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VARIOUS ARTISTS: REAL WORLD 25 REVIEW - A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A GAME-CHANGING LABEL
(Real World Records)
Robin Denselow
The Guardian, Thursday 25 September 2014 22.20 BST
Intriguingly eclectic ... Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan swaps
notes with Canadian musician Michael Brook
Happy birthday to Real World, launched 25 years ago by Peter Gabriel,
and one of the most adventurous of the great British record labels.
The initial aim was to provide an outlet - and state-of-the-art
studios - for musicians playing at Womad, but Real World releases
have been intriguingly eclectic. This three-album compilation
starts with Mustt Mustt, that glorious vocal work-out by the great
Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Then comes a song of escape
from Somalia, a London-Asian dance fusion, American blues and gospel,
and an instrumental opening to Peter Gabriel's Passion, dominated by
the haunting Armenian doudouk. This was the label's first release,
in 1989, and more than 200 albums have followed. The 48 chosen tracks
here include music from Cuba, China and Mexico, Anglo-African fusion
from JuJu and Dub Colossus, and experimental British folk from the
late Martyn Bennett and Imagined Village. Real World changed the
musical landscape - and this album shows exactly how and why.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/25/real-world-25-review-records-various-artists
(Real World Records)
Robin Denselow
The Guardian, Thursday 25 September 2014 22.20 BST
Intriguingly eclectic ... Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan swaps
notes with Canadian musician Michael Brook
Happy birthday to Real World, launched 25 years ago by Peter Gabriel,
and one of the most adventurous of the great British record labels.
The initial aim was to provide an outlet - and state-of-the-art
studios - for musicians playing at Womad, but Real World releases
have been intriguingly eclectic. This three-album compilation
starts with Mustt Mustt, that glorious vocal work-out by the great
Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Then comes a song of escape
from Somalia, a London-Asian dance fusion, American blues and gospel,
and an instrumental opening to Peter Gabriel's Passion, dominated by
the haunting Armenian doudouk. This was the label's first release,
in 1989, and more than 200 albums have followed. The 48 chosen tracks
here include music from Cuba, China and Mexico, Anglo-African fusion
from JuJu and Dub Colossus, and experimental British folk from the
late Martyn Bennett and Imagined Village. Real World changed the
musical landscape - and this album shows exactly how and why.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/25/real-world-25-review-records-various-artists