Karsh Kale - Broken English
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Artist: Karsh KaleEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Music Label: Six Degrees
Soundtracks:
- Manifest
- Dancing At Sunset
- Beautiful
- New Born Star
- Free Fall
- Drive
- Innocence And Power
- Hole In The Sky
- Some Things Are O.K.
- Louder Than Bombs
- City Lights
- Rise Up
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Free Music Review: Kale's Urban Adventure
Hit: 4 Stars
"Broken English" is Karsh Kale's rare venture into hip-hop/urban territory with mixed results. Most of the lyrics are in (Broken) English, complete with the masala of Indian music. It's grittier than "Realize" and "Liberation." Karsh Kale attempts political commentary like former Six Degrees Records artist Michael Franti&Spearhead.
The opening song, "Manifest" has tons of rapping from MC Napoleon. It's not as awful as Soulja Boy's "Crank That" or the drivel churned out by Lil' Wayne, Lil' Mama,etc, but it's not Kale's best. "Dancing at Sunset","Beautiful" and "New Born Star" are more contemplative--they're Kale at the height of his powers. "Hole in the Sky" is also meditative. There is rap in "Free Fall" (the vocalist sounds like Gwen Stefani-a Hindi Hollaback Girl!) and "Louder than Bombs."
"Broken English" is Kale's attempt to contemplate and comment on the Iraq War. As politics, it doesn't quite work. Still, the music is different (for him) and it's electrified yoga music. Kale is the hard-edged sibling to the more meditative "Liberation" as well as his amazing collaboration with Anoushka Shankar "Breathing Under Water." "Broken English" has a gritty,urban beat,it urges you to "Rise Up"!
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Born in London, raised in New York City, and of Indian descent, Karsh Kale's life has always been a mix of cultures, so it should come as no surprise that his music reflects that. His debut, Realize, quickly proved that he could mix it up gracefully and organically with the best of them. Here, on his third proper studio album (there've also been countless remixes, collections and collective projects), Kale's self-proclaimed brand of "rocktronic-organica" brings together such guests as Ekova's Dierdre, Midival Punditz, Crystal Method, and rapper MC Napolean. Whereas electronica and hip-hop are commonly integrated into Indian music (or vice versa), Kale also offers up intriguing touches of indie rock on "Dancing At Sunset" and the ballad "City Lights"--the latter isn't as compelling as the former, but Kale still gets points for originality. Other highlights include the dreamy "Drive" and the hard-driving electronica of "Hole In The Sky." Truly music with a modern multi-culti reach, nothing on Broken English is lost in translation. --Tad HendricksonOn Broken English, Karsh balances his Indian heritage with rock and roll, hip-hop and atmospheric pop for this most diverse release to date. Kale works with a talented cast of collaborators including MC Napolean Solo, vocalists Trixie Reiss (the Crystal Method), Sophie Michalitsianos (Sparklehorse), Diedre (Ekova), Vishal Vaid and award winning Bollywood film composer Salim Merchant
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