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Sitar Beat! Indian Style Heavy Funk Vol. 2 | 
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| Creator: Various Artists
Label: Guerilla Reissues
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $11.91
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 169433
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 262642000224
EAN: 0262642000224
ASIN: B000SBJXL8
Release Date: July 24, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | The Witness (Babla & his Orchestra) | | • | Awara Sadiyon Se (Kalyanji Anandji) | | • | Everybody Dance With Me (S.D. Narang) | | • | Wada Karle Sajna (Kalyanji Anandji) | | • | Nigahon Ka Adaon Ka (K. Anandji) | | • | Freak Out Music (R.D. Burman) | | • | Dushmun Title Music (L. Pyarelal) | | • | Pyar Zindagi Hai (Kalyanji Anandji) | | • | Tera Jasia Pyara Koi Nahin (Khanna) | | • | Phir Teri Yaad (Hemant Bhosle) | | • | Main Akeli Raat Jawan (Ajit Singh) | | • | Bekaraar Bekaraar Bekaraar Kiya | | • | Aaj Mera Dil (R.D. Burman) | | • | Dard-E-Dil (Laxmikant Pyarelal) | | • | Butterfly (Keith Kanga, PT 2) | | • | Laila O Laila (Kalyanji Anandji) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Following the success of the first Sitar Beat compilation CD, a collection of Indian and Indian-inspried European funky selections from the 60s and 70s, the crew knew they had to come deep for the sequel. So for Volume 2, they go straight to heart of India with some of the rarest, and best tracks recorded between the years of 1970 and 1984. Nearly all of these tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. Sixteen tracks of rare and funky Indian flavor, blending heavy beats with the sounds of the sitar and the inimitable vocal sounds of beloved Indian singers such as the ubiquitous Asha Bhosle and producers/songwriters like Kalyanji Ananji and R. D. Burman. Most of the tracks are culled from Bollywood sound tracks from the 70s and early 80s. Enormously popular, often wild and packed with action and romance, these films put the intense music of star composers like Burman and Kalyanji & Anandji at the forefront. The strange, psychedelic sounds possess their own cultural mish-mash of flavors combining traditional Indian instrumentation and melodies with film music s intensity, and incorporating styles from American/Western music from about 5 years or so behind the trend. All this to say expect funk, psychedelic rock, disco and proto-electro to jump out from the grooves of Sitar Beat Volume 2 and hit you harder than a mouth full of spicy masala. This is soul from the Sub-continent at it s best!
Album Description
Following the success of the first Sitar Beat compilation CD, a collection of Indian and Indian-inspried European funky selections from the 60s and 70s, the crew knew they had to come deep for the sequel. So for Volume 2, they go straight to heart of India with some of the rarest, and best tracks recorded between the years of 1970 and 1984. Nearly all of these tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. Sixteen tracks of rare and funky Indian flavor, blending heavy beats with the sounds of the sitar and the inimitable vocal sounds of beloved Indian singers such as the ubiquitous Asha Bhosle and producers/songwriters like Kalyanji Ananji and R. D. Burman. Most of the tracks are culled from Bollywood sound tracks from the 70s and early 80s. Enormously popular, often wild and packed with action and romance, these films put the intense music of star composers like Burman and Kalyanji & Anandji at the forefront. The strange, psychedelic sounds possess their own cultural mish-mash of flavors - combining traditional Indian instrumentation and melodies with film music's intensity, and incorporating styles from American/Western music from about 5 years or so behind the trend. All this to say - expect funk, psychedelic rock, disco and proto-electro to jump out from the grooves of Sitar Beat Volume 2 and hit you harder than a mouth full of spicy masala. This is soul from the Sub-continent at it's best!
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| Customer Reviews:
No Sitar on this compilation! August 2, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love when label people write up an editorial review because it is so obvious they are hyping a product and it also gives me a chance to compare notes. This compilation has three decent cuts on it. One, Eight and Eleven, effectively combine Indian flavor with western beats or what the label would have you believe is "funk." They are not that funky. See Dave Pike's "Mathar" for more of a four on the floor groove with a nice sitar riff and funky drums. It is not on this cd, unfortunately. There is so much Bollywood reissue out there that this cd coming out in 2007 doesn't really make the cut. If you are a collector... maybe. There is a funny Innagaddadavida rif that starts the third track, but not much more. And again... no sitar! If you just want some background Indian kitsch at your party pick it up.
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