Bengali Bantam Youth Experience!
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| Bengali Bantam Youth Experience! | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Trance rock[1] | |||
| Length | 41:31 | |||
| Label | Warner Music UK | |||
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Bengali Bantam Youth Experience! is an album by the English band Black Star Liner, released in 1999.[2][3] "Superfly and Bindi" was released as a single and peaked at No. 78 on the UK Singles Chart.[4][5] The album was nominated for the 1999 Mercury Music Prize.[6] The band supported the album with a UK tour.[7]
The album's sound was in part influenced by the music preferences of vocalist Choque Hosein's international relatives.[8] He was skeptical of being lumped in with the Asian Underground movement, although noted the increased attention.[9] Many of the songs are instrumentals that employ sitars and tablas.[10][11] "Silvini" uses Yorkshire dialect to lampoon England's fascination with Indian culture.[12] "Low BMW" is about the automotive preference of many English Indians.[13] "Pink Rupee" concerns gay life in Asian society.[14]
