Before the release of this album, Kasanova as an artist in the whole sense was much of an unknown quantity to the average listener and was mainly known for his considerable contribution with the extremely successful "Danger" album. His album, as with other debut albums, gives an opportunity to signal his arrival by developing and showcasing his own unique style and therefore stamp his authority onto the music scene. He was well promoted and was expected to release this album in March on the Untouchables label but in the end he has released it on the label 'Insight Entertainment' which is new one for me. I'm not sure for the reasoning behind this sudden change; I'll leave you to come to your own conclusions, but I guess it's good for the bhangra scene that we have another quality new label.

Normally I never find Intro's anything to comment much on, but this one is different, you can actually find sense in it. It is clips from the recent BBC Asian network show that was presented by Metz and Trix. It's funny and proves, if indeed there was any doubt, of the universal appeal of Metz, Trix and to a lesser extent Kasanova.

The next track is Ludhiana. I'll kick off with the bit you wanna know most - It's a PHAT track! Right, now that's over and done with, I'll explain for all you wannabe producers out there why: The appeal of this track fundamentally boils down to its simplicity and consistency at a subconscious level. Not until you analyse the structure in minute detail do realise that the track is separated into the sung and MC'ing portions by the different background music used for each throughout the track. The unifying factor being the pulsating bass effect, the quick drum sequence, which signals the switching between the two. The MC'ing portions use an effect, which gradually increases in tempo leading you almost naturally to the chorus, whereas the sung portion has a very simple backing. The vocals are crisp and clear and the MC'ing works well because of its specific structural role within the track. However the final portion of MC'ing, which ends the track seems very unnecessary and breaks the musical unity, giving the track an abrupt end.

Onto track 3, namely Cham Cham. This track is obviously a blend of many ethnic styles. The music maintains a smooth feel to it despite it being made up of many instruments. This technique is by no means unique but a very difficult skill to pull off successfully, the tendency being to get a mass blend of many sounds which unaccompanied may sound ok but with the vocals you end up either drowning them out or not matching the tempo of them. The 'snake charming' music is off putting at first but on listening to it a few times you realise it blends in well with the overall feel and the tone of the singer.

I'm gonna quit with my blueprints for musical moneymaking cos I'm sure someone gets paid a lot of money to advise producers on stuff like that, and after all they will just say, what do I know? Anyway, back to track 4, Aaja. Another well put together track in terms of musical composition. The unusual thing about this track is that is has a dual chorus, but it works very well, and seems to be a good way to integrate the MC'ing into the song, which is fantastically sung and has strong lyrics, both facts are emphasised by the slight echo effect used.

Next is Jump up. Don't know quite what to make of this one, but from my limited experience with this type of music I think it needs a stronger bass and a more defined treble element, possibly by adding another in. As it is it just seems to lack that little bit something.

Number 6 is called Tere Naal. It has a boliyan feel to it, the music is very uninspiring, the lyrics don't do much either, something which isn't helped by the synthesising of the voice. Sticks out like a sore thumb in context of the album and doesn't go with the other styles being put across.

The aptly named garage breaks 'Ayia Napa' mix does have elements of mainstream here, such as the first minute of music, which could have been taken from any Ibiza chill out Cd available on the market. The rest, to be honest is a big mismatch between the music and lyrics. Not much here to get excited about maybe the instrumental to this will be used for another song somewhere down the line.

I'm told this 'Goa' mix of Neend has done very well in India and rightly so. The music classy, modern and oozes individuality. This really exploits the talent of Kasanova fully, it is almost a shame there are no words, but then again not a lot of songs could co-exist in the locality of such music. It almost goes without saying that Dj's everywhere are already up and running mixing this one with any track they can.

Dare I say the last track Vada, has a very Bally Sagoo feel to it. It is very melodious in a love song sort of way. It portrays and carries a lot of emotion and would grace any love song. But it doesn't do much for the majority of people buying albums.

The album finishes with the outra, which is a carbon copy of the intro with more radio clips. I just love the call from Samaya, who tells Trix to get over their for her sister otherwise she's gonna collapse. It's just the way she say's it, that makes me laugh and the trio's reaction is cool. When you hear this you'll know what I mean.

As a debut album it more than fulfils its purpose, indicating in no uncertain terms the depth, variety and versatility of his talent. Maybe in trying to achieve this too much it has detracted from giving people what they want and instead satisfying critics, with this in mind it will probably be more interesting to see what he does next now that he has cleared this obstacle. The talent is undoubted and we will definitely something more to the bhangra scene. The fact that all the music is his own composition should be noted by other artists and is something, which could end up in his scope being ultimately more than just Bhangra. Taking everything into consideration, I would give the album a 7 out of 10, as it has something for everyone. Like I said, maybe on his next offering he should not experiment as much and stick to the basics and produce music what people like, but then it will be said that it's nothing different to the usual stuff, so he needs to get a balance between the two if that's possible.