Trilok Gurtu
The Beat Of Love

Blue Thumb Records    314 549 745-2  (2001)

World
CD, 11   Tracks, 50:09  Length
01 Maya Trilok Gurtu 05:08
02 A Friend Angélique Kidjo; Wally Badarou 04:19
03 Have We Lost Our Dream? Sabine Kabongo; Salif Keita; Wally Badarou 04:42
04 The Beat Of Love Trilok Gurtu 05:13
05 Passing By Wally Badarou; Wasis Diop 03:18
06 Jhulelal Trilok Gurtu 04:53
07 Ingoma Jabu Khanyile; Wally Badarou 03:24
08 Tuhe Trilok Gurtu 05:33
09 Ola Bombay Chris Difford; James Hallawell; Trilok Gurtu 03:49
10 Dance With My Lover Trilok Gurtu 04:49
11 Peace Of The Five Elements Trilok Gurtu 05:01
Music Details
Product Details
UPC (Barcode) 731454974523
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Drums Trilok Gurtu
Sitar Ravi Chary
Vocals Sabine Kabongo
Guitar Amit Heri
Bass Hilaire Penda
Producer Wally Badarou
Mixed By Matt Howe
Personal Details
Index # 1387
Owner Dave
Tags Contemporary Jazz
User Defined
Purchased New
Notes
Trilok Gurtu has recorded his share of instrumental jazz and worked with jazz heavyweights like Joe Zawinul and Pat Metheny, but you won't find any jazz whatsoever on The Beat of Love. For myopic, narrow-minded jazz snobs who believe that jazz is the only form of music that has a right to exist, the CD's lack of jazz is a problem. But for broad-minded world music enthusiasts, The Beat of Love is a fine addition to Gurtu's catalog. Produced by West Africa native Wally Badarou, this album is meant to fuse modern Indian pop with the rhythms of black Africa (as opposed to Arabic North Africa). And the two prove to be quite compatible; on The Beat of Love, African elements sound perfectly logical alongside Indian rhythms and instruments. The voices of well-known African singers like Salif Keita and Angelique Kidjo sound right at home with Indian instruments such as the sitar and tabla drums. But The Beat of Love isn't just about Indian and African elements -- Gurtu combines those things with American funk and electronica. Of course, the modern pop sounds of India and black Africa are heavily influenced by Western pop and funk, and Gurtu is well aware of that. So if The Beat of Love is a musical tour of India and black Africa, there are also stops in the United States and Europe. And, in fact, the CD was produced in four different countries -- not only India and South Africa, but also the U.S. and England. With a lot of help from Badarou, Gurtu sees to it that The Beat of Love is an unpredictable but consistently appealing celebration of multiculturalism. -- Alex Henderson (allmusic.com)