Re: cheb i sabbah

From: leslie shill (icehouse@redshift.com)
Date: Fri Jun 07 2002 - 02:49:37 CEST

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    Yeah! Stimp I'm with you big time, it's a great album! anyone ever hear
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    leslie/The power of sound
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Stimp" <stimp@aei.ca>
    To: "steph99" <beleza@speakeasy.net>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:27 PM
    Subject: Re: cheb i sabbah

    > I couldn't recommend the new Cheb I Sabbah (called Krishna Lila) more
    > highly. Those familiar with Cheb I Sabbah know that he tends to steer
    more
    > towards the Asian part of Asian breakbeat. What I mean is that his
    records
    > are generally Indian music fused with a little electronica, which I guess
    > would be the exact opposite of other artists in the genre (Talvin Singh,
    > State Of Bengal, etc.....), who tend to focus a little more heavily on the
    > electronic side of things. The result is a truly stunning record of
    > beautiful Indian devotional music and chants. I'd say that it's his best
    > record to date, which is saying quite a bit, since I considered his
    previous
    > album, "Shri Durga", to be an exceptional recording. I seriously doubt
    > that any fan of Indian music will be disappointed, as I find that it's a
    > record that manages to completely cross over any age or generational
    > boundaries; old and young will find fertile listening ground here.
    >
    > Stimp
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "steph99" <beleza@speakeasy.net>
    > To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:33 AM
    > Subject: [acid-jazz] Gamelon/cheb i sabbah
    >
    >
    > > I find myself particularly hungry for asian percussion. Maybe it's the
    > weather?
    > > Can anyone recommend a particularly good gamelon recording? Also, I
    > stumbled
    > > across this guy Cheb I Sabbah, dj from San Fran via NYC and Aleria, who
    > has an
    > > album and a remix album that completely slipped under my radar. I never
    > heard
    > > of him, maybe I should have, but the sound samples sound promising. Any
    > > opinions? Hey, while we're here, what has Mutamassik been up to?
    > >
    > >
    >
    >



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