Karsh Kale - Broken English
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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"!
Free Music Review: Cornucopia of sounds!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is great!!! It is definitely different than his previous albums so if you are looking for the same style of KK's music, you are not going to get it. KK is entering new bounds with his unique styles here and makes this album is a musical journey. Free Music Review: missed the boat
Hit: 1 Stars
i sort of liked his other cd's, but this one is just a big mess. with no real direction or theme, most of this sounds like an attempt at (bad) pop music with some exotic sitars and table drums thrown on top. not to mention the onslaught of annoying vocal gymnastics throughout. none of the music here is engaging in the least (which is why there are so many cheap used copies available here). very disappointingFree Music Review: I'm with the "warning" group...
Hit: 3 Stars
I have the first 2 K.K. cd's (I hate remix cd's) and this one is different. It's fine but it has the whole guest artist thing I find tiring. Everyone has to do a guest artist cd and a Christmas cd eventually it seems. The first 2 cd's are more instrumentally his style and this cd is a mainstream pop cd with guest artists that has his style added. You get different singers on different songs. You'll like it if that's your thing but I prefer the instrumental thing more. Just my 2 cents. Can't wait for his Xmas cd!Free Music Review: It depends on what you seek.....
Hit: 3 Stars
I own all three of KK's solo CDs, and i recommend his work and ideas highly. If you are new to KK's work, i recommend him greatly as an artist. Whether or not you will like this CD depends on what you are looking for in a disc.
This CD veers heavily both in terms of production and in style towards being "club-heavy". If you like music to blast to 10 in your car or are trying to pump up a party, i think you'll largely enjoy this disc.
However, if you like the earlier discs because of their ability to cross genres and create/fuse ideas that meld and create exotic soundscapes and create transcendent music, i think that if you are new to KK's work, i'd recommend Liberation first and Realize second, before i'd recommend this.
For me, many of the songs on this disc lack the subtlety and nuance that you'll find particularly present on Liberation. There's not alot of depth to the vocal ideas here compared to the other discs. Liberation is very "lush" and it grew alot on me over time. Realize does a great job of straddling the line between more "pop" sounds and some great classical Indian influences and has some truly brilliant moments on it. I don't sense many truly memorable moments on this disc, it doesn't "grab me" like his earlier work has. That MAY be because the music is more oriented towards the club-goer and i am more likely to put on a KK disc while having a glass of wine with friends.
I take away one star because i find the production on this CD renders the music a bit flat. I take away a second star, because KK is an amazing talent, a talent worthy of more lofty goals (imho) than getting club-goers out there onto the dance floor. KK has the ability to get lots of amazing musicians to work together, and i was simply hoping for more experimentation than you'll find on this disc. Your mileage may vary...
This CD will remain in my collection, but its likely that if i'm going to put one of his discs on, it'll most likely be Liberation or Realize.
cheers!