Midival Punditz - Midival Punditz
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Artist: Midival PunditzEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-09-17
Music Label: Six Degrees
Soundtracks:
- Air
- Extasis
- Fabric
- Insite
- Far From Home
- Bhangra Fever
- Mercury
- Night
- Forest Dreams
- Ajmer
- God of Love
- Dark Age
Music reviews of Midival Punditz
Music Review: Late night sounds
Rating: 3 Stars
Like the Six Degrees compiliation Asian Travels 2, on which Midival Punditz has one song included (not from this album), this album (also on Six Degrees records) is more background music than foreground music, with the exception of "Bhangra Fever." There's a lot of beat going on but not necessarily danceable beat; I don't know the term for it--would it be drum & bass? Vocals are heavily reverbed and ethereal, giving the album a dreamy quality.
By far, my favorite song on the album is "Bhangra Fever." Unlike the other songs on this album, this one JAMS! It's a rowdy, upfront beat tune that is carried by a powerful sitar melody but made rowdy by the repeated (sampled) rhythmic male group vocal, "Hey! Hey!"
A few songs forgo that "drum & bass" (?) beat and become more ambient, such as "Night," "Forest Dreams," and "Dark Age," all on the latter part of the album. Which brings me to another point: I have two similar albums--the aforementioned Asian Travels 2, and Black Bombay, and both of those fizzle out the last few songs. On this album, however, I like the second half of the album better than the first half.
Inventive, ethereal Indian club music...this is an enjoyable album that was among my top 15% favorites of 2003.
Description of Midival Punditz
The MIDIval PunditZ are spearheading a musical revolution in their home base of New Delhi, molding the shape of Indian music for the new millennium. Their unique hybrid of classical Indian ragas and electronic music has been heard on the soundtrack to Monsoon Wedding as well as with the super-group, Tabla Beat Science."A true Indian music outfit for the future"-Skim Magazine
"[The MIDIval PunditZ] produce New Delhi's very own sound"-Hindustan Times
The Midival Punditz are Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj, childhood chums from New Delhi who have partnered into a dynamic duo with their feet firmly planted in the worlds of recording, remixing, performing, and scene making. Effortlessly blending classical ragas and instrumentation with the beats, loops, and digital technology of contemporary electronic dance music, they produce a fusion that is listenable and danceable in equal measure. Violin, flute, tabla, various percussion, the hammer-dulcimer-like santur, and a wide variety of voices generally take the lead, while the beats and blips keep everything moving underneath. From the atmospheric "Air" to the hard and heavy "Insite," the Punditz display and impressive and deeply satisfying instinct for synthesis. A clear hit for anyone who appreciates Talvin Singh, State of Bengal, and the rest of the Asian Massive movement, this self-titled debut should also be a real eye and ear opener for anyone with a sense of musical adventure. --Carl Hanni
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