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Not of this dimension.

Josh Likes Music | Houston, TX United States | 01/16/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As a musician, it is always mind-boggling when i hear electronic-based music done so masterfully, as the punditz have done. It may be that electronic music is sort of the untouched final frontier to most of us "legit" musicians, because learning to do what these two guys have done on this CD is like practically learning a whole new field. "Midi"val Punditz = Experts of Electronic Musics.



Dreamlike, exotic, erotic, sensual, spiritual, are all words that describe this CD. Assembling the sounds and soundscapes on every track took intensive creativity. Instead of going track by track, I will only tell you that the entire CD is somewhat of a mystical journey, even when certain tracks are more groove and beat oriented. Also, there is much use of actual indian instruments and percussion that really take the listener (or at least me) beyond the stars. The Midival Punditz take their beautiful Indian culture and metaphorically shine it through a modern prism, giving us this magnificent output."

Late night sounds

J Lee Harshbarger | Ypsilanti, MI United States | 11/27/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Like the Six Degrees compiliation Asian Travels 2, on which Midival Punditz has one song included (not from this album), this album (also on Six Degrees records) is more background music than foreground music, with the exception of "Bhangra Fever." There's a lot of beat going on but not necessarily danceable beat; I don't know the term for it--would it be drum & bass? Vocals are heavily reverbed and ethereal, giving the album a dreamy quality.



By far, my favorite song on the album is "Bhangra Fever." Unlike the other songs on this album, this one JAMS! It's a rowdy, upfront beat tune that is carried by a powerful sitar melody but made rowdy by the repeated (sampled) rhythmic male group vocal, "Hey! Hey!"



A few songs forgo that "drum & bass" (?) beat and become more ambient, such as "Night," "Forest Dreams," and "Dark Age," all on the latter part of the album. Which brings me to another point: I have two similar albums--the aforementioned Asian Travels 2, and Black Bombay, and both of those fizzle out the last few songs. On this album, however, I like the second half of the album better than the first half.



Inventive, ethereal Indian club music...this is an enjoyable album that was among my top 15% favorites of 2003."

Great & Emotional

Priyamvad | India | 07/18/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"One Thing abt this album is that it has lot of emotional energy .
The tracks on this album have been in the market for quite a long time like Fabric from Monsoon Wedding which was released in 2001.Anyways My fav. track is Ajmer also dubbed as 'Ajmer Waley /Tragic' in some compilations.
Well Studio Wizardry it is in most of the tracks ..i'll say a lot of the album is probably a remix of original sampled sounds from various indian folk or classical or instrumental records.
After getting signed up the punditz have created some original tracks as there r a few tracks which r new and dont look to have been sampled. But for those of u going gaga over Fabric,Ajmer etc. ,the real brilliance of these tracks r from the artists they were sampled from.Well I could be wrong and am ready to take back my words .
But whatever, it is a great album and 1-2 albums later i can see Midival punditz gaining probably as much respect in the Asian Dub
scene as anyone has ."