Dissidenten - The Jungle Book
Exil Musik  (1992)
Oriental, World

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CD    13 tracks  (51:27) 
   01   Bombay Street-Sound             00:36
   02   Love Supreme             05:25
   03   Maharajas' Ox-Cart             02:50
   04   Lost Hindu-Tapes             06:01
   05   Jungle-Book Part I             04:43
   06   Jungle-Book Part II             08:14
   07   Sound Of Water             00:44
   08   Monsoon             04:01
   09   All India Radio             05:56
   10   Gondagaon             01:00
   11   Path Of Rhythm             04:43
   12   Puja-Celebratoin             02:14
   13   Light Of Love             05:00
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Purchase Date 01.09.1994
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German trio Dissidenten invokes Kipling, Coltrane, the Bhagavad Gita and recite poetic musings on the significance of rhythm. A bit pretentious? Sure, but the band is gracious enough to let guest artists the Karnataka College of Percussion on vocals, tanpoura, violin, and drums steal the show song after song -- especially on "Monsoon" when the D's strip down to jockey shorts and electric piano to let a chorister strut her Carnatic pipes. In fact, so many guests take front and center in this sense-spinning fusing of classical Indian music, funk, and rock, you'd think the Germans had relegated themselves to session musician status. They play expert backbone, though, organizing a complex project that easily could have thudded. -- Bob Tarte