page_title: Transglobal Underground
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caption_attribution_description: Ethnik music group Transglobal underground live in Athens June 2007 for the European Day of Music.
context_page_description: Transglobal Underground is an English electro-world music group, specializing in a fusion of western, Asian and African music styles. 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. 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."
context_section_description: 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. 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."
caption: Transglobal Underground performing  on World Music Day (21 June) 2007  at Kotzia Square, Athens, Greece
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