Ha

by Talvin Singh

Ha cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 April 2001
  • Label: Island Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:06:08
  • Community rating: 3.39/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Talvin Singh's 'Ha' extends the tabla player's fusion of South Asian classical rhythm with jungle and breakbeat, following his Mercury Prize-winning debut. Its complex rhythmic cycles place Indian percussion at the center of club music's grammar.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, complex, progressive, atmospheric, sampling

Tracklist

  1. One (12:00)
  2. Mustard Fields (8:19)
  3. The Beat Goes On (5:34)
  4. Uphold (4:46)
  5. Sway Of The Verses (6:02)
  6. Dubla (5:06)
  7. It's Not Over (7:46)
  8. Abalonia (6:56)
  9. See Breeze (4:53)
  10. Silver Flowers (4:46)

Credits

  • Deepak Borkar - percussion, swarmandel [indian harp], percussion [madal]
  • Ajay Naidu - vocals [spoken word]
  • Ustad Sultan Khan - vocals, sarangi, vocals, sarangi, written-by
  • Rajendra Singh - other [swarleen]
  • Rony Barrak - percussion [egyptian]
  • Cleveland Watkiss - vocals, written-by
  • Intro - design
  • Abhay Rumde - engineer [assistant - bombay]
  • Dean Picardo - engineer [assistant - bombay]
  • Royston D'Lima - engineer [assistant - bombay]
  • Dan Vickers - engineer [assistant - london]
  • Al Thukaram - engineer [assistant - madras]
  • Farokh Chotia - photography by

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