Nitin Sawhney ‎– Beyond Skin

Label:

Outcaste Records – CASTE9CD

Format:

Country:

Released:

13 Sep 1999

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Downtempo, Drum n Bass

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Broken Skin Vocals – Jayanta Bose, Sanchita Farruque	4:05
2	Letting Go Vocals – Tina Grace	4:49
3	Homelands Featuring – Joe Claussell Vocals – Nina Miranda	6:00
4	The Pilgrim Vocals – Spek	4:29
5	Tides	5:06
6	Nadia Programmed By – Tony Economedes Vocals – Swati Natekar	5:05
7	Immigrant Vocals – Jayanta Bose, Sanchita Farruque	6:21
8	Serpents Vocals – Devinder Vikyat Singh, Sushmita Ghosh	6:17
9	Anthem Without Nation Vocals – Devinder Vikyat Singh	5:48
10	Nostalgia Vocals – Tina Grace	3:41
11	The Conference Vocals – Devinder Vikyat Singh, Jayanta Bose	2:53
12	Beyond Skin Vocals – Swati Natekar	3:48

Credits

Computer [Pro Tools] – Tony Economedes
Mixed By, Engineer – Nitin Sawhney, Tony Economedes (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 10)
Producer, Arranged By, Composed By – Nitin Sawhney

Notes

Liner Notes:

"I am Indian. To be accurate, I was raised in England, but my parents came from India - land, people, government or self - 'Indian' - what does that mean? At this time, the government of India is testing nuclear weapons - Am I less Indian if I don't defend their actions? ... Less Indian for being born and raised in Britain? - For not speaking Hindi? Am I not English because of my cultural heritage? - Or the colour of my skin? Who decides? - 'History' tells me my heritage came from the 'Sub' continent - a 'third world' country, a 'developing' nation, a 'colonised' land - So what is history? - For me, just another arrogant Eurocentric term... I learned only about Russian, European and American history in my school syllabus - India, Pakistan, Africa - these places were full of people whose history did not matter - the enslaved, the inferior.

This is an album with a time span that runs backwards - it begins with the Indian Prime Minister - Vajpayee - proudly announcing the testing of 3 nuclear bombs on Indian soil. Vajpayee is the leader of the BJP - The 'Hindu fundamentalist' party. These tests first took place in 1998. In 1945, two years before the Independence of India, Oppenheimer, creator of the atomic bomb, witnessed the first test of his creation. Afterwards he quoted from the 'Bhagavad Gita' - the Hindu 'Bible' - in condemnation of his own creation. His quote ends the album. He quotes Vishnu saying 'Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds' as he breaks down in tears.

[...] The BJP in India. The BNP in England. The first would define me by my religious heritage, the latter by the colour of my skin.

I believe in Hindu philosophy. I am not religious. I am a pacifist. I am a British Asian.

My identity and my history are defined only by myself - beyond politics, beyond nationality, beyond religion and Beyond Skin."

~ Nitin Sawhney
1999

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 6) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Beyond Skin (CD, Album)	Toy's Factory	TFCK-87993	Japan	1999
Beyond Skin (CD)	Outcaste Records, Play It Again Sam [PIAS]	CASTE9CD, 433.1009.20	Austria	1999
Beyond Skin (2xLP)	Outcaste Records	CASTE 09LP	UK	1999
Beyond Skin (CD, Album, Promo)	Zomba	ZOMM1	UK	1999
Beyond Skin (2xLP, Album, W/Lbl)	Outcaste Records	CASTE 9LP	UK	1999