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Vedic Sound : Sweet Omkara 05:52
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Bedouin Ascent : Ancient Ocean 13:17
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Vedic : Hymn To Tripurari 07:09
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Ansuman Biswas : Shift 11:19
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Earthtribe : Lord Of The Dance 08:26
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Vedic : Shivaranjani 04:57
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Asian Dub Foundation : Tribute 08:00
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Lelonek : Rashanki 06:34
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Euphonic : Way Of The Exploding Fist 06:46
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Produced by Vedic in London, published by Sub Rosa 1997.

Performed by
VEDIC SOUND
BEDOUIN ASCENT
ANSUMAN BISWAS
EARTHTRIBE
ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION SOUND SYSTEM
LELONEK
EUPHONIC

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released February 20, 2016

Like Talvin Singh's more heavily-hyped collection, Anokha, this compilation from Indian artist Vedic (aka Vedic Sound - Vedic Sharma or Prakasa) gathers together a variety of experimental electronic artists from the "Asian Underground." On nine diverse tracks, many of which feature the same musicians, Sharma and company prove that Indian musicians can explore the possibilities of modern technology without losing touch with their rich classical traditions. The opening track, "Sweet Omkara," is a hypnotic, worshipful song featuring Sharma's subtle orchestration and S. Kumar's psychedelically reverberated vocals that seem perfect in keeping with India's ultra-traditional past. But each subsequent track seems to take bolder strides into the future. Bedouin Ascent's trance-inducing "Ancient Ocean" is an unlikely but delicious fusion of Indian music and dub, with programmed beats and samples augmented by syncopated tabla and a soaring flute melody. Vedic's "Trip to Tripurari" is even more bizarre, matching Indian percussion, sitar, and vocals with subterranean basslines and the skittering rhythms of drum'n'bass. With each passing track, the fusion of the ancient and the modern, the organic and the synthetic becomes a little more complete, until -- on Lelonek's furiously frantic "Rashanki" and Euphonic's psychotically funky "Way of the Exploding Fist" -- the walls dividing the two come crashing down. Albums like this break down the boundaries of musical convention, carrying the torch of experimentalism forward into the new millennium.

RHYTHMIC INTELLIGENCE
This fusion led to his first work on Sub Rosa's "Rhythmic Intelligence" which was widely distributed and critically acclaimed as "stylish and classy" by the Wire with its "trendy as fuck" attitude to "real music from the heart. »

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