Beyond Skin

Beyond Skin is an album by Nitin Sawhney. It was released on the Outcaste label in 1999. The album focuses largely on the theme of Nuclear Weapons; Sawhney states in the booklet that the album "has a timespan that runs backwards", beginning at Broken Skin with the India-Pakistan nuclear situation and ending at Beyond Skin with Robert Oppenheimer quoting the Bhagavad Gita - "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds".

Sawhney also aims to question what constitutes one's identity - he writes in the liner notes for the album: "I believe in Hindu philosophy. I am not religious. I am a pacifist. I am a British Asian. My identity and my history are defined only by myself -- beyond politics, beyond nationality and Beyond Skin."

Track listing

1. "Broken Skin" (Sanchita Farruque, Nitin Sawhney) — 4:05
2. "Letting Go" (C. S. Gray, Sawhney) — 4:49
3. "Homelands" (Nina Miranda, Sawhney) — 6:00
4. "The Pilgrim" (Sawhney, Hussain Yoosuf) — 4:29
5. "Tides" (Sawhney) — 5:06
6. "Nadia" (Sawhney) — 5:05
7. "Immigrant" (Sawhney) — 6:21
8. "Serpents" (Sawhney) — 6:17
9. "Anthem Without Nation" (Sawhney) — 5:48
10. "Nostalgia" (Sawhney) — 3:41
11. "The Conference" (Sawhney) — 2:53
12. "Beyond Skin" (Sawhney) — 3:48