Like great fusion cuisine, delhi 2 dublin's first offering is a delectable blend of complementary cultural flavours. With a healthy underpinning of Asian Underground (dhol, tabla, sitar and electronic beats), delhi 2 dublin (d2d) have infused their eclectic music with phenomenal Celtic fiddle, together with fluorishes of Jamaican dancehall, middle eastern vocals, Malian blues, and Juju music. It is easy to imagine how such a project could have gone horribly wrong (imagine "Lord of the Dance" meets Bollywood), but instead d2d have really cooked up an awesome, wonderfully diverse set. Imgaine if Talvin Singh or Karsh Kale got together with Kevin Burke (Celtic fiddler extraordinaire), Amadou & Miriam, and Junior Gong and mashed it up. Simply excellent. As masic chefs of fusion music, it is hard not to be eager for the next feast d2d will prepare. In the meantime, this first course certainly provides more than enough for anyone with a palate craving diversity and originality.
