''Without Zero'' is the third studio album by English

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group Joi, released on 19 January 2007 by

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Critical response

Louis Patterson of '' BBC Music'' rated ''Without Zero'' 3.5/5 and called it "A spirited, experimentally minded soundclash that's as fun as it is inspired." Stewart Mason of ''

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'' rated the album 3.5/5 and said, "...there's nothing here that will change the mind of anyone thus far resistant to Shamsher's cross-cultural charms." Derek of ''EthnoTechno'' said, "On his third Real World Release all the descriptive words fly out the window, and you're left with an album to dance to, to contemplate, and most of all, to thoroughly enjoy." Qasim Virjee of ''Indian Electronica'' rated the album 5/5 and described it as "high degrees of aural texturing".

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

*John Coxon –

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*Keefe West – guitar,

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( saz) *

Niladri Kumar Pandit Niladri Kumar is an Indian sitar player and music composer. Early life He was born to sitar player Kartick Kumar, a disciple of Ravi Shankar. He started learning sitar under his father at the age of four. Kumar gave his first public per ...

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*Yazid –

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(zorna), oud,

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Vocals

*Apeksha Dandekar *Elysha West

References

External links

* * * * 2007 albums Hindi-language albums Urdu-language albums Real World Records albums Joi (band) albums Albums produced by Farook Shamsher {{2000s-album-stub