- Vinyl (1 May 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Outcaste Records
- ASIN: B00005JDBS
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Broken Skin |
| 2. Letting Go |
| 3. Homelands |
| 4. Pilgrim |
| 5. Tides |
| 6. Nadia |
| 7. Immigrant |
| 8. Serpents |
| 9. Anthem Without Nation |
| 10. Nostalgia |
| 11. Conference |
| 12. Beyond Skin |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
A compulsive and unclassifiable mixture of Indian classical music, flamenco, killer acoustic drum & bass, hip-hop, jazz and soul, Beyond Skin is one of those albums that vibes in its own excellent orbit. A profoundly humanist album, Beyond Skin should further enhance Nitin Sawhney's reputation as one of Britain's most exciting and imaginative musicians. It may be based on concepts, a challenge to ideas of identity and nationality, but it's also a fluid, meditative atomic jam with Instrumental, Marque Gilmore, Jayanta Bose, Steve Sheehan and the nephews of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan amongst others. Sawhney creates some incredibly moving pieces at a slow, elegiac tempo--"Homelands" is a deep bliss-out tune where the astonishing playing of the string quartet, Instrumental combines in ethereal beauty with chanting tablas and the call and response vocals of Bose. On "Broken Skin" and "Immigrant", Sawhney scales new heights: political songs with exhilarating melodies and sing-along soul hooks. Yes--this is edge music full of rare invention, where atmosphere and austerity coalesce. A music vividly constructed around textures and rhythms, glimpses--echoes completely in tune with the tenor of our times. Beyond Skin is a fantastic album, an album so beautiful that it plays every emotion like a SP1200. This is a brit-pop album in the mould of ADF, Drum FM, Massive Attack and Primal Scream. --Maxine Kabuubi
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I think the sign of truly great music is when it captures you immediately. I was killing time in a music store not really looking to buy when Beyond Skin began to play. The first track really impressed me and made me ask the shop assistant who was playing ? When he replied Nitin Sawhney i wasn't sure i was ready to part with my money because i'd never heard of him before. Luckily enough i hung around long enough for the second track, letting go, to begin. Words can't describe how awesomely chilled this track is. No matter how stressed you are simply put this track on and suddenly you're far away lost in the dreamy vocals and the sublime layers. The rest of the album displays many other musical styles including a distinctly drum-and-bass track, Nadia. The consistency is almost as impressive as the quality. Each song has its own magic and when im playing the CD obly one track ever gets skipped. This is certainly one of the most played CDs i have and even though it's been a year since i bought it it finds itself in my player most days. Open your mind.......discover Nitin's magic
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Have you ever felt, tasted, seen or even heard something so wonderful that you get a fast tingling sensation take over your spin and the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end...you have. So you'll know what I mean when I say that I get that feeling everytime I hear this album. Especially tracks such as Imigrant which has now become one of my favourite songs of all time. The album is a masterpiece and true some people may not like this sort of music but I think it has a little for everyone and Nitin has fused it perfectly.Check out his latest album as well, Prophesy (amazing) but see him in concert and you'll really appreciate this mans genius.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've several of his albums and I've also seen him play live and I can honestly say that Nitin Sawhney (and his musical entourage) are some of the most talented individuals I've been priviliged to hear play. They intertwine an eclectic mix of Vedic chanting, classical guitar, fantastic percussion and drums, rapping, blues and gentle pop motifs to produce music of inspirational quality. Each track is differently weighted with respect to the musical influences but is always accompanied by something unexpected and delightful. This album is the pinacle of all of Nitin Sawhney's work. As an extra consideration this is a concept album speaking out against the stupidity of conflict (especially nuclear war), which surreptitiously pervades most of the tracks. And quite right, why shouldn't an artist appeal to his audience's moral conscience as well as spoiling our musical palettes with his genius? This is a must buy. MUST BUY!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
astounding
I used to be a conservative jazz fan until I discovered Nitin and particularly this album. Immigrant still brings tears to my eyes. mesmerising and lovely.
Published 17 months ago by D. Richardson
Beyond Great
I've never reviewed an album on Amazon before, but I have to just stop by and echo the comments of almost everyone else here.... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2008 by S. Bessey
Simply superb music but...
This album is worth buying for the music alone. Indeed, the music is great but the pseudo-poetic album notes, whilst trying to convey an apparently good, albeit confused message,... Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2006 by 'Dadada'
Politically engaged ambient tunes
As the title suggests, this album has a racial theme running through it, as does alot of Sawhney's stuff. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2005 by "david_jms"
A real cultural product
Fusing musical styles is by no means a new activity. Doing it well and creating a product of genuine cultural value however is an extremely rare event in my view. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2005 by Guy W Mullarkey
Quality
There are a lot of good albums out there but once in a while you come across one that's exceptional and this is one of those. Read more
Published on 27 July 2004
Beautifully reflective...
Almost impossible to classify Nitin Sawhney’s “Beyond Skin” is a genuinely inspired personal musical statement. Sounds boring? Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2004 by nicjaytee
Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin
Nitin is an amazing artist (i own 4 albums now) and in beyond skin, he hits many emotional aspects of music and the sould - he clearly is an enlightened being and challenges issues... Read more
Published on 13 April 2003 by "urbanlama"
oh my god
After flicking though the satalite channels late at night i came across a show about Nitin's work. Watched a bit more and got very interested in the clips that it showed of the... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2002 by "bdel223"
Sublime brilliance
Some of the most sublime and chilled out tracks you are probably ever going to hear. The diversity of the sounds, the instruments and the various cultures which this CD represents... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2002 by NARESH K J
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