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Pod is a personal collection of some of the very best remixes from the Afro Celt Sound System's career to 2004. The album also showcases previously unreleased material, and reinven ts old classics with a driving new rhythm section. It's a sleek, sophisticated and very worldly dance record. While the Afro-Celts have wandered to nearly every continent to scoop up sounds for their trademark fusion, the band has always called electronica home. So a disc of remixes by band members and friends (plus a bonus DVD of videos and live concert footage) seems inevitable. Joined by such vocalists as Sinéad O'Connor and Peter Gabriel, the band rambles around the world, from the gospel-tinged inspirational anthem "Rise Above" and the viscerally propulsive African drum beats of "Full Moon Low" to the Irish reels of "Whirly 3" and the lushly Bollywood-esque strings of "Lagan." World music purists won't be necessarily pleased, but this album isn't for them: It's a sleek, sophisticated and very worldly dance record. "Pod" clocks in at 70 minutes, however, which is a bit too long a trip for all but the most committed fans.— Billboard (U.S.A) Show more