Name: Love Trap
Brand: NARADA PRODUCTIONS
SKU: 826325
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Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Susheela Raman (vocals, tanpura); Same Milles (guitar, bones, background vocals); Vincent Segal (cello); Manos Achalinotopoulos (clarinet); Djanuno Dabo (congas, bongos, claypot, shakers, background vocals); Albert Kuvezin (bass, Jaw harp); Hilaire Penda (bass); Tony Allen (drums); Radik Tiuliush (Jaw harp, background vocals).
Recorded at El Cortijo Studios, Andalusia, Spain between November 2002 and February 2003.
Personnel: Susheela Raman (vocals, tanpura); Radik Tiuliush (vocals, igil); Djanuna Dabo (vocals, congas, bongos, shaker, background vocals); Albert Kuvezin (bass voice, electric guitar); Sam Mills (guitar, background vocals); Tom Diakit‚ (kora); Vincent Segal (cello); Manos Achalinotopoulos (kaval, clarinet); Iain Ballamy (saxophone); Trevor Morais, Tony Allen (drums); Aref Durvesh (tabla); Pedro Pe¤a, Tete Pe¤a (hand claps); Stuart Bruce, Sandhya Sanjana (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Renaud Letang; Arabella Rodriguez; Stuart Bruce.
Liner Note Author: Susheela Raman.
Recording information: El Cortijo Studios, Andalusia, Spain (11/2002-02/2003); Millside Studio, Wiltshire, England (11/2002-02/2003); RDPC, Paris, France (11/2002-02/2003); Real World Studios, Wiltshire, England (11/2002-02/2003).
Editors: Arabella Rodriguez; Stuart Bruce; Bobby Jocky.
Photographer: Andrew Catlin.
Arrangers: Djanuna Dabo; Aref Durvesh; Sam Mills; Shruti Sadolikar; Susheela Raman.
LOVE TRAP is the sexy follow-up to Susheela Raman's Mercury Prize-nominated album SALT RAIN. Raman is a native of England, born of South Indian parents, and raised in Australia. Her multi-cultural background enhances her global vision of world music. By bending and reshaping her myriad of musical influences, Raman has recorded a pleasing and erotically charged album of music that pulls from various folk music traditions to create a unique hybrid. "Love Trap" is the most accessible and appealing track on the album. One of the two English-language vocals, "Love Trap" is a sensual, jazzy re-working of a 1970s Ethiopian club hit. Its throbbing beat chugs along while Raman's siren-like vocals beckon and entice the listener into her snare. The album's other seven tracks are sung in various languages, incorporating a myriad of styles, including Tuvan throat singing and the complex wail of India's traditional Carnatic vocals. With the help of producer and guitarist Sam Mills, LOVE TRAP flirts with trip-hop, rock, and electronica while respecting its musical roots. The music pulsates with energy and each musician is given a chance to shine on the album's many instrumental interludes. LOVE TRAP is sophisticated, sexy, and sure to be considered a classic in the career of this rising star.

Professional Reviews

Uncut (8/03, p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[With] a plentiful supply of serious musicality and spiritual Indian vibes to satisfy the purists....A record to put a smile on your face..."