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The San Francisco-based band Ali Khan delivers an artistic, authentic album that appeals to Middle Eastern natives and world music aficionados. The core members of the band (Sukhawat Ali Khan, Riffat Salamat, and Richard Michos) provide vocals and all strings. For percussive instruments, guest instruments such as the didgeridoo, and other specialized sounds a variety of other artists lend their talents. The overall tone of the album is exotic, authentic, and almost hypnotic, especially in the first few tracks. Electric guitars and hand drums lend a lulling, heavy tone to "Ali Dum" and "Shahabaz Kalander." Things pick up significantly toward the end of the album, however. The tempo of "Naina" and "Sagina" is significantly quicker than that of the early songs, and lilting, chanted vocals carry the melody forward. By contrast, "Alaap Jyot" is more of a meditation than a song; there is no discernible structure or time to it. In spite of its West Coast origins, this album makes no concession to Western-attuned ears. The vocals sit in the Eastern scale throughout the entire album, and the instrumentation complements them perfectly. If you didn't know any better, you'd think this album was imported from somewhere in the Middle East or India. ~ L. Katz
Recorded at Ali Khan Studios, On The Moon Studios and David Plank Productions, San Francisco, California.
Personnel: Richard Michos (vocals, guitar, mandolin, tanpura, guitar synthesizer, programming, loops, sampler); Matt Venuti (vocals, trumpet); Sukhawat Ali Khan (vocals, harmonium); Rami Ziadeh (vocals, percussion); Riffat Salamat (vocals); Kelvin Luster (rap vocals); Fhati Aljarrah (violin); Stephen Kent (didjeridu); John Steiner (keyboards, programming); Konstantine Baranov (synthesizer); Paulo Baldi (drums, dumbek, percussion).
Audio Mixers: Konstantine Baranov; Richard Michos.
Recording information: Ali Khan Studios, San Francisco, CA; David Plank Productions, San Francisc; On The Moon Studios, San Francisco, CA.
Ali Khan: Sukhawat Ali Khan, Riffat Salamat (vocals); Richard Michos (vocals, guitar, mandolin, tanpuras, drone, loops).
Taswir Music | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, World CDs, International, New Age, Indian, Pakistani, Early Music/Chant | | Label | City Of Tribes | | Orig Year | 1998 | | All Time Sales Rank |  256088  | | CD Universe Part number | 1201391 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 09, 1998 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Konstantine Baranov; John Steiner; Richard Michos | | Personnel | Paulo Baldi - drums, dumbek, percussion
Sukhawat Ali Khan - vocals, harmonium
Riffat Salamat - vocals
Richard Michos - vocals, guitar, mandolin, tanpura, guitar synthesizer, programming, loops, sampler
Stephen Kent - didjeridu
John Steiner - keyboards, programming
Matt Venuti - vocals, trumpet
Fhati Aljarrah - violin
Kelvin Luster - rap vocals
Konstantine Baranov - synthesizer
Rami Ziadeh - vocals, percussion
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Ali Khan Taswir Songs | 1. | Ali Dum |
| 2. | Shahabaz Kalander |
| 3. | Bhangra |
| 4. | Damadam |
| 5. | Hay Ni Allah |
| 6. | Takbir |
| 7. | Jive Lal |
| 8. | Naina |
| 9. | Sagina |
| 10. | Alaap Jyot |
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