- electronic, drum and bass, breakbeat
- 61 min
- 11 tracks
- Island
OK is the debut studio album by English / Indian tabla player and record producer Talvin Singh, released on Island Records in 1998. It won him the Mercury Prize for 1999. The record was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It took nine months of travelling around and recording to complete the album. Singh recorded in London and on Okinawa Island to capture folk singers, as well as in India to collaborate with the Madras Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Grave, spare, contemporary and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1Traveller11:18
- 2Butterfly4:26
- 3Sutrix5:55
- 4Mombasstic5:45
- 5Decca1:21
- 6Eclipse5:51
- 7OK4:19
- 8Light6:23
- 9Disser/Point.Mento.B2:43
- 10Soni5:59
- 11Vikram the Vampire6:48
11 tracks, 61 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Talvin Singh
- Label
- Island
- Released
- 1998
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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