Ok is the debut release of tabla

Tabla

The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...

 player and music producer Talvin Singh

Talvin Singh

Talvin Singh Matharoo , is a producer and composer and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of Indian classical music and drum and bass...

, and it was nine months in the making. The title was chosen because of the universality of the word OK, which can be understood almost anywhere in the world. It is mostly a reinterpretation of Indian classical music

Indian classical music

The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the Vedas, which are the oldest scriptures in the Hindu tradition. Indian classical music has also been significantly influenced by, or syncretised with, Indian folk music and Persian music. The Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music...

 with flute

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

, sitar

Sitar

The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...

, and tabla.
The album won him the Mercury Music Prize for 1999.

Track listing

1. Traveller – 11:18
2. Butterfly – 4:26
3. Sutrix – 5:55
4. Mombasstic – 5:45
5. Decca – 1:20
6. Eclipse – 5:50
7. OK – 4:19
8. Light – 6:23
9. Disser/Point.Mento.B – 2:43
10. Soni – 5:59
11. Vikram the Vampire – 6:47

The Japanese version of the album has one bonus track.

12. リスト・フリック(Wrist Flick) – 5:48