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Ben-Tzur, Shye & Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express - Junun (10th Anniversary Edition)

Ben-Tzur, Shye & Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express - Junun (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Junun is the debut collaborative album by composer, Shye Ben Tzur, Radiohead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, and the Indian ensemble, the Rajasthan Express.

Originally released in November 2015, the album was recorded in a makeshift studio within the 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India. Radiohead's longtime producer, Nigel Godrich, worked on the album.

The album features Ben Tzur's compositions, which incorporate devotional Sufi qawwal musicians singing in Urdu and Hebrew. Greenwood contributed guitar, bass, keyboards, ondes Martenot, and programming, aiming to use chords sparingly and instead focusing on North Indian ragas. The recording process sought to capture the ""roughness"" of Indian music, avoiding the high fidelity often found in world music recordings.

Junun (an alternate spelling of ""junoon,"" meaning ""mania"" or ""the madness of love"") received widespread critical acclaim—including Album of the Year honors from The Sunday Times, who called it “one of the most inspired releases of the year” and “intriguing, sinuous, and essential listening”.

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