Talvin Singh

As dance music spread globally during the 1990s, the mysterious melodies of India inevitably found their way into the mix. OK, by the well-traveled Talvin Singh, stands as one of the finest examples of that fusion, with it's brilliant combination of ambient Drum 'n' Bass and Eastern styles such as Bhangra.

World music has seeped so deeply into Western pop that we no longer hear it as an exotic,
alien strain. That suits Talvin Singh, a blue-haired Briton alert to the ways in which the
music of his Indian heritage has been watered down in the past by post-colonial tourísts. A
year after he assembled Anokha: Soundz of the Asian Underground – a vibrant sampler of
tracks from the Anglo-Asian dance scene – Singh drops a debut solo album that i... More >