CMJ (7/2/01, p.48) - "...A thoroughly modern 'world beat' recording that draws upon dance floor rhythms and African grooves to fuel an exuberantly poppy vision..."
Down Beat (1/02, p.47) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...His most cohesive, inspiring songbook yet, mixing his elements of trap, strap and hand percussion with techno beats..."
JazzTimes (10/01, p.86) - "...This music succeeds in celebrating the power of Indo-African groove-making."
Personnel: Trilok Gurtu (vocals, tabla, drums, percussion); Sabine Kabongo, Salif Keita, Wasis Diop, Angelique Kidjo, Roop Kumar, Jabu Khanyile, Nandini Sirkar, Sonaali Kumar Rathod, Mryudula Desai, Bharati Desai (vocals); Farouk (rebab); Ravi Chary (sitar); The Bombay Strings (strings); Wally Badarou (keyboards); Amit Heri, Nicolas Fiszman (guitar); Hilaire Penda (bass); Aziz & Habib (dhorak); Sanjay Sen (tabla); Sunil Das (percussion).
Recorded in Peasmarch, England, Bombay, India, Johannesburg, South Africa, New York, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May 2000-January 2001.