By Waqas Almas

  A music revolution that makes everyone rise and say “Now that’s what you call Asian Massive”

Sankar Sury aka Sank aka Dimm Summer the genius behind the miracle, ‘Revolution Rising,’ has been heard and seen on the Asian Massive scene since past eight glorious years via his online radio station and website www.ethnotechno.com. A compilation is a glimpse of that particular music which touches its base with but we have been pigeonholed in a nutshell which isn’t about music; it’s about the money the compiler/record label will make.

This compilation on the other hand is revolutionary fresh and unique in all respects. It has all the ingredients to make us believe that Asian Massive has more talent than assumed. REVOLUTION RISING kicks off with superbly paced and hypnotic Naga by Solace retouched by the Dakini owner and dj Makyo. A bit twisted and all around heavy bassed , Morey Piya Bassey by Cheb-ji comes next which puts the listeners to a musically enriched and celebrated journey. Bollywood Presario Shuba Mudgal lends her vocals to this track from Cheb-ji’s latest album Devotion (Six Degrees Records) dedicated to Indian and Pakistani music.

Jahcoozi breaks the fence with a pulsating remix of Burning Fence by Asian Dub Foundation followed by the Sub Swara’s rendition of State of Bengals’s Skip IJ. SOB’s album, SKIP IJ has yet to appeal masses with its diverse sounds and production artifacts. Delhi sound pushers and hi hitters MIDIval punditz make their mark with their latest hit Tonic from their recently released third studio album Hello Hello(Six Degrees Records). Goonda and Genetic Drugs follow with their tracks Fearless and Hannena respectively. Goonda with their twisted Bollywood vocals hits and hawls break into the break beat territory while Genetic Drugs maintain the rhythm with the only Arabic track on the album with vocals from Mohammed Mounir. This tracks gets revision from Transglobal Underground Niraj Chag makes it big with his track The Carnival featuring vocals of Japjit Kaur. This bhangra meets drum n bass track will be heard loud and clear on dance floors and weddings for a long time alike. Swami sends in sonic waves with their track Ching retwisted with head banging beats by Shiva Sound System via London.

Black Magic creates haunting magic from the heavy hitters, The Nasha guys. Nuphlo takes flute to a new level with their track Cassiopeia. With 140 BPM this track keeps banging at places with hints of flute raga which makes the platform ready for the ear crushing Swara’s refixed version of From Day by Double S and True Tiger. Roaring Rohan jumps in with his Head Tripper remix of What to Say. Getting vocals from Ej Sebian, What to Say delivers the feel good composition from this mutiny and Kollectiv master.

Laptop magicians from Delhi, Jalebee Cartel brings in there familiar flavor with Fade Away establishing themselves as the pioneer of EDM in India and beyond, they are creating a unique niche for themselves in this part of the world. KK grips in the album with a brand new track Sun Beam featuring the soaring vocals by Vishal Vaid. BPM at 134, this ghazal develops the true Bollywood feel when Vishal chants “Haath Khali Hai mere pass nahe hai kuch bhie , Haan Magar pyaar ki duniya to fanna hai mujhe mai”.The track tops the compilation with its melo dramatic feel. Karsh hits it hard again. The compilation ends with Dimm’s remix of Light Water by Bob Holroyd. A pleasant ending to the un-official textbook of the Asian Electronic scene. This compilation develops the taste for the listeners more with its contents rather then its marketing campaign. Highly recommended to anyone with the sense of MUSIC and for the fans of Asian Electronic music this comp will serve as a combo.
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