Various Artists - Play That Beat Mr Raja - Selected Oddities From The Tamil Film Industry, 1984-1991

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4...according to our Clinton on Fri 25 Mar, 2011.

Subtitled 'Selected Oddities from the Tamil Film Industry, 1984-1991', this wins the highly coveted "Clint oddball release of the week" accolade. It's on the Cartilage label and is comprised of a hearty selection of wierd, wired, hyper music straight out of Andhra Pradesh. Strings, analogue synths, percussion, bontempi, madcap yet heartfelt vocals, bizzare horns, shrieks, whistling, topsy turvy melodies. It's a tremendous pile of fun throughout. There's not much more that can be said of such an obvious labour of love, except if you like eccentric archive music from the exotic East then this has got to feature in your life!!

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The hyper, uproarious Kollywood music of Ilayaraja, Shankar Ganesh, Hamsalekha and co. Widescreen strings, analogue synths, roots percussion, disco stompers, candlelit bontempi, unhinged vocals... Recommended!

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