Music EAST ASIA Review | Badmarsh & Shri's 'SIGNS'
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BADMARSH & SHRI - "SIGNS" (OUTCASTE)
Released on: Mon 30 Apr 2001
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When London based DJ/Producer Badmarsh and classically trained musician
Shri got together for the first time a couple of years ago, they threw
up 'Dancing Drums', a juicy amalgam of Asian-style breakbeat and feisty
tabla playing.
Where that album had it's roots very much in club culture, the Indian
born duo have this time eschewed to an extent those sweaty, bass-heavy
vibes for a more mature and wider approach, as immediately illustrated
by the opening title track, which features 'Original Nuttah' UK Apache
in unusually laid back vocal form.
The tune is nothing less ambitious than a metaphor for life itself,
backed by an elegantly unfurling ensemble of strings, tablas, live bass
and rolling hip hop beats. From there we dive into 'Swarm' and 'Get Up',
two tracks which provide a bridge back to 'Dancing Drums' with their mix
of fiery breakbeats, insistent basslines and hyped vocals, before
relaxing again into the haunting beauty of vocal tracks like 'Mountain
Path', 'Day By Day', the gently undulating 'Sajanna' and the inspired
flute/ guitar collaboration 'Soaring Beyond'.
Just to make sure we're still listening, the pair then bring us the
upbeat and percussive 'Tribal' and the wonderfuly dramatic 'Bang'. After
that it's back into the acoustic refrains of 'The last Mile' and the
heartfelt 'Appa', which provides a completely serene ending to a
formidable follow up that's broad in texture and soaked in spiritual
beauty.
Paul Sullivan
Rating out of 5:
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