Monday, February 09, 2004
submeat’s top 100 tracks of 2003: songs to download and love
#10 “Mundian to Bach Ke,” Panjabi MC (Sequence)
As great as “Lucky Star” is, however, it can’t top this in sheer shock-of-the-new open-up-your-ears make-you-say-“whoa!” factor. One of the freshest-sounding singles of ’03 is the biggest beachhead yet set up by bhangra, a fusion of trad Indian instrumentation (tablas, et.al.) with hip-hop rhythms and feel. This is the sound of Indian Britain and is, I think, a pointer to the direction global musics are headed in – i.e., true world fusion.
#10 “Mundian to Bach Ke,” Panjabi MC (Sequence)
As great as “Lucky Star” is, however, it can’t top this in sheer shock-of-the-new open-up-your-ears make-you-say-“whoa!” factor. One of the freshest-sounding singles of ’03 is the biggest beachhead yet set up by bhangra, a fusion of trad Indian instrumentation (tablas, et.al.) with hip-hop rhythms and feel. This is the sound of Indian Britain and is, I think, a pointer to the direction global musics are headed in – i.e., true world fusion.
# posted by Thomas : 7:31 PM
