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Immigrants
Electronic · 2021 · 20 tracks · 55m

Immigrants

A cinematic tapestry of strings, tabla, and global voices. This record explores the human heart of the immigrant experience through lush, soulful downtempo.

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It's like a beautiful, heartbreaking documentary you can listen to while the world goes by.

A sophisticated and deeply empathetic meditation on displacement, blending sorrow with a resilient sense of beauty.

Immigrants · vs · Nitin Sawhney
Studio Polished+1.5σ

The production is pushed notably harder into studio polished than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 20 Tracks · 55m
01
Down the Road
3:41
02
Immigrants - Interlude I
0:24
03
Movement - Variation II
3:34
04
Vai
3:29
05
Exile
3:20
06
Replay
4:08
07
Immigrants - Interlude II
0:22
08
Heat & Dust
3:55
09
Box
2:52
10
You Are
3:15
11
Immigrants - Interlude III
0:25
12
Differences
3:44
13
Immigrants - Interlude IV
0:13
14
Lifeline
3:40
15
Tokyo
3:29
16
Sawubona
4:04
17
Immigrants - Interlude V
0:27
18
Movement - Variation I
4:02
19
Another Sky
3:46
20
Dream
2:15
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the haunting spoken word interlude into the lush, rhythmic pulse of Movement - Variation II
The way the strings swell and recede against the delicate piano melody in Exile, creating a sense of profound longing
The rhythmic interplay of the tabla and modern electronic beats on Heat & Dust that bridges decades of musical history
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