The Rough Guide, a company better known for its guidebooks than for its ability to produce records has recently released a third South Asian themed album in its line of guides to international music. Following the release of the Rough Guide album to both Bollywood and Bhangra now comes the Rough Guide to the Asian Underground. Produced by the World Music Network in association with Rough Guides and New Internationalist, the Rough Guide to the Asian Underground is a 15-track compilation of both already released classics and other previously unreleased tunes from many of the pioneers of the Asian Underground genre.
Compiled by DJ Ritu, the famed British Asian DJ, who hosts her own show on the BBC's Asian Network entitled "In the Mix with DJ Ritu," the Rough Guide to the Asian Underground serves as an introduction to the sounds that have laid the foundation for the Asian Underground movement. For those interested in the history of the movement, DJ Ritu's experience and knowledge of the scene becomes clear as soon as one looks at the comprehensive liner notes available with the album. Chronicling her involvement with the movement beginning in 1990, the notes serve almost as a timeline of the major events discussing the various movers and shakers involved with the rise in popularity of these Indian classical and tabla infused electronic sounds.
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Compiled by DJ Ritu, the famed British Asian DJ, who hosts her own show on the BBC's Asian Network entitled "In the Mix with DJ Ritu," the Rough Guide to the Asian Underground serves as an introduction to the sounds that have laid the foundation for the Asian Underground movement. For those interested in the history of the movement, DJ Ritu's experience and knowledge of the scene becomes clear as soon as one looks at the comprehensive liner notes available with the album. Chronicling her involvement with the movement beginning in 1990, the notes serve almost as a timeline of the major events discussing the various movers and shakers involved with the rise in popularity of these Indian classical and tabla infused electronic sounds.
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