JONNY TRUNK in THE RECORD COLLECTOR, sept. 2006:

"...awesome, bonkers and strangely groovy... These are the best releases we've seen and heard of this kind..."

full review:

And more quality arrives this month with two compilations of Bollywood music. The Bombay Connection (5 stars out of 5) and Bombshell Baby Of Bombay (5 stars out of 5) are both quite stunning, and are the first two from a new planned series of at least six historic Bollywood retrospectives. The music from both CDs has been carefully chosen, skill- fully researched and both releases come in gatefold digipacks with large, colorful ' and informative booklets. No expense seems to have been spared: these are labours of love, and have been put together by the two major worldwide collectors of the genre. The first CD deals with sound from action thrillers 1977-84, and the music is awesome, bonkers and strangely groovy, adhering to Bollywood magpie methods of composition - which is to borrow weird musical ideas from anywhere else fashionable at the time. All rare and hip tunes, this is a priceless collection. The second compilation offers , nightclub jazz, surf and rock'n'roll from ' 1959-72. Once again: awesome, bonkers, Inspirational and sometimes a little strange - French accordion meets Dick Dale being just one fine example of what to expect. These are the best releases we've seen and heard of this kind. 

TIM PERLICH in Toronto's NOW MAGAZINE, aug 17,  2006

Countless collections of Indian film music have been issued in recent years, but the new Bombay Connection series, put together by soundtrack-savvy collector/dealer Edo Bouman , is the most promising yet. Compiled with the Bollywood beat junkie in mind, Volume 1 , subtitled Funk From Bollywood Action Thrillers 1977-1984 , avoids previous comped classics to deliver the wildly thumpin' and bumpin' joints you need, lifted from the most sought-after LPs by R.D Burman , Kalyanji-Anandji , Laxmikant-Pyarelal and others. It also comes packaged with colour film stills and informed track-by-track annotation. Volume 2: Bombshell Baby Of Bombay is an equally snazzy selection documenting nightclub jazz, surf and rock 'n' roll between 1959 and 72, and includes Shankar-Jaikishan 's Gumnaam classic Jan Pahechan Ho recycled for the opening sequence of Ghost World. Get both.

MENNO POT, Music journalist in  Dutch daily newspaper DE VOLKSKRANT:

"Rather bizarre actually - thinking of the cult-status Bollywood has had for quite some years now and of the Bollywood Oscars, held in Amsterdam in June of this year -why hasn’t a real good compilation of Bollywood film music been issued? A few samplers have been  released, but none were as thorough as the records of the two Dutch guys of Bombay-Connection. Let it be said: These are the most fundamental Bollywood compilations ever because of its designs and because it is extremely well documented."

 Read here whole interview (in Dutch).

Compiled by Bollywood soundtrack expert Edo Bouman, Bombay Connection Volume 1: The Bombay Connection is one of the best funky/dance bollywood soundtrack comps we've ever had the pleasure of wrapping our ears 'round. This has been on constant rotation on the office CD player ever since it arrived. Containing almost no duplication with other Bollywood compilations, Bombay Connection Volume 1: The Bombay Connection is a corker from beginning to end and will have you shaking your tush from them moment the first track starts playing.Featuring among others the steaming sexy funk of Bombay 405 Miles and ultra rare funk gems from the Hindi safari film Habari and the violent hippie flick SALAAM MEMSAAB. Seriously great stuff. We love it

MATT INGRAM, music journalist, www.woebot.com: 

"I think I've mentioned the dudes behind the heaviest Bollywood vinyl deals, the legendary Bombay Beat before? Well, you could have blown me down with a feather when just the other day I got an email from Holland's Edo Bouman, the man behind the alias, alerting me to two CDs he's putting out. I suppose they amount to recordings of the absolute cream of the Indian Soundtracks that have passed through his hands. I usually automatically delete music industry spam, but trust me people this is extremely different. As soon as I get my (paypal) shit together I'll be buying these two lavishly packaged, impressively organized babies.".