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Talvin Singh (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
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1. Traveller
2. Butterfly
3. Sutrix
4. Mombasstic
5. Decca
6. Eclipse
7. OK
8. Light
9. Disser/Point.Mento.B
10. Soni
11. Vikram The Vampire

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OK is one phrase that's universally known and understood, and on OK Talvin Singh tries for a similar global connection. A classically trained tabla player, he's performed with Björk and Massive Attack, holds his own club nights in London, and is the leading light of the burgeoning Asian Underground movement--in other words, a man of many parts. He brings them all together here--the Bollywood strings, the kannakol patterns of Indian music, and the skittering rhythms of drum & bass and jungle--to create something that is new and thoroughly vibrant. This is Britain at the millennium, drawing on its immigrants, full of Eastern promise, and ready to dive headlong into the future. An album of both intelligence and passion, it is more than OK; it's a complete marvel. --Chris Nickson

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Pour Talvin Singh, le monde est son, prétexte à une musique mouvante en perpétuel devenir. OEuvrant à l'avant-garde de cette sono mondiale qu'est la world music dont il n'apprécie guère l'étiquette, ce percussionniste compositeur anglais d'origine indienne décloisonne les genres et volatilise les frontières musicales entre musique traditionnelle, techno et drum'n'bass. Remarqué avec son premier Soundz Of The Asian Underground, Talvin Singh est, à l'instar de ses collègues Zakir Hussain et Trilok Gurtu, un virtuose des percus à la croisée de tous les chemins : ceux de l'Orient et de l'Occident, des instruments acoustiques, de l'analogique et du numérique. Avec quelques prestigieux invités dont le boulimique bassiste producteur Bill Laswell, Talvin Singh rénove la tradition en mixant avec un réel bonheur tablas, flûte, trompette et machines. Ses rythmes, ensorcelants, inventent mine de rien la symphonie du troisième millénaire. --Philippe Robert
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fantastic in parts, ok in others Feb 4 2004
Format:Audio CD
the whole album vibrates with rhythm and feeling, but it is a little uneven. starts at a somewhat familiar, somewhat tried place - flute, synth, drums atmospherics ending with a droning sitar and flute, and violins. pretty standard stuff. another tune with rich flute-and-tabla interplay follows. things dont really get interesting for me, however, till "mombastik", when the grooves get more deep, and the music leaves its indian trappings and floats in the in-between, sometimes approaching the soundspaces which the afrocelt sound system roam. the brass instruments (sounds like a sax and a trumpet, or maybe this is the "modular flute" in the credits?) provide a very unique sonic texture to the tune. nice cool breaks. right, i say. this is where its at. the middle section of this album is incredible. it is difficult to get my attention on vedic-style chanting (this is simply overworked by most asian underground stuff that i have heard - just run aground as it were), but the sarangi accompaniment on "eclipse" makes it interesting. the album continues very strongly with the title tune, a wonderful melange of colors from the hills in the north east. i wonder what language that is (i have the import release, so maybe the standard release has more info). this heat china folk stuff is quite hot. first time i have heard this kind of sound. the next tune is the highlight - "light", a glowing, luminous, groovy sunrise. fantastic arrangements - simply marvellous. echoes of the last tune buried in there somewhere. the piano accompaniment by talvin is spare but very effective. mental note to check out the chaurasia-talvin collaboration "vira" next. the rest of the album returns to more familiar territory, but finishes very nicely in a different place and space. i like this album now. will i continue to like it a month later? that is the question. 3 stars for now.
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great grooves Aug 22 2003
By Kaulika
Format:Audio CD
Talvin Singh is a master at his craft, and it's evident on O.K. Elegant tabla rhythms mix superbly with electronic music to create a sublime ambient sound from the Asian underground. If you like ambient music, or Eastern-influenced electronica, you won't be sorry you bought this album.
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Marvellous May 5 2003
Format:Audio CD
This is beyond any doubt a very strange album. Since I'm not really into drum'n'bass (with the exception of some rather old Aquasky stuff), it was kind of a risk to buy it. Anyhow, I'm really glad I did so. It contains a magical blend of Indian and electronic music, Singh balances on the thin border between earth and space. The sound of the asian instruments is incredible, since Talvin Singh is a professional tabla-player, the technical quality is far beyond average.
I like it. A lot. The most bizarre thing is that I keep on doing so, no matter how much I listen to it.
Without any doubt a marvellous creation... and you shouldn't doubt a second about buying it.
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Most recent customer reviews
East-West fusion not there yet?
I'm a big fan of both traditional and electronic music, but I don't think that fusions of the two are working out so well in most cases - OK by Talvin Singh, as well as music by... Read more
Published on Jan 8 2003
NOT 'o.k'
This piece is not even music, just random sound.
Published on Oct 7 2002 by flavacado
More than just OK!
OK is more than just OK. I am a big fan of Indian culture and music as well as techno-electronic music. Read more
Published on July 7 2002 by Greg Allup
An excellent fusion of Indian music with western beats
I have been meaning to check out Talvin Singh's music for some time now and I finally got the opportunity to when I found a copy of "O. Read more
Published on Jun 8 2002 by Erica Anderson
Uneven but occassionally brilliant
This album is, as many others have said in their reviews, quite self-indulgent. Talvin attempts to fuse Indian music with drum and bass with sometimes amazing results. Read more
Published on May 17 2002 by B Narasimhan
not worth having
anokha was brilliant (as are the parties), but this isn't. talvin is a vanguard, but he doesn't put together a solid album. Read more
Published on April 23 2002 by Harper
My mother has it!
My mother has it! She played me the first two tracks and I enjoyed it 100%. If you like Moby, you'll love Talvin Singh. Read more
Published on April 3 2002
Hard to Knock
When I picked up 'Anokha' many years back, I rather enjoyed the East Indian flavour of the tunes, although some of the tracks were definitely hit-and-miss (a common problem with... Read more
Published on Jan 23 2002 by Greekfreak
Beautiful....
This CD is one i bought solely on the weight of other reviews.

I am glad I did.

The CD has good production quality, and the effects are really interesting - not overdone like a... Read more

Published on May 3 2001 by Michael Buttersworth
A Surprisingly Good CD - 4 and 1/2 stars.
I admit it, I was'nt expecting much, but I got much more than I expected when I listened to "OK". This is a very well-rounded CD, not too thumpy-bumpy and not too soft. Read more
Published on Mar 28 2001 by H. A Huffman
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