Musical crossovers between India and Europe are nothing new. The Beatles and Ravi Shankar are probably the best known example, with influences going both ways enriching both sides. This album from Talvin Singh, a British artist who moved to India to study the tabla, continues the tradition, but it’s something of a curate’s egg.
Parts of it are excellent - the frenetic tabla playing is a perfect fit for the drum ‘n’ bass rhythms on some of these tracks. However, Singh couldn’t resist throwing in a whole bunch of other stuff - choirs, synths, string orchestras, Ryuchi Sakamoto on flute, and probably a kitchen sink in there somewhere too. I honestly think I would have preferred 40 minutes of the minimal stuff rather than a stretched out hour of extras.
The end result is really just OK.
https://album.link/gb/i/1442922591
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