# Skip-IJ

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Skip-IJ
| type       = studio
| artist     = [State of Bengal](/source/State_of_Bengal)
| cover      = State Of Bengal - Skip-IJ.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2007|df=y}}
| recorded   = Bengal Studios in East London, England
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flat list |
* [Electronic](/source/Electronic_music)
* [hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)
* [folk](/source/Folk_music)
* [World music](/source/World_music)
* [breakbeat](/source/breakbeat)
* tribal
* [downtempo](/source/downtempo)
}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=65|s=40}}
| language   = {{flat list |
* [Bengali](/source/Bengali_language)
* English
}}
| label      = Betelnut Records
| producer   = [State of Bengal](/source/State_of_Bengal)
| prev_title = [Tana Tani](/source/Tana_Tani)
| prev_year  = 2004
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}

'''''Skip-IJ''''' is the fourth studio album by [dance music](/source/dance_music) English DJ and music producer [State of Bengal](/source/State_of_Bengal), released in 2007 by Betelnut Records.

==Critical response==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = ''AsianVibrations.com''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|7|10}}

| rev2      = ''Indian Electronica''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}
}}
Louis Patterson of ''[BBC Music](/source/BBC_Music)'' said of ''Skip-IJ'', "Proof that the Asian Underground can be both fun and thoughtful."<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |last=Patterson|first=Louis|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mphj|title=State of Bengal Skip-Ij Review|publisher=[BBC Music](/source/BBC_Music)|date=22 July 2007|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref> Gaurav of ''AsianVibrations.com'' rated it 7/10 and said of the album, "State of Bengal gives us an album that you can listen to whenever you are in a dubbed out dnb mood. This is a true classic in the making (barring a few speed bumps)."<ref name="asianvibrations">{{cite news|url=http://www.asianvibrations.com/cgi-bin/readReviewSQL.cgi?albumNumber=123|title=Review of Skip-ij by: State of Bengal|author=Gaurav|date=24 September 2007|work=AsianVibrations.com|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519062742/http://www.asianvibrations.com/cgi-bin/readReviewSQL.cgi?albumNumber=123|archive-date=19 May 2009}}</ref> ''Indian Electronica'' said, "this album defies modern dance-floor convention with its wonderfully refreshing and bouncy rhythms - paradoxically sounding like a jazz throwback to break-beat employing an aesthetic which draws from Afro-Brazilian and Indian influence..."<ref name="indianelectronica">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianelectronica.com/reviews/music/211008/state-bengal-skip-ij|title=State of Bengal - Skip-ij|author=Gaurav|date=24 September 2007|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811231622/http://www.indianelectronica.com/reviews/music/211008/state-bengal-skip-ij|archive-date=11 August 2011|publisher=Indian Electronica}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| total_length   = {{Duration|m=65|s=40}}
| title1         = Skip-IJ
| note1          = featuring Bola Adakimi
| length1        = {{Duration|m=2|s=58}}
| title2         = Hold It in My Heart
| note2          = featuring Rosina Kazi
| length2        = {{Duration|m=7|s=54}}
| title3         = Play That Way
| note3          = featuring Renu Hossain
| length3        = {{Duration|m=5|s=16}}
| title4         = Breathe In
| note4          = featuring Nolan Weeks
| length4        = {{Duration|m=6|s=18}}
| title5         = Dushto Meyra
| note5          = featuring Susmita Banerrjee
| length5        = {{Duration|m=5|s=03}}
| title6         = London to Dhaka
| note6          = featuring [Deeder Zaman](/source/Deeder_Zaman)
| length6        = {{Duration|m=5|s=10}}
| title7         = Mr. President
| note7          = featuring Rosina Kazi
| length7        = {{Duration|m=5|s=05}}
| title8         = Get Down Like This
| note8          = featuring Bola Ademkimi
| length8        = {{Duration|m=4|s=45}}
| title9         = Cha Na Na Na
| note9          = featuring Johanna Marin and Renu Hossain
| length9        = {{Duration|m=4|s=32}}
| title10        = Sukno Patar
| note10         = featuring Coco Varma and Suzana Ansar
| length10       = {{Duration|m=5|s=28}}
| title11        = Future People (Tsunami)
| note11         = featuring Pundit Dinesh
| length11       = {{Duration|m=6|s=03}}
| title12        = Trip to the Moon
| note12         = featuring Johanna Ramin and Marque Gilmore
| length12       = {{Duration|m=7|s=08}}
}}

==Personnel==
*Luke Gifford – [recording](/source/Sound_recording_and_reproduction) [engineer](/source/Audio_engineer)
*State of Bengal – [mix](/source/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music)) engineer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs release|release=1971531|name=Skip-IJ|type=album}}
*{{itunes|us/album/skip-ij/id288925780|''Skip-IJ''}}
*https://stateofbengal.bandcamp.com/album/skip-ij-instrumental-album-version

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Category:2007 albums
Category:Bengali-language albums
Category:State of Bengal albums

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