| Product Summary | | Label: Rasa/tommy Boy Records | | UPC: 00661868314298 | | Release Date: 9/9/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60612955 | | Item#: M2JJJE | Format:  CD |
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Song Listing
| Disc 1 | | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Sous le Soleil ~ The Major Boys/Aurelia Saxophone Quartet/Aurelia (Original Mix, previously unreleased) | ------ | | 2. Good Life ~ Kobayashi Kaori (Good Vocal Mix, previously unreleased) | ------ | | 3. Taj Mahal Wind ~ Edouard De Tricasse | ------ | | 4. Nedep ~ Laurent Wolf (previously unreleased) | ------ | | 5. Work ~ Masters at Work (Soha (DJ Gregory) Work the Walk Mix, Ibiza Tweaking remix, previously unreleased) | ------ | | 6. Egyption Drummer ~ RLP/Hozzam Ramzy (Dub Mix, previously unreleased) | ------ | | 7. Aravibes ~ JC Sindress/Stan Lefort | ------ | | 8. Guide Me God ~ Ghostland/Natacha Atlas/Sin?ad O'Connor (SDM Soundclash Holy Vocal Remix, SDM Soundclash Holy Vocal remix) | ------ | | 9. Indigo Blues ~ Llorca/Nicole Graham (Freeform Remix, Freeform remix, previously unreleased) | ------ | | 10. With You ~ Nomad (Superchumbo Remix, Superchumbo remix) | ------ | | 11. Bel Amour ~ Bel Amour (Ups Latin Remix, UPS Latin remix, previously unreleased) | ------ | | 12. Loco (El Virgin de la Macarena) ~ Loving Paris (previously unreleased) | ------ | | 13. Avolta ~ Arsenal (Rubba J Remix, Rubba J remix, previously unreleased) | ------ | | 14. Drum Al' Amour ~ D | ------ |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Like its predecessor in the series, Rasa Exotica II misleads just a little bit with its Egyptian-flavored cover art and subliminal hints of Indian philosophy. Where you might be led to expect lulling drones and soggy new age mysticism, what you actually get is a panoply of world music dance traditions all processed through a filter of chugging house and other thoroughly modern club/electronica subgenres. The result is, for the most part, quite effective and even compelling. Ghostland's "Guide Me God" is not only a fine track on its own, but is also notable for offering what is probably the first recorded collaboration between Natacha Atlas and Sin?ad O'Connor; the Major Boys' "Sous le Soleil" combines a house beat, French lyrics, and Bahia-style drumming to fine effect, and Edouard de Tricasse's "Taj Mahal Wind" is equally danceable and fun, if a bit too long. But the program hits its peak on track nine, with a remix of Llorca's cross-cultural "Indigo Blues." Not everything on this album is spectacular, but a fair amount of it is. Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/09/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 3142 | | Label : Tommy Boy | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00661868314229 |
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