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| New York, Cape Town, Last Month TIME magazine wrote That Anokha was about mix- Ing cultures and crossing Lines.Talvin Singh,s near- Legendary club night was, TIME said, “ the Place to be on Monday nights”. Exciting, Pioneering, it was a showcase For the “sounds of the Asian Underground”. Anokha signed off this week At the high point of its fame. The club was so popular they Turned away 200 clubbers a Week. Unsurprisingly. Anok- Ha: the Final was no differ- Ent. As ever, you never knew What to expect. The upstairs Bar had floaty moder Asian Mind-music by Nelson Dila- tion and Muslim Gauze; the downstairs acts spanned everything from ace black rapper Cleveland Watkis to German-born LELONEK,s Krautrock/Indian speed Beats. Anokha grew fun by being The star turn of the finale |
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| Match of the Day Anokha h been such a consistently high- Scoring fixture on the Blue Note,s play-list that it,s hard to believe they won't be kickingoff on Monday nights for a while.It,s their end-of-year finale this week and they, resigning off with a high-powered mixture of skills and styles, featuring a midfield of EQUAL-I, The Milky Bar Kid and Osmani Soundz on the decks dowstairs, Dj,s Mukul, Nelson Dilation and Muslim Gauze alterating between classic defence and attack in the bar and second half-appearances by Cleveland Watkiss (DJing and singing over the beats) and Marque Gilmore on drums. Ace German striker LELONEK delivers a live set, Squarepusher is up to some surprise tricks and Talvin Singh is there too, natch. Who knows, he may sign off with a hat-trick of a live set? Dave Swindells |
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| Weltmusik-Fach vergammelt, sondern die Dance-Abteilung der englischen Mega- Stores veredelt.Die Compilation versam- Melt zwölf von Singhs Lieblings-Dubplates. Zumeist von seinem Label Omni.Eindeutig &#sonderbar“; Von Singhs indischem Post- Jungle Pop „Jann“ über LELONEKS düsteres "Kismet"; State of Bengals Sitar-schwan- geres “Flight IC 408” bis zu A.R.Rahmans indischer Filmmusik „Mumbai Theme Tune“. Die CD zur Clubposse: Drum&Bass so traumhaft wie ein Glitzer- Steinchen auf der Stirn. |
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| Knowleding that we had a job to do however, we prised ourselves away and made it over to the spiritualised anbience of the Anokha stage where FRIEDEL LELONEK (the only non-Asian part of the crew) was serving up a polished set involving some gorgeous drum & bass (and some slower) beats all laced with the requisite Indian flavour.It wasn’t until later that we discovered it was his first ever Dj set. Respect due! Staying with the d&b tempo, the Metalheadz tent offered us the sounds of Randall and Fabio interwoven with the vocals of the original, Cleveland Watkiss melting over the Top like butter on a hot toast. |
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| Feed Yor Head-Accelerating The Alpha Rhythms Planet Dog Kick back, and let Michael Dog trans- plant you into the world of the chill out room.” Welcome to the dawn”, a soothing voice offers on Evolvers opening track, &#Journey”, as floating pianos massage the mind.As the ethnic chants of Prisms Rain, sprinkle out ot the stereo, relive those 4am club moments when it,s time to escape the madness of the dancefloor, and drift off into your own little world, returning to reality refreshed and recharged, eager to party once more. For the third instalment, Michael Dog has mixes together tracks From nine new artists,not that you,d notice As the overall standard is worthy of old Timers. The result is a voyage that those Familiar to the earlier compilations will relish - a bit of ambient dub, mellow funk, jazz with a touch of trip hop thrown in for good measure. FATHERS OF WATT contribute the most innovative track - their “FUNKY STEW” is full of old skool flavours, samples from early house music daze sprinkled on top of a saxophone dominated backing.Very tasty indeed! 8/10 BL |
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| „Ist not a question of setting out to make it sound Asian“, says German born Friedel Lelonek, the only non Asian in the Anokha Crew. ”There,s a whole world beat out there”. |
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4 of 5 Stars
Talvin Singhs Hintermann im Vordergrund, 3. März 2003 Rezensentin/Rezensent: Mathias Tietke aus Berlin, Old Europe (Top 500 Rezensent) Bereits auf >Anokha - Soundz of the Asian Underground< war Friedel Lelonek mit einem Titel vertreten, sonst aber eher die graue Eminenz von Talvin Singh und Co. Während dieser sich nun den Wurzeln zuwendet und ein komplettes Album mit meditativer Klassik herausbringt (>Vîra<, von der Instrumentierung her auf Tabla & Bansuri [ind. Bambusflöte, hervorragend gespielt von Rakesh Chaurasia] beschränkt), legt Lelonek, der studierte Percussionist und gelernte Tontechniker (sorry, es muss natürlich >Sound Engineer< heißen!), ein eigenes Album auf, das an das >Anokha<-Album anknüpft. Es vereint Drum & Bass, Electronical Ambient, Indian Vibes, Downbeat-Dub und noch einiges mehr. Für Clubs und auf Partys genau die richtige Mischung; auf der CD wirkt es mitunter allzu verfasert, zu viel an Mixmix und Multikulti-Einerlei-Samples. Am stärksten sind die >reflections< wenn sich Lelonek auf verflochtene Rhythmen konzentriert (6-Flowtip), sich auf indische Gesangslinien beschränkt (5-Lemon Tea & 11-Western View) und den Titeln Zeit gibt, sich zu entwickeln, wie bei Veli Malarae (7), dem Highlight des Albums schlechthin. Immerhin kommen so insgesamt sieben gut hörbare Kreationen zusammen und das macht mehr als die Hälfte aus. |
