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Daytimers: Alterations review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month
The UK collective have been reimagining south Asian music since 2020, and their new compilation splices junglism and Afro-house onto gems in Sony India’s catalogue
There is ample bass-weight across the record’s 10 tracks, with British producer Zeeshan’s take on the score of 2022 Tamil film Vikram transforming the original’s keening vocal melody into a chipmunk snippet skittering over an ominous, growling bassline and siren-like synths. Daytimers co-founder Provhat, meanwhile, layers a thunderous jungle breakbeat over the wedding classic Suraj Hua Maddham – sure to turn receptions into raves – and Rea’s take on Anirudh Ravichander’s Dippam Dappam flips the cinema standard into a rumbling Afro-house groove. Reframing this nostalgic cinema music for the modern dancefloor, Alterations proves there is still plenty of space for future generations of diaspora artists to celebrate and find inspiration in their heritage.
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