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Displacing the Priest
Electronic · 1996 · 10 tracks

Displacing the Priest

Nitin Sawhney

A rain-slicked fusion of South Asian rhythms, Portuguese fado, and London breakbeats. Introspective, multilingual, and deeply atmospheric mid-90s downtempo.

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It's like a rainy night in London filtered through a global radio dial.

A restless, multilingual yearning for home set against a backdrop of sophisticated urban electronics.

Displacing the Priest · vs · Nitin Sawhney
Nostalgia+3.1σ

The writing leans far further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Oceans and Rain
4:20
02
In the Mind
4:39
03
Herecica Latino
2:52
04
Saudades
3:42
05
Displacing the Priest
8:37
06
Bengali Song
4:08
07
Streets
3:54
08
Voices
2:19
09
Pieces of Ten (Chandru mix)
5:20
10
Vidya
1:31
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition in Saudades where the Portuguese longing dissolves into a heavy, syncopated trip-hop beat.
The sprawling eight-minute title track where jazz-inflected keys collide with intricate, rapid-fire tabla patterns.
The way Bengali Song uses traditional melodic phrasing to anchor a modern, atmospheric electronic soundscape.
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