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Nitin Sawhney | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (1 July 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B000056KPO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,054 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  9. Developed 1:03£0.69
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Listen11. Walk Away 2:39£0.69
Listen12. Cold & Intimate 3:09£0.69
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Listen14. Ripping Out Tears 3:49£0.69
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Amazon.co.uk Review

Asian artist Sawhney has always dealt in musical fusions, and Prophesy, his fifth album, is his most ambitious yet. It became a worldwide odyssey, recording the words and beats of everyone from Nelson Mandela to a Chicago cab driver. He went to Madras to mix a 93-piece string section with Natacha Atlas' soaring vocals, did jam sessions in Soweto and rap-metal in LA, sampled Aboriginal dreamtime in Australia and came home to record the sumptuous harmonies of the London Community Gospel Choir. Despite the varied influences, this is not a global mish-mash--moving from the widescreen context of Sunset to the bitter trip-hop of Cold and Intimate, Sawhney has carved out a very personal, haunting and unified collection. --Lucy O'Brien

fRoots, October 2001

Following the acclaim heaped upon Sawhney's last album (1999's Beyond Skin) he was given the money and the record company support to go out into the world and record what he wanted. Travelling the globe, he taped a South African children's choir, an Indian string section, flamenco musicians and a philosophising Chicago cabby (to name but a few), before crafting it all together in the studio. I feared the worst on hearing how Prophesy was recorded. It sounded like the musical equivalent of someone's holiday snaps. Like a license to get self indulgent and artistically unfocussed. Boy was I ever wrong! This is a fascinating, mature and downright deep album, the kind that gets better each time you listen to it. So why does it work? In part I think because Sawhney is such a good songwriter. Many of his Anglo-Asian contemporaries can lay down an earth-shaking groove, but Sawhney is the one who pens the great tunes. All the wayward polyculturalism is anchored by some memorable melodies, such as the opening "Sunset", the funky flamenco meets rai meets Brazilian mix of "Moonrise" (featuring the voices of Cheb Mami and Nina Miranda) or the haunting "Cold And Intimate". There is a flow to the way that all these different elements are put together (Sawhney is one of the most intelligent blenders of sound around), and it feels as if it has actually been conceived as a whole rather than as a collection of songs. Maybe in parts it is a little too smooth and laid back for the hardier fRoots reader, but open up to it and you'll be rewarded. Where else could you hear Natacha Atlas, soulster Terry Callier and Nelson Mandela all on the one disc? --Jamie Renton

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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A fantastic opening track with a Bengali intro that slips beautifully into a modern mix. Purists will smile at the randomness of some of Bengali lyrics. Prophesy (the track) is also is a well crafted piece ending in a a crescendo not disimilar to one from Nitin's previous album. One can imagine classical Indian court dancers of yesteryear dancing over broken glass trancelike to this for their finale.

But without doubt the best track on the album & dare i say of the year is Breathing Light. An incredible tune which does not overplay its Mandela roots, whilst working its simple beat throughout. Worth buying if only for this.

In my jaded opinion the album doesnt quite match Beyond Skin - but maybe i haven't given it the attention it deserves. But copying my favourite 2 tracks to MD is probably the curse i have put on the album.

Not so much a Prophesy, as a Progression.

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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I was a bit unsure about buying this after the mixed reviews it received but being a big fan of Beyond Skin I didn't believe Nitin would produce a bad album as some reviewers have suggested.

To start with I didn't get it and thought the album was a unflowing mishmash (to paraphrase other reviewers) after all. However, after repeated listenings it all started to make sense and now I think it is fabulous. Highlights for me Moonrise, Breathing Light and Prophesy but there is not a bad track on the album although I'm not really into the rap-metal track.

Overall the "fusion" of the music on this album is brilliant and to put these various influences together is such a way is just staggering. It does flow and it is not a mish mash once your brain understands it. Unfortunately some people just don't have the attention span to allow that to happen.

Overall it also gives a wonderful feel of listening to great music mixed by a good dj in a pre-club bar with the tracks well mixed and balanced.

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I didn't really get into Prophesy until about the seventh or eighth time around. Initially I found that it didn't hang together as well as Beyond Skin or Displacing the Priest even though the range of songs is almost exactly the same: R'n'B ballads backed by subtle Indian vocals, lone eastern voices melting into chilled drum 'n' bass, a swooping juxtaposition of Asian and Latin voices, a heavy electro effort and gentle Brazilian love/rejection songs. Indeed, having got to know the album better I think the Prophesy songs better than their earlier 'equivalents'. The opener 'Sunset' is more affecting than 'Broken Skin', 'Breathing Light', 'Nothing' and 'Cold and Intimate' are all superb and 'Moonrise' is almost (though not quite) as good as 'Homelands'. This last song has a pleading Arabic voice gradually soothed by the Brazilian voice and chorus he sings against. Breathtaking.

No, what still grates and prevents me from loving every moment of the record is the new stuff. Whereas the theme of Beyond Skin (nuclear proliferation and the threat of an atomic apocalypse) was well presented by quotes interacting excellently with the mood-piece songs, the theme of this album (the evils of technology) holds together less well (how on earth did he record the album, then?) and we are stuck listening to Street Guru, parts 1 and -God help us!- 2, in which an anonymous New York cab driver witters on about the joys of multiculturalism and the hope that we don't rely on technology too much in a stream of vague platitudes. A further track, 'Developed', has a similar format with an Australian Aborigine but is hardly as objectionable because he doesn't labour his point as much.

These tracks get in the way and break up some of Nitin's finest playing and mixing to date. I would just urge him to stick to genuinely affecting modern music with a political edge and to stop lecturing me. Nonetheless, a great record.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great album
A friend recently informed me about Nitin Sawhney. I went out a bought his latest album, great music.
Published on 14 Sep 2009 by Brent Deans
One amazing journey
The concept of travelling the world and creating an album based on various cultures is always going to be a tough thing to complete. Read more
Published on 5 April 2005 by "msaunders38"
Haunting, exhilarating, just brilliant!
I absolutely disagree with thiefinni from Bicester- I think that the Street Guru tracks are fantastic and are well placed in the album to almost give illusion to an interval at the... Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2004 by HannaLucy
Fantastic !
When I was recommended this album by a friend of mine I didn't quite realise what I was letting myself in for. This must be the best album I have heard for years. Read more
Published on 29 July 2002
Sawhney's panoramic masterpiece
Beyond Skin was my first journey in to the world of Nitin Sawhney. Beyond skin was one of the most diverse unchatocharised albums I'd ever heard with a strong Asian fusion. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2001 by R. Pieters
Interesting blend of sounds
First time I've listened to any of his music, and as it was recommended to me by my dad of all people, I was a little sceptical!! Read more
Published on 30 July 2001 by "sarahkynaston"
Awful mish-mash of eco-trip-crap
This disk is truly as bad as Nitin's previous disks were wonderful. Take any previous Nitin disk, throw in some Alpha, a bit of Craig Armstrong, some predictable eco-freindly... Read more
Published on 4 July 2001
inspiring, thought provoking and astoundingly beautiful!
I think this is, without doubt, my favourite album of all time! No words can do justice to the immeasurable depth and genius of this work! Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2001
Outstanding
OK. I loved Beyond Skin. Loved it. So I was obviously very interested to hear what the new album would be like, and have to confess to being concerned that the award-winning Beyond... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2001
Aural Pleasure
Prophesy is a beautiful CD that confirms Nitin Sawhney as one of the most exciting artist in the UK at present. Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2001
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