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As a teacher, one thing I teach about - and something which utterly fascinates me is the idea of cultural ownership. Ironically those outside of a culture are often its best guardians and amongst the most devout aficionados. On the reverse of such a statement lies the fact those from a particular given culture are often the ones who understand it least. Point in case: cornershop.
Growing up in England, whilst they have forged a groove into the indie Brit-rock, Brit-pop scene, pop/rock musicians they may be (doubtable in my opinion) but they had best leave dabbling with Indian music to the professionals. Whether we are discussing Bhangra, Hindustani Classical Music or Carnatic Music, a single fact remains which undergirds all genres, what one might describe as protocol. This is the biggest failing with all attempts to try and fuse or sample 'Indian' music by the ignorant, that it simply doesn't make sense, like someone trying to write a sentence in Hindi by copying a random selection of characters. Apply that analogy to a concerted studio effort and you get THIS. A bizarre m'lange of punjabi pop set to a disconnected backdrop of odd rhythms and loops. Accompanied by as strange eclectic array of instruments and beats that, no matter how hard it tries to be, is never anymore than a random (that is not a positive comment) stab at hitting the target, I mean even the cover Art is off the beat.
The whole thing just smarts of people who have no real knowledge and understanding of the intricacies and beauty of all forms of 'Indian' music, producing instead, an offering which is inherently ugly and vulgar, and something which is but a sad pastiche vaguely representant of a stereotypical or imaginary 'India' which one might conceive having never been there. Something even playback singer-esque Bubbley Kaur (who can at least carry a tune) is unable to rescue. And whilst she is arguably the best thing about a VERY uneventful CD, even she would be invisible if she went to India, she is certainly no outstanding talent, no more than a small colourless minnow in the bigger pond of the Indian music business.
Whilst I know this is NOT in the same genre at all, if you want to hear real beauty and sensitivity check out Nina Kaur Virdee's 'Gurbani Keertan.' If you want crossover Indian vibes with a classical undertow, then Anything by DJ Cheb I Sabbah should do the trick. Finally if you want pop 'The Rough Guide to Bhangra' is a good starting point.
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Rambo1
It's music everyone would like!
2013年1月2日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
megalurch
Gut, aber eher Nebenprojekt als reguläres Cornershop-Album
2011年3月18日にドイツでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Romain Bailleux
Musique indo-britannique
2014年8月31日にフランスでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
josiek
Cornershop & the Double O Groove of
2011年5月28日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Eric Stone
Excellent record
2015年12月10日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
