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Anjali

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Anjali, what a great name, sounds delicious like lemon jelly...hmmm, even her name reminds me of chill-out music. `Anjali' is her first proper album, before that, the release of `Sheer Witchery' raised the eyebrows of many artists/DJ and critics alike. Listen to this gorgeous album to find out why. The first single `Lazy Lagoon' would have been such a chill-out classic if it gets enough radio airplay. It is so much exquisite and intricate than that insipid chill-out `anthem' of 1999, `At the River'. The rest of the album is not really as catchy as `Lazy Lagoon', maybe it is because of her Indian origin, her taste remains eclectic. There are just so many ideas on the album that you gotta regurgitate before you can fully digest them. A very diverse album that is worthy of anyone's attention.

anjalis music is very.....chill. i love strawberry mousse the best....havent found anyone who doenst love that song. its very sensual. but all her music is very calming but awakens you, as it sounds so nice. her music is varied too, so you dont get tired of the cd by the 3rd song.

Anjali's self-titled debut rests mostly on her sultry, whispered vocals and her knack for making lounge-ready exotica. The opener, "Lazy Lagoon," encapsulates this perfectly, from its string introduction to the harp and horns accompaniment to her sighs. "Arabian Queen" piles on the percussion thickly with a decidedly wastern shoo-be-do chorus thrown in there for sheer cheekiness, while "Strawberry Mousse" opts for some 70s-style funk with the dreaminess. "Nebula" drops in a kick drum for a deep house tip, but "Kulu" brings back the tiki torches and grass skirts. "Kali Came" ends on with the twang of a steel guitar, showing that Anjali's interest in expanding boundaries is stronger than her interesting in staying within them.