The Asian Underground has come overground, thanks in large part to Talvin Singh and Asian Dub Foundation. Now Joi are here to rock the house. This is dance music that's full of Eastern promise, influenced by kannakol rhythms, and the tranciness of the raga, while, for the most part, keeping things quite firmly locked in a dance-floor groove. But while a lot of dance music can be mindless, this has a very fierce intelligence and ethnic identity shining through on every track. This shows that we've moved well beyond the whole ethno-techno thing and opened up a new world music that moves bodies as well as minds. Joi know it takes more than two turntables and a mic to make it all happen. Time to say, "Go East, young man." --Chris Nickson
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