| 1. Monkey |
| 2. Soliders |
| 3. Hooded Serpent |
| 4. I Won't Ask for More |
| 5. Govinda |
| 6. Ayodhya (Court of the King) |
| 7. Distant Episode |
| 8. Heaven [Pt. 1-2] |
| 9. Petition to Ram |
| 10. Watching the Signs |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Jai Uttal's unique brand of East-West fusion has produced some striking albums. On this 1992 release, his second overall and first with the newly convened Pagan Love Orchestra, Uttal began to solidify his smooth blend of Western pop with Indian music and jazz. His band explores an amiable merger of their dual musical hemispheres with an album-opening sensual romp and then a parade of styles, including uptempo world pop ("The Hooded Serpent," "Govinda"), slower trance tracks ("A Distant Episode"), and Western pop ballads with an Eastern slant ("Soldiers," "I Won't Ask for More," "Heaven"). Four of the 10 songs are instrumentals, and 3 pieces are sung in English. More organic than Uttal's memorable debut, Footprints, Monkey capitalizes on the aural textures from such diverse instruments as the dotar (a two-stringed lute), harmonium, hand percussion, bass, guitar, and numerous samples, not to mention his impassioned vocals. --Bryan Reesman
Jai Uttal's unique brand of East-West fusion has produced some striking albums. On this 1992 release, his second overall and first with the newly convened Pagan Love Orchestra, Uttal began to solidify his smooth blend of Western pop with Indian music and jazz. His band explores an amiable merger of their dual musical hemispheres with an album-opening sensual romp and then a parade of styles, including uptempo world pop ("The Hooded Serpent," "Govinda"), slower trance tracks ("A Distant Episode"), and Western pop ballads with an Eastern slant ("Soldiers," "I Won't Ask for More," "Heaven"). Four of the 10 songs are instrumentals, and 3 pieces are sung in English. More organic than Uttal's memorable debut, Footprints, Monkey capitalizes on the aural textures from such diverse instruments as the dotar (a two-stringed lute), harmonium, hand percussion, bass, guitar, and numerous samples, not to mention his impassioned vocals. --Bryan Reesman
Monkey,Jai Uttal,Triloka Records,Int'l & World Music,Pop,World Music
New Age Music:
- Mutacao [Import]
- Nascente Da Intuição [Import]
- New Latin Hits (Karaoke)
- New Latin Pop Hits 2002 (Karaoke)
- New Malemolencia [Import] [Original recording remastered]
- Omar Khayyam [Import]
- Outros Planos [Import]
- Pagode Da Tia Doca [Import]
- Pirin Folk Songs
- Pop Latin Vol.2 (Karaoke)
New Age Music
Music CD: Rio De Luna [Import]
La Soiree Des Enfoires [Import]
Music of Styx: Live With Symphony Orchestra [Live]
Live at the Rainbow, 1974 [Live]