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As Blackasia's flangey intro bleeds into "Bollywood Lust," you know you're in for a ride. Electronica blends with strings, male qawwali-style singing is puncturated by female moans, tabla and drumkit dance together. The global style and outlook of pruducer r-H put everything into play. Electronic and acoustic instruments meet in a masala of Asian grooves, all anchored by infectuous dance beats. Highllights include the mellower "Lemon Grass" and the tabla-meets-Dobro tune "Indian Blues." And turntable fans will dig the wild collage of "Sushi," complete with J-pop girl vocals, shamisen, growly Sumo shouts, and of course those beats. Borrowing, like his nation-state, from across South Asia, r-H may help put Singapore on the world's musical map. ~ Spin The Globe