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Amar
is an Indian pop star who some years ago made a name for
herself in the UK with her soulful Hindi remake of Whitney
Houston's "I Will Always Love You". She then collaborated
with Talvin Singh in his first album, which featured many
of the best Asian artists "Anokha: Soundz Of The Asian Underground",
(named so because of their Asian or Anglo-Asian backgrounds).
The album was a blend of Indian musical culture with Western
dance, supported by amped-up sounds of Talvin's tabla and
percussion. Recently she collaborated with the Algerian
Rai singer Khaled and was featured in his latest album "Kenza"
(in the superb song El Harba Wine). Amar has released her
first solo album titled "Outside" (on WEA) last June. The
first 2 songs we present here are from Talvin Singh's album,
and the 3rd is a remix with Mc Rankin
of a track from her solo album.
("El
Harba Wine" with Cheb Khaled). |
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| Sheila
Chandra |
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| Sheila
Chandra is the only Asian singer to have had mainstream
pop success in the U.K. during the 80's. In her group Monsoon
and in subsequent albums, she brought Indian classical structures,
Indian pop, and Western music together. Sacred
Stones comes from "Weaving My Ancestor's Voices",
Sheila's first record for Peter Gabriel's Real World Label,
and Waiting is from "The
Zen Kiss", a Moonsung production for Real World. |
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