Track Listing

1. Mathar - Dave Pike
2. Streets of Calcutta - Ananda Shankar
3. Cybersitar - Dance Music Federation
4. Theme for the Outcaste - Noble Savages, Pressure Drop
5. Hand of Contraband - Up, Bustle and Out
6. Meditation - Shri
7. Bengali Song - Nitin Sawhney
8. Stay Right Here - Better Daze
9. Mind Filter - T.J. Rehmi
10. Take Off Your Clothes to Feel the Setting Sun - Wolfgang Dauner Quintet
11. Jungle Sitars - Badmarsh
12. Firefly - Niraj Chag
13. Dancing Drums [1997 Mix] - Badmarsh, Badmarsh & Shri
14. Voices [Remix] - Nitin Sawhney

Product Details

• Released on: 2005-01-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Import, Compilation

From Amazon.com
London's Outcaste Records continues to sate those in the know with some of the most intriguing fusionary sounds on either side of the Atlantic. Untouchable Outcaste Beats, Volume 1 will serve as the label's American calling card--an amalgam of tracks from its roster as well as from other seminal works in the genre. Dance Music Federation's essential "Cybersitar" stands out as a pioneering work, lacing a furious breakbeat with confused sitars and repetitive chant. Artists like Shri, with his serene "Meditations"; Nitin Sawnhey, who takes it to the lounge with "Bengali Song"; and Badmarsh, who abuses the hardsteppers on the dance floor with "Jungle Sitars" all take the music on divergent paths yet still find roots both in traditional Indian sounds and more frenetic U.K. club rhythms. The Outcaste sound fails to be monolithic, and precisely because of that, it paves the roads toward tomorrow. --Jon Caramanica

Album Description
English version featuring different cover art.

Album Details
Great CD Compilation Mixing Traditional Indian Music with Modern Electronica.

Customer Reviews

Great ! a must!!!!
Great cd. Tracks are awsome. track #3 cyber sitar - amazing!
outcaste has done it again

Great Asian Underground
wonderful! fresh beats... superb!
This cd is a must for any outcaste and asian underground fan

CAREFULLY!!!
the breaks and rhythms in many tracks are *quite* repetetive, sterile, and boring - lightweight and not mental or cut-up enough (for me), although the other sampling, sounds and intruments are perfect. This maybe a bit wishy washy for hardcore Jungle & dNb heads but the Indian influence is well dealt with and the CD really is a must for anyone interested in the cross over.