In Brief

Imagine a world in which hip-hop deejays, Indian vocalists and Mexican percussionists meet on the street and create a sound system for bell-bottomed cyber-hippies. This U.K. collective, which has a strange affinity for Spanish, Latin American and Latino culture (“Clandestine Operation� samples a classic Cheech & Chong skit) perfects the art of hybrid dance and lines its tracks with the fattest beats this side of fellow Bristol artist Tricky.

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Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent).

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* Excerpts from these albums and other recent releases are available on The Times’ World Wide Web site. Point your browser to: http://ukobiw.net./soundclips