Desert Grooves (2004)

Product Summary Label: Varese Sarabande UPC: 00030206040128 Release Date: 1/27/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60624466 Item#: MQC7WN Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Duden - Natacha Atlas (Talvin Singh remix) ~ Various Artists 2. Moi Et Toi - Ali Slimani ~ Various Artists 3. Ait Benaddhou - Alacran ~ Various Artists 4. Y'Mama - Zehava Ben (Deep Dive Corp. remix) ~ Various Artists 5. Habibi - Groove Alla Turca/Natacha Atlas ~ Various Artists 6. Trigana - Kabul Workshop (remix) ~ Various Artists 7. Just You & I - Dzihan & Kamien ~ Various Artists 8. Fleur Du Desert - Arnica Montana ~ Various Artists 9. Amber - Banco De Gaia ~ Various Artists 10. Arabian Nights - Uman ~ Various Artists 11. Baghdad - Jesse Cook ~ Various Artists 12. Dub Gubbi - Tulku/Geoffrey Gordson ~ Various Artists 13. Enter The Heretic - Badawi ~ Various Artists 14. Heer - Nitin Sawhney ~ Various Artists 15. Devotion #1 - Loop Guru ~ Various Artists 16. Asia Breaks - Jim Pavloff ~ Various Artists 17. Shimmy Baby - DJ Mosavo ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Natacha Atlas (vocals). Arranger: Peter Musebrink. Though it's a pleasant enough mixture of downtempo groove, worldbeat, and moody new age -- all inflected with Arabic and North African rhythms -- Desert Grooves travels over a well-worn footpath. That's because most, if not all, of its tracks have made appearances on similarly themed compilations. Natacha Atlas' "Duden," for example, is featured on at least five different downtempo/otherwise ethnically-chilled comps. What all of this means is that if you are an existing fan of windy electronica and worldbeat grooves -- or a desert wanderer selling his wares from a wicker basket in the souk -- then you may have these songs together already, probably in a similar formation. If, however, you are none of these things, then Desert Grooves will offer exactly what you'd expect. Banco de Gaia's "Amber" is a vaguely Arabic ambient dub piece, while new age guitar maestro Jesse Cook turns in his "Baghdad," which reminds you of white stucco and strong coffee in narrow alleys. Kabul Workshop's "Trigana" is another standout, as is rai superstar Abdel Ali Slimani 's "Moi et Toi." ~ Johnny Loftus Producer: Movses Panossian; Dmitriy Pavlov; Peter Musebrink; Roby J. Colella; Avo Arutiunian; Jim Wilson; Nitin Sawhney; Arnica Montana   Technical Info Release Date : 01/27/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 060401 Label : Water Music Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00030206040128    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray