[2] Anokha held weekly sessions at the legendary Blue Note venue at Hoxton Square in London's East End.

Those music sessions and this compilation helped to promote the rise of the Asian Underground movement.

[6] Reviewing for The Village Voice in December 1997, Robert Christgau appraised the album negatively: [14]"With zip to do with bhangra, and no commitment to drum 'n' bass, here's a travelogue designed to remind us that tabla players (presenter Talvin Singh, for instance!)

)"[13] AllMusic's John Bush was more enthusiastic, deeming it "a startlingly natural-sounding fusion of Indian music and instruments with drum'n'bass, breakbeats and electronics, unlike other worldbeat-influenced electronic recordings which feature an abundance of styles but rarely approach true fusion."

Bush highlighted Singh and State of Bengal's songs, as well as "K-Ascendant" by Kingsuk Biswas.