Mocht er hier qua electronische beats/groove harder gegaan worden, richting Shpongle ofzo, zou ik dit op een vuile goa-dansvloer nog wel kunnen appreciëren, maar het blijft allemaal absurd braafjes. Dit hoort zelfs niet thuis in een top 1001 albums uitgebracht in 1998. Neen, meneer Singh, niet OK.

Niet percé slecht, maar ik begin te twijfelen over mijn vertrouwen in dit experiment.

Misschien niet helemaal fair om het te reviewen want heb maar een kleine poging gedaan om te luisteren en het na een paar nummers opgegeven. Dit album klinkt zo enorm 90ies, en dat bedoel ik niet al iets positief. Het was precies de soundtrack van één of andere oude civ-building videogame.

Surprisingly fun. I’m not a Drum & Bass guy, but the other instrumentals and sampling were good.

Meh

OK

A really interesting mix of electronica and Indian classical that works a lot better than it could, and is stronger than a lot of the dnb/garage scene of the 90s for me. Still feels a bit long towards the end, I could do without the last two songs

Nope, not my thing.

OK computer Indian techno matrix version lol

Meh.

Wow, just wow. Pioneer of electronica with folky vibes

Однажды, в каком-то индийском ресторане Питера я попробовал самый вкусный карри в своей жизни А потом послушал этот альбом И чет нихуя не вкусно 4/10

If I could give this a 0 I would

This was a pleasant surprise. I don't typically like electronic music. This one has some cool breakbeat stuff tho. I also love Indian music so I loved the Indian Classical influence on here. The production is killer too. Overall very enjoyable.

An unusual blend of chilled out techno pop with hints of traditional Indian. Interesting Not bad...was OK!

My initial thought would be that I would hate this within the first couple minutes, but I didn't! This was a cool concept album and I appreciate the approach and the detail that went in to it. A cool cultural exploration. I dig it.

What in the.....maybe? I need another listen another time.....but probably not.

How is this on the list, and A. R. Rahman not? As for the album, it's not bad, but it's not good, I'd say it's just...

Super interesting record. Very impressed actually. During this time period (late 90s) I was into this band called Delerium which had a similar kind of vibe. The last track Vikram The Vampire really hit hard.

I thought I'd hate it, but I didn't. It does what it's supposed to do, entrance you. Favorite song: OK.

I liked this - it's a pretty massive project and was quite well done but I didn't fall in love with it. Not a bad listen at all though

Cafe music

Flute step 2.5

Plenty of interest, but a persistent new age electronica kind of vibe that put me off.

Música un tanto experimental. Alternancia de ritmos de percusión junto con música electrónica. Ambientes más relajados en otras canciones. Se puedes escuchar, pero no destaca en ningún aspecto

This is unlike anything I’ve heard before. Very cool, not something I would come back to regularly but still a solid listen.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: not my thing at all but wasn’t awful Favourite song: didn’t have one

I really don't know what to make of this. It's mostly just ambient noise which sounded fine but it was impossible to stay focused on this album for the entire length and its a fairly long album as it is. Nothing here grabbed me it was just background music as I drove sound the road. I'll recommend this to my friend who likes to put on music for her dogs while she's out of the house because she believes it helps with seperation anxiety. Probably the best use case for it.

D&B, oosters of indiaase vibes. Hindi Trippy/psychedelisch

Es una electrónica medio chota, tranqui pero ruidosa. No gustó.

Music to admire technically but doesn't charm - too many long sequences pass by, fail to grab your attention and are, well, boring. Some of the dancier numbers perk things up and there's a beautiful fusion between dance music and Indian classical at times but it doesn't scream repeat...

I was torn between 2 and 3 stars on this, but thinking about it there isn't really a bad track on the album, just that all the tracks are very, very samey. It really doesn't need to be an hour long, either.

A bit too abstract for my tastes. Okay for background listening, but definitely not anything I would choose to listen to on my own.

Sphärisches Indie. Weder allein noch im Club wirklich gut.

Interesting. At first I thought great. Another album that's noise for the sake of making noise. But this was not what I anticipated. It's actually quite musical. Almost in the vein of Ummagumma.

Not my thing, but I get it.

"The world is sound." So begins this album, which is far better in theory than in execution. By blending musical elements and performances by musicians across the globe, Singh is attempting to create a musical melting pot. However, the contents of the pot come off tasting a little bland, and at an hour in length, blandness is a death sentence. Electronica and drum & bass are generally not my vibe though, so your mileage may vary.

1.5/5. This is pretty unenjoyable (at least I did not enjoy it). A little bit painful at parts. Sometimes electronic music is really good, but most of the time it's like this (hard to listen to).

BL: never heard of this artist before but the cover reminds me of the Roni Size brown paper bag album so I’ll be interested to hear if it’s in a similar vein AL: funnily enough, my 90s ambient DnB assumption was correct, and wow. This album blew me away. I wasn’t too sure about the opener, but by track 3 this album had me in a chokehold. The fusion of ambient DnB & Sourh Asian instrumentals and vocals was mesmerising, the drone of DnB was meant to go with the resonant frequencies of the sitar. Definitely some Bhangra influence in there too. Highly recommend this. It reminds me of another comment I saw under a different album (can’t remember which one though), with albums like this on the generator, you have to wonder why the people who wrote those chose so many 80s new wave and post punk albums. FT: “Eclipse”, “O.K.”, “Light”, “Vikram the Vampire” 5/5

Not ok. Indian electro ಠ_ಠ

It was fine. Moments of brilliance and at least one moment where I had a visceral reaction to the cacophony of noise and had to shut it off. But very creative, imaginative, and very much a "world music" kind of album. Probably won't remember Talvin's name tomorrow, but he's definitely talented.

Skimmed through this one because of the 11 minute first track and I can tell that this album is NOT for me. Long tracks, instrumental tracks, stranger production, ehhhhhhhhh. Favorite Tracks:

Drum and base avec des influences indiennes traditionnelles, et parfois classiques occidentales. Je ne suis pas très portée sur l’électronique, mais je le réécouterais volontiers à cause de cet éclectisme

very cool

Not something I would put on by choice, but ok ;) for background music

NOPE. The world may be sound but I don't want to hear your sound ever again.

I appreciated the use of voicing and instrumentation from so many different cultures used on this record but there was never a wow moment for me on this record. Honestly, go back to the 90’s and Loop Guru’s “Amrita” record is a much better record that was also doing this. For some reason, cannot be found on streaming services which is criminal because it should be heard. This is the first record I listened to that I would not have included in the 1001 records.

It was OK

Again don't understand it's place on this but a nice enough listen. 2.5/5 Fav track: eclipse

Cinematic bangers abound! Love the mixture of sounds on this thing and how reverently it takes dance music. Certainly some tracks I felt had a lot more drive than others, but for a style I find it hard to listen to extensively on my own time (and when I can't dance), I really enjoyed this and was very impressed. Strong three and a half. Fave track: Sutrix

Fairly average album. Production fine if not a bit dated, and the inclusion of some beats or instruments seemed inorganic. Got into some tracks more than others, and probably won’t put it on again anytime soon. Two and a half. Fave track: Eclipse

oontz oontz oontz punjab oontz

Good meditative sound

Hey, this rips ass. Between this and Call of the Valley, I guess I’m just learning that I like Indian/Indian inspired music. Eclipse in particular goes hard.

Not a fan. Sounded like a "modern" version of Indian music.

Getting in real early on the Internet-brain wave was brilliant; The popular-but-specific dance basis granted anciency provides the specificity necessary for universal appeal. It's all so poppy and well-produced that doubt regarding cheese is inevitable. Music more than a little treacherous for analysis, simple enough to say I enjoyed.

I can't remember the last time I listened to this. Such an eclectic mix of styles that somehow works. I need to listen to this some more

Reasonable in places, a bit random in others.

Je ne pourrais pas defnir le style de cet album. mais pour vrai j'ai trouvé ca priginal et ca fitait vraiment avec mood. Genre d'ambiance electro, plein de sons weird. J'ai aimé ca 4

It's a good concept. Travelling the world via drum and bass and the tablas. Singh also has some high profile collaborations both on and off this album so there was a lot of potential here. Unfortunately, the result is ok but most forgettable, aside from one or two songs.

I don't know about this.

2/11, 18%

I like the concept, but I’m just not that into the execution

Definitely interesting, kinda good

It was kind of meh. I tolerated it. It is just electronic music no words. Felt like I was New Tetris or Tetris Sphere for the Nintendo 64.

It's okay. In terms of a list of albums to listen to before you die, this album is an interesting merging of Indian and electronic music, but just like examples from both of these genres, it just goes on and on. 3/5.

Enjoyable fusion of sounds, pushing the boundari3s of edm at the time. Nothing that is incredable though

Interesting ambition, not quite realised

Love it. Right up my electro weird avenue.

I thought Butterfly was an interesting track, but wasn't enough to carry an otherwise tenuous album - am I missing something?

Headphones and breathtaking views required for this one, at lest the first 4 or 5 tracks. It sort of loses its way after that but isn't wholly unpleasant.

Highly successful marriage of modern, western, techno-style rhytms with eastern melodies and instrumentation. Beautifulk music that I'm sure would reveal subtleties with each listen. First impression very favorable. 4 stars

Enpä ennen tätä projektia ajatellut, että dubia ja intialaista (& aasialaista) perinnemusiikkia yhdistävä taiteellinen elektroninen musiikki olis oma genrensä, mutta tämä ei ole listauksessa eka laatuaan ja kansi heti kertoi, mitä on luvassa. Josko jossain biisissä olis voinut olla muuta kuin korvissa vaeltava nopea rumpukone.

Ysäri delivers: kumean kolkkoa teknisyyttä, jota en kaipaa tähän saati mihinkään päivään.

Boring. Muzak

I really enjoyed the mix of traditional Indian instruments and electronic music. Some of the spoken word parts were a bit cheesy. Very cool!

1997: Radiohead releases their critically acclaimed album OK Computer 1998: Talvin Singh releases his album OK, with no hard stance on Computers. As far as atmospheric drum and bass goes, this album stands out for it's incorporation of South Asian music influences, including the sarangi, veena, and sanshin. Apparently, Singh even travelled the world to record multiple folk singers and even the Madras Philharmonic Orchestra. I can appreciate this level of involvement to understanding the incorporating regional sounds into the drum and bass. These are used to great affect, bringing a refreshing and unique variation to drum and bass that enhances the overall experience. Breakbeats will play in parallel with tabla rhythms, keeping pace while a beautiful medley floats along.

this album kept me on my toes, and not always in a good way. the album opens with "traveller," a song i can describe no other way than gorgeous. orchestral, full, emotional. the following songs were noir-like or peaceful with electronic used, but still a south asian sound was there, through and through. the regional sound tied the album together and forced the album to be so different from the other electronic music we've had on this list--and in such a good way. anyway, then you got a weird ass song like "decca" that stands out, and really drops this whole album down from a 5 to a 4. thank goodness spotify allows you to omit a song from your listening.

It was nice to hear some electronic music circa the 90s that was utilizing Indian/eastern sounds AND was actually BY someone of Indian heritage, rather than just a westerner utilizing the sound due to its exotic-sounding properties. There are definitely some similarities to the two approaches, but also a fair bit of difference! Ultimately, I'm not quite sure what led to this album being included, but it was a good listen, in any case.

Class this album as "interesting". Was a surprise when it first started with a good mix of influences in an up beat 90s dance style. Not all of the fusions worked but glad I listened

Een beetje vage shit. Schijnbaar overal ter wereld opgenomen voor de ideale terroir. Dat mag. Als liefhebber van drum 'n bass-achtige toestanden zitten er her en der tracks tussen die ik kan waarderen. Track 3 "Sutrix" bijvoorbeeld vind ik wel lekker. Jammer van het maniakale lachje op het einde, maar vooruit. Het album gaat wel als een nachtkaars uit. Een nachtkaars met een iets te lange brandtijd eigenlijk. 2.5

gets ko yung "concept" pero boring

I'm happy I decided to start this journey of reviewing an album every day for 1001 days. Even if it feels tedious sometimes, knowing that every day I must listen to an album, even when the album isn't a good fit for my mood that day, or I just do not have the mental energy to gather an opinion or write anything, it all pays off when it recommends something amazing and very much up my alley that I wouldn't have found otherwise. This is one such album. It has more of that Indian and generally Asian flavour that I fell in love with when I was introduced to Nitin Sawhney's "Beyond Skin" earlier in the list. This is a crazy, trippy, dramatic journey that blends orchestra, Indian classical music, electronica, drum and bass, IDM, dub, and so many other genres. It's chaotic but never loses its direction. And yet, it's all pretty chill but never boring. Just a pure journey of sound with influences from across the globe. Favourite: Butterfly

It was ok.

Oho! Onpas tiukkaa kamaa! Vähän ysäri haisee mut ihan on kyl mieleistä! Perhana vieköön 4/5

Hyviä biittejä ja kiinnostava konsepti. Vähän silti liian päälleliimatuksi jää intiahommat välillä. Sellainen nepsuraflassa istuminen kun kadulla blockparty fiilis.

Miksi, kysyn, miksi eivät intia-perkussiot lyöneet enemmän läpi elektronisessa musassa? toimii todella hyvin ainakin tässä! 4/5

Hmmm - complete codswallop

Enjoyed the jazzier Basement Jaxx-esque songs. Could do with another listen to decide whether it deserves bumping up or down a star.

Different, but didn't vibe with me

Not my jive, but good to work to

Sorry - I’m not a dance music kinda gal.

Light 7

Un parfait mélange d'indienneries et de roboteries. Bravo Talvin.

Talvin Singh sera tout le long de l'album pris en étau entre ses racines et sa passion pour la robotique. Il tâchera donc de nous proposer un voyage dans son pays natal indien, à travers de belles voix/sonorités qui feraient rougir votre charmeur de serpent local, tout en ajoutant différents cliquetis, bruits de bras articulés ou encore bip intéractifs non sans rappeler un super épisode de Transformers. Un combo osé mais qui fait mouche.

This album is trying to do too much at once. It can't decide if it is an electronica or new age record. Having said that, there are some really interesting moments and I'm a big fan of the fusion of Indian Classical with electronic music. Overall, it is just a slog punctuated by some really interesting moments.

Some songs are really interesting, some are quite boring. Right in the 3 zone 3/5

Ok is ok, but it's also nothing special. While the ambient electronica is decent to listen to, it is generic, and maybe through no fault of it's own, but the Indian sub-continent sounds have been overused by the genre so much that it kind of makes it background 'buddha bar' music that is hard to remember it as it's own thing.

drum and bass, met duidelijke Indische invloeden. Ik vond het album best.... Ok

La portada es muy noventera

I really tried, but I just couldn’t get into it

Pointless Electronica noodling. Nope.

I enjoyed having this on in the background today; set a good vibe in the office. Interesting, but not violently so. Favorites: Traveller and Light. Not favorites: Decca, Soni. 3.5

This was quite good imo, probably the best of the late 90s electronic that the list has given me, outside of like Portishead obviously. World music inspired trip-hop with some dope tabla playing. Definitely snagging some of these to go on various playlists.

kinda similar to "Music Has The Right To Children" but with some more Indian influence

I like the concept but, a little too experimental for my taste. The first track should honestly be two different tracks because the sound changes so much. I actually liked the second half of it. There is some good stuff on this album, but there's also bad too.

Eh

Nope

1998 - "the bridge between Indian music and electronica." This is either going to be a banger, or will be sleepy Enya/massage/spa music. It's ok. It's Enya/massage/spa music.

Highlights: Sutrix, OK Leave Em's: Traveller, Vikram the Vampire Overall Thoughts: If I were a movie producer creating an action movie set in India then I would be all over this album. But alas, I am producing no such movie and I can only imagine getting chased down the side streets and alleyways of Mumbai for so long before I start to lose interest. The added elements of electronic sounds to more traditional Indian music is interesting although I am not convinced that it makes the music any more approachable or appealing. As background noise, which is the only way I imagine I could ever listen to this album again, nixing the heavy electronic elements would have been less distracting and more soothing and increase my likelihood of trying Talvin's album again. It felt like this album just carried on for a whole hour without providing much inspiration or disgust, almost like Singh was aiming to be just OK. Score Breakdown: 2.052 & 1 -> 1.526

A diverse mix of electronic, industrial, and ethnic sounds. Some songs seem very chill and trance like, while others are very fast and hectic, but it all melds together to somehow work. Not sure I would choose to listen to this driving, or in the shower or anything, but it’s alright background music. Listen again: probably not Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song:

Dull launge music

meh

Less flute and less 2000s production and I might have got on with this. Sadly it was a chore.

This one was quite interesting in places, had never heard of the artist or album before. I enjoyed the first few songs, but after a while it just faded to the background a bit. A lot of the sounds are a bit dated however. I can see why it's on the list, but not one I'd come back to again.

Electronic picks on this list are always something like: "Gooberology by DJ Shitass from Newhampfordworcestershireshire (Length: 182 minutes) (Global rating of 2.58/5)" Imagine willingly listening to this in your spare time. Not OK. 1/5

Decent

Electronica,indian classical,exotica.

Oh man, this bad. The strings that close out the excruciatingly long first track were my only highlight. The rest was unbearable. I have no idea why this is here. Perhaps I will use Google to find a possible reason because I am stumped.

It doesn’t start that bad but damn does it drag

Pretty anaemic nineties electronic music that’s spiced with Indian influences but isn’t going anywhere and definitely failed to age well.

It was OK

Electrònica barrejada amb música hindu, amb un resultat curiós però poc engrescador. Tot i que, sincerament, m'ho esperava pitjor. Cal reconèixer la perícia a l'hora d'integrar les diferents influències i el resultat sona bastant sòlid. Simplement, no és per mi

Electrónica. Bastante aburrido.

A globetrotting melange of genres befitted for the turn of the century, OK finds Tavin Singh finding what works and making them click together. Pulsing and bursting with Indian classical, Japanese dance and British electronica, this is as of its time as it is futuristic, ambitious whilst being unpresuming and it's as tethered to the unlikely origins of its creator while at the same time being as far from it as possible. OK, indeed. Favorites: Traveller, Butterfly, Eclipse, OK, Light, Soni.

Indian Electronica. Not done super well

Aptly named

Interesting and overall enjoyed it.

V. interesting, not sure if I'd ever listen to it casually though

Ambitious and interesting

ok

Very pleasant Sunday morning listening, very nineties mix of Indian and drum and bass. Almost almost really really good.

Started off surprisingly good thought. I enjoyed the intro tack and 'Sutrix' but it didn't keep up the same level for me. Out of all drum and bass/electronic music out there, this does not really do much for me.

8/10. In general I quite liked this, cool fusion of different sounds.

I fell asleep about 20 minutes in. From what I heard I at least appreciated the Indian influences. That being said, this is not something I need to listen to again. 4/10

OK

Sometimes interesting, sometimes melodic/hypnotic, sometimes a meandering, rat-crap crazy mess. But, for the most part, it wasn't bad as background noise. Would I listen to it again? Probably not. Does that mean anything? Not really.

Doesn't catch me at all unfortunately; already had the urge to turn it off during the first song, and persevering didn't make it better.

I liked this album pretty well. I'm going to look into them further.

OK is OK, until it isn’t. For me, that was about 5 songs. Once again, my rule of thumb for the list hasn’t been disproven: If you haven’t heard anyone talking about an album on this list in 25 years, you don’t need to hear it before you die.

Sounds like a soundtrack for fin de siecle globalism , perhaps because that's exactly what it is.

oh, you put South Asian instruments on top of your boring-ass techno. cool, i guess.

I appreciated this for being distinctive and interesting, and I enjoyed listening to most of it.

I was pretty excited to give this a listen after skimming over the description. It didn't quite live up to what I was hoping for though. I do appreciate the innovation, but the execution was kind of dull.

Unique style and combination of instruments give a relaxing ambient sound that I thoroughly enjoyed. An hour of soft groovy beats.

This was manically exotic and I definitely am glad to have listened to it. More frenetic a lot of the time than I might want, but still cool.

This is the sort of album I've been hoping to get for a while

Música electrónica ambiental. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

это что-то совсем не из этого мира невероятная энергетика, безумное смешение жанров, один заглавный трек альбома Traveller чего стоит незабываемая работа возможно, лучшая из этого списка

Как только я начал слушать альбом, то я понял: он или гениальный или говно. Здесь все же первый вариант. Очень необычные сочетания медитативной индийской музыки и хауса/IEM/техно. В результате одновременно получается, что тебя вгоняют в транс и заставляют танцевать/рейвить. Поэтому очень необычно и круто звучит и по сей день. Сэмплы чувак взял, конечно, мое почтение. А теперь субъективный обзор: я только встал и сел за стол работать. Хочется очень спать, работать даже особо не хочется и тут я думаю: хм, а может включить альбомчик послушать с утра, взбодриться. И когда я его включил, то я думал что я сейчас умру от душноты (реально, первую половину первой песни можно смело пропустить, имхо). Но слава богу дальше все норм было. Честно говоря, реально думал что сейчас еще хуже станет)))

Ахахаха, это слишком хорошо, чтобы оказаться 100ым альбомом! Ладно, теперь серьёзно: индийская музыка не от мира сего. У них свои гармонии, которые могут казаться неправильными (непривычными) на первый взгляд. Это интересно услышать и оценить, но на постоянку возможно будет тяжело. Опять же, говоря об индийской музыке, возможно присутствует навязанный Болливудом и мемами стереотип о том, как это должно звучать. Это не относится к этому альбому. Где-то это техно, где-то симфоническая музыка, где-то акустика. Всё и вся собрано здесь, но основывается на вот этой восточной музыкальной гармонии (тут пусть лучше Егор в подкасте расскажет, как у них интервалы устроены). Но сука))) c "The True Story Of Extasy" я конечно улетел, это просто ор. Ещё и вот этим индийским голосом из видосов по программированию... Альбом крутой по задумке, лёгкий по восприятию (настолько лёгкий, что когда после заиграл Apex Twin, я был уверен, что пластинка не закончилась). Я не готов поставить 5 за музыкальность, ибо вопросики остались, но готов поставить 5 за вклад в развитие индийской музыкальной культуры.

Альбом создаёт вокруг тебя какое-то новое пространство, которое заполняется всеми звуками мира, как будто. Однозначно не на постоянное присутствие в плейлисте, но иногда вернуться и переслушал вполне кайф

OK is not OK. Terrible

Indian triphop-fusion, slightly overambitious at times but overall a welcome surprise.

Would have been perfectly fine if I'd never heard this

The fast paced songs bring me a kind of discomfort that really scratches an itch. The slower songs make me want the faster songs. Unique experience

Terrible fever dream

eastern sounds + electronica

Indische Drum & Bass, prima!

Música electrónica ambiental. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Electronica,indian classical,exotica.

Ok, well actually, pretty good

OK: Music to Pretend Your on Hold to.

“The world is sound” Huh, that was weird

It was at least ok

OK is...okay. I liked the style, what if house but South Asian? It's just that there's not much more to it once you get past that moment. Scratches an itch but then it's gone, 2.

This is a fusion of electro/dance music with world (mostly Far Eastern I think?) influences, and it doesn't really work. Not unpleasant, but not as interesting as the collision of two very different genres should be, 2/5 for trying though.

I loved the concept but just could not stand how it sounded. The concept was a album that covered all the sounds all over the world. Unfortunately the result was not pleasant sounding at all.

Love the mix of styles

Meh

Why are there so many electronic albums on this list? That’s 2 this week. This stuff is fine for background music at a spa or in an elevator or something. Hardly what I’d call an album worthy of being on a “must listen” list. My apologies to Talvin Singh, as I’m taking my frustrations out on a genre as a whole on this album. But there’s no way any of these electronic albums are even in the same league as dark side of the moon or there’s a riot going on, or anything else for that matter. Congratulations you can program some loops.

Rating: 5/10 Best songs: OK

Okay, two genres I don't care about put into one album. LFG! That Wiki about it is pretentious as hell and I don't give much credit to "this is great because it's different and they tried really, really hard." -Traveller- (We initially queued up a Led Zeppelin song accidentally and were VERY confused and were like, "this is unexpected and great, but WTF does he sound like Robert Plant?") Bryant: The world is sound. Got it. Bill doesn't mind this. The beats kicked in and Bill is less impressed. This guy does NOT sound like Robert Plant. I'm not sure if the world is still sound, but there's a lot of flute. 8 min in and I could use a snack. But not too much, we've still got a long way to go. Boom! Orchestra out of left field. Erica: And more flute, good, that's the one thing this song was lacking. I was hoping they'd throw it my way. -Butterfly- Erica: "This one kinda slaps. (2 sec later) This guy needs to travel to places with less flute. (2 sec later) starts dancing" She likes the "mandoliny thing". Bryant: 2 songs in and this one is my favorite on the album so far. -Sutrix- Bryant: I really hope this is Indian for "the world is sound" Erica: It sounds like she's saying milky something Bryant: Milky butt. Erica: If you're going to say one phrase over and over again, make sure it doesn't sound like milky butt in someone else's language. Both: Giggles every time she says milky butt. Bryant: Someone got a pan flute for Ramadan, awesome. The dude at the end just realized they were saying Milky Butt, maybe that was the start of the next one. Going into song three looking for a new favorite on the album. -Mombasstic- Bryant: I'm not on enough acid to enjoy this. -Decca- Bryant: I highly doubt this is a true story of Ecstasy. That was blessedly short. Erica: That scared me a little. -Eclipse- Bryant: This one seems okay. Very "prodigy". Halfway through the song and therefore the album. This has been an experience so far. Erica: *interpretive dancin* I like the background singers more than the main guy. I like the background on that quite a lot. Someone should sample it and put it in another song. -OK- Bryant: Title track, here we go. Sounds like a synthesized didgeridoo in the background. It's like girls singing over a 1980s arcade. I do not like this one. Erica: This might be my favorite so far. This is definitely the Japan song. It sounds like a fun one to sing, like the girls were having a good bouncy time. -Light- Bryant: Some smooth jazz. Alright. I officially don't get it. That said, this is probably my second favorite song on the album so far. Erica: This is his Pure Moods album tryout. This is good, I was really missing the flute. -Disser/Point.Mento.B- Bryant: Maybe if you have to try this hard, music isn't your thing. Kung-Fu fighting was written as a joke in 5 minutes in the studio and I'd rather listen to it on repeat than sit through this again. Erica: Eats an egg, "those white eggs are not as good, though." -Soni- Bryant: He misspelled sonic. That game had a better soundtrack than this. Erica: Grimace. I feel like you give me any instrument, preferably something I've never played before and I could do a passable impression of any song on this album. But maybe that's an argument for the "you have to know the rules in order to break the rules." Like, maybe a stunt man has to be really good before he can look like he falls. It sounds like they're falling. -Vikram The Vampire- Bryant: Ooh, lasers. Let's be honest. If this came on a playlist while I was listening to tunes, I'd give it the thumbs down and block artist and I'm like 2 min in. 30 seconds of silence at the end. Cool. Erica: By the title, I have higher hopes. The death of an old robot? What am I listening to? This is the 1 at the end of the 1001 albums. End notes: Bryant: With the other ones, even if I didn't really like it I could see how they were influential/whatever. This came out in 1998. The Prodigy had 3 platinum albums by then. There's nothing here that I see echoed anywhere else, thankfully. I have no idea why this made the 1001 anything. I guarantee some hipster gets a hard on anytime this comes up. Erica: I don't understand who listens to that. It's not boppy enough to be electronic dance scene, it's not chill enough to be "I'm high and want to listen to something transcendental." People who take mushrooms and want to have a bad trip listen to it. I think that the point is that the target audience is pretentious fucks who say they like it because it's like nothing else.

I’ve never heard of this performer before today and I gotta say, I don’t hate it. He sounds like an Indian Moby. Not normally my type of music (Indian or electronica) but I’m kinda sorta digging this, especially when some orchestral stuff plays like halfway thru the first song. Some of this sounds like a soundtrack for an Indian film noire. Like Mumbai Confidential. And then it talks about a vampire at the end? Hmmmm. Not bad but not going into my regular rotation. Glad I listened, though.

Different, some good bits

OK.

Ok but, wut? This album could be subtitled: The Blue Man group takes some Gregorian Monks and the Flute Player from Jetro Tull to a Children’s Museum. Where Trent Reznor runs the Dippin Dots stand. On the way there they run into some Hare Krishnas.

Can’t put my finger on it, either it’s ending credits from an N64 game or a weird movie soundtrack from the 90s. Either way it wasn’t terrible and it kinda put me in that time. I’ll slide it though with a 2, no playlist adds.

não entendi pq o álbum está nessa lista, apenas mais um álbum de música mais chill, decente mas nada excepcional

Sabe quando aquele colega da escola ou do trabalho te convida pra um programa e você acaba aceitando por educação, mesmo sem ter interesse em ir ? E daí chegando lá você percebe que achou tudo uma bosta ? Mas não quer ser rude e daí quando te perguntam sobre, tu responde: "ah foi uma experiência". Sabe ? Então, esse álbum é basicamente isso, não vou falar que é uma merda só porque não é meu estilo, então vou dizer que foi uma experiência, uma experiência que eu espero nunca mais repetir.

I really enjoyed this album! It was unexpected and had elements from so many different genres that I enjoy.

Tråååååååååkigt, enformigt, intetsägande och onödigt utdraget.

As far as instrumental records go, this one is definitely.... interesting. SO many different sounds and styles happening Not really my vibe but I can appreciate how challenging it must have been to record and produce the record 2/5

Put me in a trance

Quite a variety of sounds and styles on this record. Very interesting. I had not heard of the artist or heard any of his work before. Serious effort when into this in many ways, and very early pioneer in the development of music production as the internet was just ramping up.

Hier kom ik echt niet doorheen. Heel eerlijk gezegd ook niet echt doorgezet, even geen zin in vandaag. Maar ik weet wel dat ik hier nooit blij van ga worden.

A little obscure. Has a slight Indian twang to it that reminded me of that style but more ethereal and out there. It was fine for background listening. 2.5

It was OK, but the songs that Spotify randomly played afterward were outstanding!

Not my thing, hard to rate.

Fun and interesting album

Baš mi nije ovo sjelo

A fascinating story of travel recorded in a busy, heavily Asian influenced album. The synthesized drum beats in contrast with recordings of native choirs are a bit jarring at time but was an interesting journey

OK

While I didn’t have the best time listening to this album, I think as background music it would be fine so it lands on the 3 spot

Talvin, are you OK? So, Talvin, are you OK? Are you OK, Talvin? This album is exactly what it advertises itself to be: OK.

One time album to listen 👂

Utterly dreadful.

Nope

Trying way too hard at times, but there's some interesting stuff in here. Rounded up from 2.5.

Nope

This was a whole big steaming bowl of nope for me.

I feel like this is on the list so that british publishers can feel like theyre "multicultural" and "not colonizers". Well, heres the thing - the albums not great, and the british are fucking awful. 2/5

9/10 super creative and definitely stands out from mainstream electronic/DnB with its Indian/Asian influence

Powerful and masterfull precussionist, exploring a combination of indian instruments and electronic music. Very cool, experimental, but works!

This album was pretty cool. The electronic elements were nowhere near overkill and enhanced the music. Favorite track: Decca

The traditional Indian elements in an electronic music framework work very well. But I still find electronic music boring due to the repetitiveness. The good moments are spread too thinly through the hour long album.

I've heard this exact thing done better by multiple other artists.

Huh

Intriguing mix of influences.

A fusion experiment that sounds very dated now.

Crazy fusion of lots of different electronic music and world music genres. Feels a bit cliche and boring now though, but at the time it was probably pretty neat.

Indian DnB?!?!??!

Meh

Okay conceptually cool. Musically good, just not for me

Wow. I've never heard this record. Now that I'm listening to it, I don't really think there's all that much special about it for me. The music is fine, but it feels like it all falls along traditional Indian music lines. It's in a standard Raga, it heavily samples commonly known Indian artists, and the electronic bass just follows the Tabla line for the most part. That said, I would probably prefer to listen to those original artists like Zakir Hussain or Rakesh Chaurasia over this. The main thing for me is that the actual Indian music this is quoting from is amazing drum and bass music in and of itself. I'm not sure the electronic drums and DnB treatment really change the tone or feel of the music much for me. It's always such rhythmic tumble through 4's and 3's anyway and the bass is held down by the Tabla, which is really as close to a dub bass sound as an acoustic drum can make. So it doesn't feel like this is that much of a departure musically. I like it, but I think there are some other amazing records in this vein that I would prefer. Meh.

Would be great for a yoga session. I felt zen afterwards.

Not really sure which of my thoughts to go with so here they all are: This album evokes so many firsts for me: Playing with a sound mixer and the immediate overuse of reverb; The first feeling of revulsion upon finding 93.9 Smooth Jazzzz Beats FM on the radio; The thrill of changing the sound from piano to a dog barking on my first Casio keyboard; The first time I tried blending all the flavors I loved together, like citrus and milk. This era of electronic music has never resonated with me. It simply tries too hard to justify its existence. I wanted to give this album a chance but the sledgehammer subtlety of "The world is sound" repeated over and over again in the first track didn't help. By the time "OK" rolled around, I was trying so hard to like it again. Optimistic thoughts "OK sounds like it inspired Prodigy's Firestarter! Maybe that's something good I can take from this." quickly disappointed once I realized that "OK" was released _after_ Firestarter — the song's inspiration was actually just a cliche derivative. This is what a braided goatee sounds like. It’s like putting Kenny G, the soundtrack from Moulin Rouge, and Seal into a blender and then adding a generous splash of pan flute. Nope.

Where is the 2.75 stars option?

Maybe it's a biased opinion because I like this type of "environmental" music

That was interesting! Really loved the instrumentation and Indian influence. Less fond of the painfully 90's electronica.

This was too much.

A surprise, I’d never even heard of the artist. Interesting fusion of traditional Indian instruments with electrónica and drum and bass. Enjoyable but I wouldn’t necessarily listen again.

This is a classic Indian fusion album

he's a twat but the music is top notch

It was ok.

Epic

Lots of great really cool ideas but man is it slow to get going!! Good news is the latter half is great despite the first half’s flop. Very groovy and love the combination of so many different cultural sounds. Best tracks: OK, Light, Decca

Feisty and interesting and cool, much like the artist himself. And one's reminded of the double-edged sword that is ambition in popular music; in this case, it's a plus, drivingg toward compelling contrasts and nearly-titillating textures (see "Mombasstic"). There are moments of great beauty (e.g., "Light" and, to a lesser extent "Soni") and powerful atmospherics (multiple moments in "Traveler" and the hip and groovy "Butterfly"). But an excess of overly ambitious, globally-inspired noodling and overdetermined vibing – not terribly surprising given the time and place and dramatis personae, plus the well and truly maligned [and often justifiably so] genre] – leaves the record just short of being a full-on classic. It's the merging of modes that makes this cool but one thinks it's music that sounds best in a first-class seat on a very long international flight. TS would no doubt take the point, but disagree. The maximalism generally works but defeats timelessness, as there's simply too much that can date it or anchor it to the time/place of its creation (see "Decca" and "Eclpse"). That's especially true of the spoken-word bits. These moods remain relevant only as long as the Zeitgeist of their creation remains readable and in 21st century time signatures and cultural flux, that's not very long. Plus high-tech instrumentation only remains so for a season or two, given relentless progress, advancement, innovation, etc., etc. But no doubt a fun and interesting listen from a big (and undoubtedly global) mind and one's inspired to listen to more.

Reading the Wikipedia page, I got Singh's influence, but his songs are just another fancy electronic music that is not for me. I'll rate it with 2 because the song "OK" reminds me of some good anime openings, and "Soni" gave me some "Blade runner" vibes that I enjoyed a bit.

Album started really good and got progressively worse

Nice album, love the crossover

Good

I guess it was interesting? Definitely feels like “world music” so sure, I’m happy I heard it before I died.

Would I listen to this album again, yes absolutely, it's dedication to his Indian heritage is there to be seen no matter what the genre. It's a grower of an album with something new in every listen.

Nah, this wasnt a good album

This is a superb album. I loved it in the early 2000s and while I prefer Ha!, this is a really great album too.

I don't know... I like electronic music, but this is missing something for me. I'm not feeling it. It's too earnest and kind feels like an imitation of something better, except I haven't heard anything like it before. This is music's version of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. I almost hate the first track. After that it becomes palatable to a degree, but i did want every song to end sooner. So that's not good. I can't say I hate it, but I certainly don't want to do this again. ✔️ I kinda do like Vikram The Vampire, though 🤷‍♂️ Maybe because I knew the album was ending soon.

Nitin Sawney & Talvin Sing within a couple of days! I’m wondering if drum and bass got its inspiration from tabla. There are some nice textures, flute solos etc. and if you listen to snippets here and there it sounds good. Overall for me, the music lacks structure and melody, like freeform jazz over top of tablas.

Interesting that this comes a few days after Nitin Sawhney's Beyond Skin. Singh and Sawhney are very similar given that they are both Indian/English artists that blend classical Indian music with modern electronica and their albums were released about a year apart in the late 90s. This album starts out fabulously with Traveller, which features mostly classical Indian ambience but then gorgeous lush strings come in at the 8 minute mark. Butterfly is also a very nice fusion of tabla with dance beats. But the album falters after that and the remaining songs are bit of an incoherent mess with too much drum and bass for my tastes. I prefer Beyond skin to this but it is saved by a few very nice tracks so it also gets 3 stars.

Average.

super weird, not my favorite

I honestly don't know why I like this album so much, but I do. The last two songs are absolutely nutty though and honestly a bit creepy. Would I listen to it often? No. Am I happy I listened to it? YES!

Cool background music, if more than a bit strange

This for sure won't be in my normal rotation but I really enjoyed this. The mix of Indian and electronic was a really interesting combo to listen to. Great background music for work.

Such a strange sound - strange meaning different from the usual western sound. I don’t think I’ll come back to this, but I really appreciate the uniqueness of this record. I would probably like it more in smaller doses.

Actually a fun listen. Very good background for working.

A melding of styles that didn't work for me. Even as a background it didn't disturb.

If (as track 1 says) "the world is music", this album is an overcrowded, polluted and impoverished city. Tradition and culture meet industry, but the latter erodes the former to create an unpleasant and monotonous experience for inhabitants and listeners. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: Traveller Date listened: 05/11/22

notes - indian/british tabla player and producer - collaborated with musicians from around the world, blending traditional indian music, japanese flute music, and idm/drum n bass elements - The string & flute arrangement at the end of the first song is beautiful! - This album has a very 90s sound palette, the long reverb and delay, wet sounding ps1 synth patches, chopped glitchy drums - Like a musical time machine, could imagine listening to this on a walkman while rollerskating fav - sutrix - made me feel like the protagonist in a cyberpunk movie least fav - eclipse - least effective use of the glitch sounds, kinda gave the vibe that he was just trying to cram a vunch in 3/5 interesting vibe and cool way to hear what was going on in electronic music at the time

Pretty trippy fusion of electronica beats and traditional indian instruments. I liked it. I can imagine standing in a basement club in london covered in neon with everyone around me spaced out to something talking about the 'vibes'. however - it started to get pretty disjointed at points.

I struggled with how to rate this one. There's some stuff here that I clearly don't understand and isn't for me. That doesn't mean it's bad, but I'd be lying if I said I enjoyed it. Best track: Sutrix

ass

Really interesting dance music. A lot different from the stuff that's out today.

Lovely soundscape. Happy surprise

Ambiant electronica with an experimental feel. I liked it.

One of the pioneers of Asian fusion/underground, I love the combination of drum n bass beats with Tabla playing, almost feels like they were meant for each other. And then the incorporation of both western and eastern classical instruments and themes, this really is a world spanning album.

i did not like this

yeah nah yeah

1999 mercury music prize. what a strange bunch of albums that is. but on closer inspection of 1999 and the best selling albums we're greeted with an absolute mess of a time. we've got the year of trance and nu metal. manufactured pop is still huge mainstream with backstreet boys selling 40m albums. Eminem resurrecting dr dre. europop is big with vengaboys and eiffel 65. film soundtracks are selling like made (notting hill 2.4m). the indie offering is the wet singer songwriter thing that was the push back to britpop led by travis. we've got moby, will smith, macy gray, lou bega, sisqo. this year was fucking mental. i implore you to go here and have a look for yourselves as to what the fuck was going on; https://bestsellingalbums.org/year/1999 so back to the beginning with the mercury music prize list, it now makes a bit more sense. in hindsight it probably should have been won by the chemical brothers surrender but none of the others have really stood the test of time, faithless 8PM, stereophonics - performance and cocktails, manics - this is my truth, blur-13 all fairly un-innovative. so after all that waffle, it's alright. nice production, good sounds but the pace of it kind of stumbles along rather than flows.

After hollowing out my eyeballs and dipping my face into a bucket of frogs, I can see myself falling deeper and deeper in love with this cowardly record. It will fuel my passion for the next 16 hours. In this time I will complete a complex jigsaw of an elderly man bent over with his sagging, withered ass pointing towards us as he sucks on a large lollipop and takes a photo of his enormous dick. Yes, today will be just fine.

OK

The album title has pretty much done the review for me.

weird, interesting...

Indian sounding, drum and bass, trip-hop. It won the 1999 Mercury Music Prize. Woke up from a post-Sunday-long-jog-snooze right at the end. So it clearly didn't do much for me.

Prefs: Traveler, Butterfly, Sutrix, OK, Light Moins pref: Mombasstic

The concept is very cool, but that's about it. I'm glad it's on the list, and don't actively dislike it, but the failed potential here is really disappointing. Takes a long time to get going, and yet never feels like it gets to the final destination. Butterfly is sick, cool 90s beats with classical Indian melodies- v good

Really enjoyed this. The fusion of the table with drum and bass is really addictive

Interesting without being amazjng

A really interesting album - it gets a bit weird at points, but will definitely listen again.

Sorry, did not enjoy it at all.

Every time I think this album is going to do something interesting, it disrupts the groove and switches beats. 2.5, going to round up here because I suspect there are layers I am missing here.

Background music for the fluorescent jellyfish exhibit at the aquarium in a Stanley Kubrick meets Ravi Shankar kind of way? In the end, I can say that I listened to it. And if this is a way to reach total consciousness, I got that going for me. Which is nice.

Indian electronica.

Listened to this a lot when it first came put, but now it disappoints me - too much of it is unfocused and meandering. The earlier compilation "Anokha – Soundz of the Asian Underground" that Talvin Singh put out does stand the test of time however.

I was definitely not high enough to listen to this album and even worse I was drunk on Husker game day which is like the worst mindset for listening to music like this. It was pretty calming I suppose but I just could not get into it and have no interest in ever listening to this again

Got a lot of work done today with this running in the background, managed to keep me interested with the mix of styles and upbeat rhythms. Some songs become repetitive and a tad cloying, but for the most part I was able to zone out and let the music wash over me.

this fucks

OK! Loved it. Cool fusion of eastern sounds with electro beats. Can't believe it's from 1998.