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"Tabla Beat Science - Palmistry" from India: The Greatest Songs Ever
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"Pink Martini - Sympathetique" from France: The Greatest Songs Ever
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"Kila - Kwertzy" from Ireland: The Greatest Songs Ever
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"Carlos Gardel - Volver" from Argentina: The Greatest Songs Ever
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"Beuna Vista Social Club - Chan Chan" from World: The Greatest Songs Ever
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CD Review

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Courier Mail (Queensland, Australia), CD Review >>

INDIAN music has been influencing Western pop since The Beatles discovered Ravi Shankar. But the exchange is a two-way street, as illustrated by this 12-song guide to that vast country's contemporary sounds.

Sure it is music for dancing, but you need never have set foot in a club in your life to fall for the seductive grooves of Eastern beatmasters such as Fun Da Mental and Table Beat Science.

Of course, it is music that evokes heat and dust, which uses sitars and tablas and intoxicating traditional rhythms, but the latest in this series of music from around the globe is where ancient and modern combine with exhilarating results.

A splendid change of pace for anyone seeking an alternative to the modern pop production line.

--Noel Mengel 08/01/03
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