Creator of an innovative fusion of Indian bhangra music and drum’n’bass
electronica, Talvin Singh was classically trainedon the tabla but rejected most of his learning when he founded the Anokha club night at East London’s Blue Note. Singh grew up in Leytonstone, and though he began playing tabla at the age of five, he also liked to breakdance to electro and listen to punk rock. He was transplanted to India at the age of 16 to pursue a classical education, but later returned to Britain in the late ’80s and began picking up work as a musician, with a diverse cast of artists
◊→ ‘Jaan‘ ↓
•→ ‘Ananta’ [Sanskrit for «Infinite» or «Endless»] by Niladri Kumar & Talvin Singh ←(Music for the Anahata Chakra)
♦ ‘See Breeze’ ↓
♦ ‘The Beat Goes On’ ↓ (Dope Smugglaz Mix)
•→Talvin Singh talks ⇐
•→ Bengal Song ⇑
Fute Full Apon Shukhe…Kaar isharai…
Kaar Adore…
Kaata Bon…
Shomirone Shohag Chorai
¤ → Traveller (In The East Mix)⇐
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¤ Nitin Sawhney
∞ w/ Ojos de Brujo – ‘Shadowland’⇐
♦ Nitin Sawhney’s Prophesy ↓ visual album (2001)
Released as a DVD by V2 Records, Prophesy is a musically driven film shot in India, South Africa, Australia and the USA exploring the twin themes of technology and development. In the words of one reviewer ‘it forces the audience to question their role as a member of a world characterised by globalisation, a euphemism that encompasses the fleecing of poorer countries by the west in the name of Development’.
∞ «Soundbites» ↓ [with Brian Eno]
♦ ‘Mausam’ ⇓
Ek rang mein jeena, jeevan ko…(Living your life in one colour)Aayy jaane tamanna, theek nahin…
(My dear, is not a good thing)Gham aur Khushi do rastay hai…
(Sadness and Happiness are two paths)Ek rahe pe chalna, theek nahin…
(To walk on one path, is not a good thing)—Badal jaaye Mausam…
(The Seasons change)Khushi aaye, Jaaye Gham…
(Happiness comes and sadness leaves)
◊ ‘Nadia’ ⇓ feat. Nicki Wells & Ashwin Srinivasan [Coke Studio]
A song about two lovers on opposite ends of the river. Sounds like someone calling across the river. Based on a thumri, this track is about how the river has become the enemy as it is keeping the lovers apart.
Kasturi tilakam – Lalat patle
Vashkh sthale kaustubham – Na sakre luv motikm
Kartale emm kare – Kankanam
Sarvange – Sarvange
Har chandanam sulalitam – Kanthecha mukta pali
Gopastri parihastita – Vijaya De
Gopal chhood mani
Nadiyaan Bairee Bhayrein (7)
Bairee Bhayrein (3)
Mora Sainyaan, Bulaa ve (2)
Nadiyaan Bairee Bhayrein (3)
Bairee Bhayrein (3)
Sune Naahin . . . (4)
Nadiyaan Bairee Bhayrein (3)
Bairee Bhayrein (2)
Mora Sainyaan, Bulaa ve (2)
Nadiyaan Bairee Bhayrein
Bairee Bhayrein (2)
Sune Naahin . . . (4)
Nadiyaan Bairee Bhayrein (3)
Bairee Bhayrein (2)
Sune Naahin . . . (3)
•→ ‘Saahil Tak’ ⇐[feat. Papon & Ashwin Srinivasan]
◊ Nitin Sawhney ↓ ‘Sunset’ [RYUICHI SAKAMOTO]
If I were never to leave you – If I were always alone
If I would never to see you
If I could set the sun – If I could set the sun
Keep moving – Keep changing – Keep flowing in the sun
Lovers rise – Oceans rise – People rise in the sun
If I were never to leave you – If I were always alone
If I would never to see you
If I could set the sun – If I could set the sun
Tears falling – Right falling – Leaves a falling in the sun
Lives drifting – Seas drifting – Worlds drifting with the sun
If I were never to leave you – If I were always alone
If I were never to receive you – If I could set with the sun
If i . . . Never to leave here – If i . . . Always alone – If i
(if I) Oceans rise – Vapors rise
(if I) People rise – With the sun – Oceans rise
(if I) Vapors rise – People rise – With the sun
♦ ‘Distant Dreams’ ⇓ [featuring Roxanne Tataei]
This city, everywhere I go, I see faces I know all in their different zones
As we’re flying through this world underground
And my eyes are wide shut, I’m not hearing a sound
Time standing still – Surrounded by sad hearts unfulfilled
Empty places for the disenchanted pass and fade away
Distant dreams, where I go – Distant dreams, when I’m low
As they echo . . . in my head
Distant dreams, how they flow – Distant dreams, moving slow
As I’m falling out of time, I still have distant dreams here in my mind
Faces distorted by pressure – Everyone forced together
Spilling out through the doors
No more spaces – It’s a dog-eat-dog world
And a mad free-for-all – Maybe room for one more
Time standing still, surrounded by sad hearts unfulfilled
Empty places for the disenchanted pass and fade away
Distant dreams, where I go – Distant dreams, when I’m low
As they echo . . . in my head
Distant dreams, how they flow – Distant dreams, moving slow
As I’m falling out of time, I still have distant dreams here in my mind
Distant dreams, where I go – Distant dreams, when I’m low
As they echo, echo in my head
Distant dreams, how they flow – Distant dreams, moving slow
As heartbreak surrounds me and heartache has found me
Distant dreams, where I go – Distant dreams, when I’m low
As they echo in my head
Distant dreams, how they flow – Distant dreams, moving slow
As I’m falling out of time, I still have distant dreams here in my mind
•→ ‘The search’⇐
◊ Nitin Sawhney ↓ ‘The Pilgrim’
Woke up in the morning in a temple
Kinda lucky on my feet for it was central
So I walk across the village
Saw a group of kids pillage
And I thought to myself I might be meant to
You see Pilgrims in the town
All seem to hold a frown
Say all they wanna be is diggy down
You know Speck thought he’d ask
But figured it’s just a mask
This guy’s on something else that’s profound
I’m not the stool or the fool or the leader here to rule
Not the lover or the fighter who came here to duel
But I thought I looked into, but I walked into
So I can understand all the rules, cool?
Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet
Might take a village ever long to see that
Don’t break your ties meet my pal compromise
And the kid you wanna be you can be that
Who’s ever watched the world that’s my motto
Don’t ever wanna play the head honcho dig but huh
If you try to push I won’t beat around the bush
Straight up you’re getting dissed on the pronto.
Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet
Might take a village ever long to see that
Don’t break your ties meet my pal compromise
And the kid you wanna be you can be that
If I could, I’d solve the problems of the world that exist
If I could always chill, I would without resist
If you weren’t so litteral, brother you might get it
Pack my bags, tambourines, and jeans so don’t sweat it
Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet
Might take a village ever long to see that
Don’t break your ties meet my pal compromise
And the kid you wanna be you can be that . . .
Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet.
As the journey continues I gain current instincts
I feel I know what they must be thinking, for instance
When they speak in riddles I’m left with the question
But won’t stop arguments to kill attention
They all got a sixth sense to be one another
So pilgrims seek refuge undercover
Where it’s fly like birds to live a lot is absurd
Try telling that to this kid named Unver
Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet
Might take a village ever long to see that
Don’t break your ties meet my pal compromise
And the kid you wanna be you can be that . . .
I met him on tour a week on for twenty four
He was born in the village, but left in ninety four
Now he’s still got probs he doesn’t know how to solve
I said, «Unver, I’ve been there before»
In the light of understanding I forgot it
Sometimes the boat shakes when you rock it
I told him we are like family, a part of humanity
Don’t overdo, and don’t toss it.
Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet
Might take a village ever long to see that
Don’t break your ties meet my pal compromise
And the kid you wanna be you can be that . . .
He dug and moved on with his life
‘Cause he digs it gets real dark at night
Don’t want a collar that’s blue or a reflection of you
Just wants us to get his plight
Myself I’d like the years just to take me away
It might leave a part of this world in dismay
But the village calls the pilgriming negroes
After all I’m just one needle in the hay
Now what I’m speaking in is symbolics
But you can call it what you want to call it
See all that I do is throw words, and I hope that you caught it
Only got one arrow but I aim for two targets
Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet
Might take a village ever long to see that
Don’t break your ties meet my pal compromise
And the kid you wanna be you can be that . . .
You can be that, you can be that
÷ ÷ ÷ ÷
¤ Cheb i Sabbah [1947-2013]
•→ ‘Shri Durga’ ⇐
∇ ‘Kese Kese’ ⇓
God’s word – When DC talks . . . When I talk, I talk about the LordYou can be sure that you can’t afford to miss a lyric, a rhyming lineYou know, they got meaning, they’re right on time – Totally true and to the last letter
If it’s Christian it ought to be better – Omit a bit, it should be the best
If it’s of the King, you know it’s blessed – When DC talks . . .
♦ ‘Koi bole ram ram’ ⇓
«koee bolai raam raam koee khudhaae ||Some call the Lord ‘Ram, Ram’, and some ‘Khuda’.
koee saevai guseeaa koee alaahi ||1||
Some serve Him as ‘Gusain’, others as ‘Allah’.kaaran karan kareem ||He is the Cause of causes, and Generous.kirapaa dhhaar reheem ||1||He showers His Grace and Mercy upon us.koee naavai theerathh koee haj jaae ||
Some pilgrims bathe at sacred shrines, others go on Hajj to Mecca.
koee karai poojaa koee sir nivaae ||2||
Some do devotional worship, whilst others bow their heads in prayer.koee parrai baedh koee kathaeb ||
Some read the Vedas, and some the Koran.
koee oudtai neel koee supaedh ||3||
Some wear blue robes, and some wear white.koee kehai thurak koee kehai hi(n)dhoo ||
Some call themselves Muslim, and some call themselves Hindu.
koee baashhai bhisath koee suragi(n)dhoo ||4||
Some yearn for paradise, and others long for heaven.kahu naanak jin hukam pashhaathaa ||
Says Nanak, one who realizes the Hukam of God’s Will,
prabh saahib kaa thin bhaedh jaathaa ||5||
knows the secrets of his Lord Master.»
•→ ‘Tum Bin Shyam’←
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