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Review: Let's balance the perspective; the click track kills it. The melodic boundaries restrict the power of expression both artists are capable of. The electronic instrumentation overshadows the genius of both players. It's missing the dynamics of spontaneous interplay, live interaction, and mutual inspiration; liner notes confess a separate credit to L. Subramaniam "overdubs" recorded apart from the original session. While Carnatic influences are minorly evident, whatever fusion they attempted is smothered by the elevator music framework. Overall just too "canned". Much stronger outings of east/west fusion available in the form of Shakti, or L Subramaniam's latest Global Fusion.
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