Transglobal Underground

Transglobal Underground
Transglobal Underground performing on World Music Day (21 June) 2007 at Kotzia Square, Athens, Greece
Background information
Also known asTGU
OriginLondon, England
GenresWorld fusion, ethnic electronica
Years active1990 (1990)–present
LabelsNation
Members
Past members
WebsiteTransglobalUnderground.net

Transglobal Underground (sometimes written as Trans-Global Underground) is an English electro-world music group, specializing in a fusion of western, Asian and African music styles (sometimes labelled world fusion and ethno techno). Their first four albums featured Natacha Atlas as lead singer, and their single "Temple Head" was used in a Coca-Cola advertising campaign for the 1996 Olympic Games.[1] In 2008 they won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music after the release of their seventh official album, Moonshout. Their most recent release is 2020's Walls Have Ears, marking Atlas' return as a guest with the group. Their work has been described as "a collision of tradition and innovation."[2]

Transglobal Underground with Fanfare Tirana 2015 at the Horizonte world music festival at Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
Natacha Atlas, concert with Transglobal Underground 2009 at the TFF Rudolstadt festival
Transglobal Underground 2015 at the Horizonte world music festival at Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
  1. ^ "Artist Profiles". Worldmusiccentral.org.
  2. ^ "BT River of Music: Transglobal Underground interview for London 2012". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 October 2015.