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Nitin Sawhney
's eighth studio album London Undersound released on , by Cooking Vinyl
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It includes collaborations with Paul McCartney
, Natty
, Imogen Heap
, Reena Bhardwaj
, Ojos de Brujo
, Anoushka Shankar
, Tina Grace, Faheem Mazhar, Aruba Red, and Roxanne Tataei.
's Chris Jones as "an album with its heart firmly in the right place".
On German radio DLR Kultur
, the album was reviewed in the programme Radiofeuilleton as "CD of the week" for the week from October 13 to .
Nitin Sawhney
Nitin Sawhney is an Indian-British musician, producer and composer. His critically acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality...
's eighth studio album London Undersound released on , by Cooking Vinyl
Cooking Vinyl
Cooking Vinyl is a UK-based independent record company, founded in 1986. Its original orientation was toward contemporary folk music—notably Billy Bragg, and Michelle Shocked's Texas Campfire Tapes, recorded on a Sony Walkman, one of its first releases...
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It includes collaborations with Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
, Natty
Natty (artist)
Natty is a songwriter, singer and musician from Finsbury Park, North London.- History :Born Alexander Akiloe Philip Modiano in San Francisco, California. Natty moved to London, England with his family at the age of one. His musical eclecticism of today reflects the differing tastes of his parents...
, Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap
Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, composer and songwriter from Havering, Essex. She is known for her work as part of the musical duo Frou Frou and her solo albums, which she writes, produces, and mixes...
, Reena Bhardwaj
Reena Bhardwaj
Reena Bhardwaj is a British Indian singer, songwriter and recording artist best known for her collaborations with AR Rahman and Nitin Sawhney...
, Ojos de Brujo
Ojos de Brujo
Ojos de Brujo is a nine-piece band from Barcelona, Spain, who describe their style as "jipjop flamenkillo"...
, Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar...
, Tina Grace, Faheem Mazhar, Aruba Red, and Roxanne Tataei.
Reception
Reviewed by the BBCBBC Music
BBC Music is a team working in the department of Audio and Music Interactive at the BBC. Responsible for the BBC Music website - the portal site to music content across the BBC website....
's Chris Jones as "an album with its heart firmly in the right place".
On German radio DLR Kultur
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Deutschlandradio Kultur is the culture-oriented radio station of the German national Deutschlandradio service...
, the album was reviewed in the programme Radiofeuilleton as "CD of the week" for the week from October 13 to .