B i o g r a p h y (by Mario Mesquita Borges)
With inspirations ranging from the intense sounds of alternative pop to funk, Anjali's creations combine the features of electronic and club/dance with the power of her distinguished voice, buoyed by restraint and superior production options. Presenting exotic and notable ideas, mostly sustained with Asian-inspired electronica, Anjali portrays a distinctive path within the modern beat grounds. However, and regardless of her contemporary and electronic style sound preferences, Anjali Bathia first started her career in the music world as vocalist and main songwriter of the riot grrrl band Voodoo Queens in the early '90s. After the release of several records with the feminine punk crew, Anjali decided to start following her own trail, releasing a series of four EPs: Maharani, Ju Ju, Aquila, and Feline Woman, all of which were assembled on Sheer Witchery, a compilation record released through the Wiiija Records label. Anjali's work began establishing original foundations within the electronic music scene, granting her with the necessary conditions to attempt even more impressive sound experimentations. The British vocalist then decided to join efforts with Spykid, an experimental DJ and producer whose credits included work with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Mojave 3's Neil Halstead. Following the release of the single Lazy Lagoon, Anjali delivered her first and self-titled album in November of 2000 in the U.K. Anjali received positive reviews from the media and acclaim from the public.
Anjali - 2000-11-09 -
Lazy Lagoon Space Lust (In The Space Dust) Arabian Queen Dusk Strawberry Mousse Mistress Of Disguise Nebula Turquoise & Blue Kulu Twilight World Kali Came
Misty Canyon Asian Provocateur Rainy Day Turn It On (Instrumental) Seven x eight A Humble Girl Sati Hymn To The Sun Ain’t No Friend Kandivali Gulley (Instrumental) Rani Of Jhansi Stinging Sitars x 9 (Instrumental)
Anjali
Lazy Lagoon
In my lazy lagoon Take off my shoes And take me to the blue To the blue ... With these tired dreams of mine Time to take it to the blue With this broken soul of mine Time to take it to the blue To the blue ...
Space lust (in the space dust)
Touchdown, we land on this moon Red storms and space dusted you Here we are, heat and tides Like the planets we seem to align Electric storms, swirling skies And that's just the way you make me feel I don't don't wanna go Don't take me back to this world Now we land in the sea Another world for you without me
Arabian queen
Arabian queen right on the scene Riding along in her cinematic dream I am the queen of this harem I got my veil on and i'm feeling serene Arabian highs, bear the sundown sigh Let's gather round the hookah Blowing circles to the sky Arabian dreams everybody seems ... And she says ... Hold on her heels taht swinging girl of sin With her jewel-encrusted gown And her belly swinging brown Sold all her sins and everybody sway Through the hazy days With rubies on her toes everybody knows She's the queen of the sand The desert and the land A breeze like mango kulli A little hoochie koochie And she says ... Cocooned in silken shrouds And jasmine scented clouds She's the queen of the harem You know who wears the crown She teases and she sleazes You know it never ceases When she does her voodoo (Sweet as almond honey A lick of chunky monkey She's sticky like jalebi i don't wanna hear a maybe)
Dusk
Who are you and where you from And why does life go on and on ? Through it all, I have to say I couldn't live another day And everything I touch turns to dust It haunts me I'm falling in the sea of saturnine It wants me Through it all I have to say I couldn't live another day And all of the fears I tended to be I couldn't ever love And everything I touch turns to dust I couldn't ever love
Strawberry mousse
If you wanna know me, know me Gotta show what you know And then show me Ooh it's a feeling And I know, do you know That I'm dealing If you wanna throw me, throw me Gotta show that it's love that witholds me Ooh, I'm fizzing up nicely Plutonium beats, they define me I've got some mochomo cake Strawberry mousse, it will make your heart quake Ooh she's a liar, waxen with the scent of pariah She took it all to Venus City Where the girl showed a whole lot of pity If you wanna scold me, scold me Don't beat around the hush and dethrone me Ooh it's a feeling And you know, do you know, that I'm reeling If you wanna shame me, blame me Let it out, it will turn around and save me Ooh the angels didn't like that Left my soul for the sugar in the body bag I got some mochomo cake Strawberry mousse and it killed my heartrising Just say it concisely neptunian beats they decide me She sold her soul to the sandman And if the grains in the earth Couldn't feed her land I'm walking through dark lands And the angels let go of my hand And love just seemed to be a minion In another time And everything I ever did Came back to haunt me And everything I ever was Became sand By the time I was floating Slowly floating The angels sang ...
Mistress of disguise
How many times Does it take to say goodbye ? How many moves Has the mistress of disguise? And if a cyclone rules my heart Deceit is sure to loot the past How many times For every single day? We're lost in the sea Solely left to pray And if she ever could control i'm swimming in the green and gold I am It's a pagan lust I'm your brown cocoa Silver glistens as the palm trees Whisper your name Your hand in my heart beat until there is no time Just space How many times Does it take ? How many moves Does she make? And if that cyclone rules my heart Let it all just drift away Just left this ceaseless life And tell me what to say And it seemsthat I will never get it right And it's all because the mistress of disguise
Nebula
Hold everything You've got to if you need to flow I couldn't think I was hoping on that nebula Hold everything I couldn't if you need to flow I needed him But Lord, you know it's sin to sin Hold everything When will you notice that it's ... ? When will you go? When will you see That we are on our own Let go of everything You know it's only ... Shower me with kisses blue Don't do those things Ooh that the other people do Let it lie, I feel fine Empower me all the time You know that I feel fine You know you wanna use it You know that I feel fine And I know you won't abuse it I hope everyday's gonna feel like this And hope everyday i'm gonna use it
Turquoise & Blue
Love I said love, is turquoise & blue The colour of you is turquoise & blue And it feels like this... How how can it show 'cause I tell you if I need you I hold you, I don't mind if I do And the voice is green and purple too And it feels like this ... Turquoise & blue leads to you I follow, rain leads to my sorrow If I choose you I tell you if I need you I tell you if you need me too And the colour of your love is Is turquoise & blue If I only, this love is purple only And turquoise & blue
Kulu
Kulu came from Babalu Eyes like rain saw into you Kulu says throw my ashes in the sea Kulu With Ganesh beside me Mataji too Shiva, Lord Shiva I'm begging to you The ocean deeps as wounds upon my feet I've stalked this earth a million times before And I know I've paid for my crimes 'Cause life's unkind Kulu 'Cause life's unkind
Twilight world
Close the door Sea and shore Breeze to shades So magical Leave behind Discordant minds Avarice I leave When I taste tears Fortune evades me once more And I shift too far Yes I'm sinking Through this magical door And I don't want to wake up When I see me Oh on these comforting clouds And I seem at ease Oh I'm sinking Through this magical door And I don't want to wake up
Kali came
It's been raining Hundred days, thousand nights It's cold when I awake No more light To a sky without a moon I heard you say See you soon Kali came, she took away Said it had to die So it could grow again If you don't wake up You'll be on the stars Throw them down To me Wherever you are
World of lady a
*** Thanx a lot to Mike for these lyrics ***
Misty canyon Oh, i can figure that you really need my love Cause i've been in the twilight far too long So i'll unlock my heart and throw you the key And you can do what you want with me... This time, i'll put my heart on the line Misty canyon, how i search for my soul rescue Through the vapours, king of hearts oh, won't you take me Spent distant nightfalls walking through the mountain trails Cause i've been faded to see love again, And all my spirits say to me.... When's lady luck gonna take this spell off me? I know, i'll put my heart on his soul Heart on his soul... Misty canyon, how i search for my soul rescue Through the vapours, king of hearts oh, won't you take me And all my spirits say to me..... Asian provocateur If you only knew i'm sat alone And if your mamma knew The things i was doin' to you You've gotta put the butter on it Let the coffee stew Tell me later What you goin' through Gimme, gimme lovin' Mithi, mithi, soft lovin' So far, you know you've gotta Let the lovin' flow From the head To the toe If your mamma knew She'd tell you that we're through She said that i'm the devil woman The lady from hades So gimme gimme lovin' Mithi, mithi, soft lovin' Put the butter on it Let the coffee stew Lovin' Rainy day On this rainy day Feel the moonspill drift to silver grey Would like to feel the sun, but it's too late... On this rainy day For my heart still beats In the crowded streets, its solemn beats Echo solitude as distant peaks Washes over me and steals the peace It's like the sun was never mine It took away the silver lines On clouds that broad into the mind And throw it all away... And the grains of time Repossess me and all mankind A fragile entity that breathes inside On this rainy day It's like the sun was never mine It took away the silver lines On clouds that broad into the mind And throw it all away... It's like the sun could never see This life that breathes so endlessly A mellow daze that captures me And throws it all away On this rainy day... Seven x eight If you let her go You're gonna end up lonely And if you really know Yeah, you know, that's your folly Cause you'll never, never ever Have a girl like me Cause i'm the best You'll ever have I can vouch for that... So don't come to me With your broken heart I won't mend it, i'll just wring it out No you'll never, never ever Have a girl like me Seven times five, seven times five, seven Now what you need Is to look for your redemption Seven times eight, seven times eight, seven Don't look at me, take a look at your reflection Oh, you're sorry, it's your folly You made a big mistake And you can search from jupiter to io You'll never find another girl like me Cause i'm the hot, lickin, kickin, lustin empress And it's a shiver, you'll never feel So you're sorry, it's your folly You made a big mistake Seven times five, seven times five, seven Now what you need Is to look for your redemption Seven times eight, seven times eight, seven Don't look at me, take a look at your reflection Oh, you're sorry, it's your folly You made a big mistake Augh ! Seven times eight, seven times eight, seven Don't look at me, take a look at your reflection (2x) Oh, you're sorry, it's your folly Well, it's too late Well, it's just too late... A humble girl I was young now time's gone Oh, what do i do? He was mine for some time Now this girl is blue... And all the love that we earned Has been forsaken And all the depths of my world Have been awoken What is life without him? Please, what should i do? I was just a humble girl Who got lost in your world I will cross a thousand seas To forget that boy And all the love that we earned Has been forsaken And all the depths of my world Have been awoken Oh, i love him... Please, just kiss me again...cause i'll never... I'll never fall in love, no ever... I wanna be in love forever... Sati Tu mere dil mai hai Mai tere dil mai hoo Tu meri zindagi Khwabo mai bhi tum hoa Hotho per naam tera Dil mai chupaya hai Tu mera saathi re Janam janam si Hymn to the sun Autumn manifests its urban lights Sedona rocks are burning red and white Hymns are chanted to a midnight sage And life just wanders through me in a haze It's a breeze Won't you tell him that i need him Summer seems to leave Without him... Seasons change and i remain the same Hymn to the sun leaves me cold again People wander through my empty life I just hum my sunset lullaby It's a breeze Won't you tell him that i need him Summer seems to leave Without him... Ain't no friend So many people tried to stop me Doing what i wanna do Cause i put my faith in everyone And now i can see right through Cause each one of you took a part of me And tried to put me down But i'm gonna rise above the skies Cause now i wear the crown I know and i can see What everybody has done to me I know and i will be I've got my mata... And she's with me You tried to be a friend of mine But i can see right in your eyes You lie, you're sly, you try to deny And you ain't no friend of mine So don't try and build a fire In that cave you call your soul The knight pulls down The shadow of swords And you know you'll never win this war I know and i can see What everybody has done to me I know and i will be I've got my mata... And she's with me Rani of jhansi Feed the hindu dirty water With the blood from the sacred cow And what you gonna feed them now? 200 years without respite 200 years, yeah, we're always gonna fight And what you gonna feed them now? From udam singh to lakshmi bai Spirit lives on and on So don't forget what they did to you then And don't ever let it happen again... Happen again And now the scars don't hurt so much And you can forget what you did to us In this utopian imperial world And all the names, the pillages and the pain From the black In my eye to the blue in my veins Spirit lives on and on and on and strong So hold on to what you are They'll never steal what you really are