
Transglobal Underground (UK)
Famous for their live perfomances - Balinese tribal masks and former bandsinger Natasha Atlas' chiffon-draped belly dancing in a hypnotic, dazzling display, fusing together the sound of global music with the dance scene of the 90's. Famous for their excellent '91 hit Temple Head, from their first album Dream of a 100 Nations, which has recently been resurrected, being used in the coke adverts, containing the clasic 'na-na-nah, na-na-nah' chant. Its a Utopian concept, where tribal chants collide with spicy Eastern melodies, mantras soothe the staccato rapping, and speed diven BPM culture is gently woven into a shimmering dancescape.
Natacha Atlas departed TGU in 1999 to persue a solo career, although TGU continued to produce her albums. Count Dubulah, who had been with TGU from the very start, left so that he could concentrate on building a full sized Transylvanian castle out of Jaffa Cakes (officially, though, Neil Sparkes and Dubulah went on to form Temple of Sound with Terry Neale).
Band members
Coleridge: vocals, percussion
Hamid Mantu: drums, machines
Sheema Mukherjee: sitar, bass
Gurjit Sirha: dhol, dholak
Tim Whelan: keyboards, guitar, machines
Natacha Atlas departed TGU in 1999 to persue a solo career, although TGU continued to produce her albums. Count Dubulah, who had been with TGU from the very start, left so that he could concentrate on building a full sized Transylvanian castle out of Jaffa Cakes (officially, though, Neil Sparkes and Dubulah went on to form Temple of Sound with Terry Neale).
Band members
Coleridge: vocals, percussion
Hamid Mantu: drums, machines
Sheema Mukherjee: sitar, bass
Gurjit Sirha: dhol, dholak
Tim Whelan: keyboards, guitar, machines