Friday, 2 October 2009

Nitin Sawhney - "Philtre" (album)

Dark, though not gloomy, slow triphop (sliphop?), interlaced with fragmented ambient sounds. Subdued.

The following list is not complete

  • "Everything" got me immediatly interested
  • female voice on "Spark" is slightly eerie
  • "Dead Man", more hiphop, with oriental influences. Not particularly good
  • "Mausam", even more Indian-sounding, not really my thing
  • "Journey", starts jazzy, reminds a bit of Seal, but the close-harmony later on is a bit too boybandish
  • "Koyal (Songbird)" start slow, melancholy. Oriental voice and words again. A gem.
  • "Noches en Vela (pt1 & pt2)", starts slowing, builds up to a fast South American rhythm. 
  • "Throw", standard
  • "Swing set", bit too hyper