Stewart Copeland - Police Beyond Borders '2023

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The creative duo of two-time Grammy-winning album Divine Tides — Stewart
Copeland and Grammy-winning Indian musician/composer Ricky Kej — announce
their latest world music collaboration, Police Beyond Borders. Furthering their
mission to feature leading talent from around the world, the album, recorded in
Bangalore, is a reinterpretation of the seminal 80s band’s classic songs
with diverse interpretations and artist representation from South Africa, India,
Japan, China, Canada, the U.K., and more. 
 
Copeland and Kej have enlisted top international artists, including South
Africa’s Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir; China’s “Father
Of Rock” Cui Jian; U.S.-based Berklee Indian Ensemble; Japanese
Grammy-winner for Best Global Music Album, Masa Takumi; South Africa’s
acclaimed Mzansi Youth Choir; leading Indian composer/singer Shankar Mahadevan;
renowned British classical trumpeter Alison Balsom; multi-award winning Canadian
flutist Ron Korb; legendary Bollywood composers and brother duo Salim-Sulaiman,
hammered dulcimer virtuoso Max ZT; and multi-instrumentalist Serj Tankian of
metal band System of a Down.
 
"The idea of hearing the songs in exotic languages was immediately inspiring and
Ricky set about finding the magnificent talents on this record. As with all of
the musicians and singers on this record, we exhorted them to step beyond, to
take the songs into new places. They sure did do that!
The Police’ music essentially derives from Black culture, and it was
particularly spine-tingling to hear that culture arriving back in Africa. Every
Breath You Take in Zulu! All the flavors of the different languages lit up these
tunes that are so familiar. I hope that familiarity will give a comfortable
vantage point for anyone to experience music styles that might otherwise sound
alien. 
Music evolved in Homo sapiens as a bonding social skill. My humble hope is that
this record can contribute to that human bonding on this shrinking
planet.”
 
“It was a huge honor to collaborate with my musical idol Stewart Copeland
yet again. After having won 2 Grammy awards with Stewart, Police Beyond Borders
is now the biggest, most epic album I have ever been a part of. It is a truly
global album featuring musicians, voices and languages from across the world.
These are songs that I have grown up listening to, songs that have shaped my
music career.. so during the making of this album I paid a lot of respect to its
legacy. I am certain our listeners will enjoy these legendary songs in a way
they would have never imagined, and realize that music is the most universal
language,” said Ricky Kej.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Stewart Copeland - King Of Pain (5:45)
1.02 - Stewart Copeland - Roxanne (4:17)
1.03 - Stewart Copeland - Message In A Bottle (5:32)
1.04 - Stewart Copeland - Tea In The Sahara (3:55)
1.05 - Stewart Copeland - Don't Stand So Close To Me (5:09)
1.06 - Stewart Copeland - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (5:20)
1.07 - Stewart Copeland - Can't Stand Losing You (6:46)
1.08 - Stewart Copeland - Murder By Numbers (5:51)
1.09 - Stewart Copeland - Demolition Man (4:05)
1.10 - Stewart Copeland - Every Breath You Take (6:00)

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