The 1997 released sampler Anokha – Soundz of the Asian Undergorund was the fundament for the year of the “British Asian Underground”. It was published on the label Omni of the tabla player Talvin Singh, after he successfully established the club night Anokha in Blue Note in London. Various British-Asian artists were on the sampler, e.g. State of Bengal, Amar, Lelonek, Osmani Soundz, who fused their Asian musical heritage with western Electronica, without using the popular Bhangra. TripHop, Drum’n'Bass, Jungle were the club sound of the 1990ies. Talvin Singh‘s Anokha was the climate of an explosion of new a kind of music that was initiated by the London label Nation Records (e.g. Transglobal Underground, Asian Dub Foundation, Fun-Da-Mental, T.J. Rehmi) and whose fire was sparked by the Outcaste label (e.g. Nitin Sawhney, Badmarsh & Shri) (according to Rough Guide World Music).
Then in 1998, his debut album OK was released, three years later we got the album HA. Since then I’m waiting for his third release named AN. 
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On October 18th, 2009, his tablas will be bubbling, thumping, and snapping at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Talvin Singh will perform his landmark, award-winning debut album OK, this time with an all-new lineup. The concert will take place within the annual Asia Pacifics Weeks Berlin and was coproduced with the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Closing event of the 7th Asia Pacifics Weeks in Berlin 2009
Talvin Singh – Experience No 1
Sunday, 18.10.2009, 8 pm
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
Berlin
Recommended Listening
- Anokha – Soundz of the Asian Underground (Omni 1997)
- OK (Omni 1998)
- HA (Omni 2001)
- Calcutta Cyber Cafe – Drum+Space (Chilly 2009)
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