Not Canadian at all, but somehow showing up on Iron Music, Govinda is a famous Indian / Italian band out of Florence, Italy. Govinda included Satya Mana, Pandit Ananda, Yasodanandana, Maureen Fernando, Luigi Gabaldi, Mario Leonelli, Chandra & DJ Om formed in the 1990s with the aim of combining the then popular ambient techno sound with ethnic Indian influences. They have toured & collaborated with other artists such as Transglobal Underground, Loop Guru, Lovecalò, Farfa, & Stefano Noferini.
They created a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds & dance or chillout beats. Their sound has been labeled "ethno-introspective ambient world music".
The long "Atom Heart Madras Suite" that closes this, their 1998 disc, is a truly progressive work with many different sections, mostly ambient or EBM-based, with a few trancey injections.
If
Govinda
A Modern Mantra
Exotica
The Call of the Jungle
Eclipse
Atom Heart Madras Suite -
Part 1 (Atom Heart I - Fax 'Em Out by Friday)
Part 2 (Atom Heart II - Charm of Jaipur)
Part 3 (Hindustry)
Part 4 (Atom Heart III - Peacocktails-One of These Startlit Nights-Back in Madura-Citizen)
Pump that Iron,
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