Released to some consternation and confusion many years ago
by the DJ known as Shadow before he hit the global
headlines, Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars is the pre-weekend feature today.
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| DJ Shadow |
Mixing it up with him is another passionately confused man Dan ‘The Automator’ Nakamura of San
Francisco, California.
Bollywood music was loved by hundreds of millions Indians,
Arabs, Cambodians, Africans and Russians but never registered on the radars of
the guys who controlled the big markets.
A few adventurous types like David
Byrne of Talking Heads fame
trumpeted the kaleidoscope-y grooves to small nerdy audiences of music pinheads
in the early 90s. No one took notice.
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| Dan 'the Automator' Nakamura |
But somewhere along the way the dam burst. Suddenly shops
and movies and books were full of the music I grew up with and picture of the
idols I fantastised about. Everyone
jumped on the Bollywood bandwagon. They even have Bollywood line dancing down
the streets of Melbourne these days!
But in that quiet moment just before the storm DJ Shadow and Automator put together this mix of Bombay action soundtrack
cuts with some masala of their own
from the bawarchikhana (kitchen) of
the electronic dance hall.
Chillout ambient music with a difference. Not to mention,
Amitabh’s golden chords chiming in like a god from the Himalayan heights.
Track
Listing:
01.
Bombay
405 Miles
02.
The
Good, The Bad, and The Chu
03.
My
Guru
04.
Ganges
a Go-Go
05.
The
Great Gambler
06.
Professor
Pyarelal
07.
Fists
of Curry
08.
Punjabis,
Pimps, and Players
09.
Inspector
Jay from Delhi
10.
Satchidananda
11.
Theme
From Don
12.
Fear
of a Brown Planet
13.
Uptown
Bollywood Nights
14.
Kundan's
Hideout
15.
Swami
Safari
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