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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

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List Price $17.98 (You save $3.49)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Electronica, Children's, Electronic Collections, World, Dance, Oldies Collections, Middle East
Label Water Music
Orig Year 2004
All Time Sales Rank   182301  
CD Universe Part number 6656526
Catalog number 060401
Discs 1
Release Date Jan 27, 2004
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Additional Info Digipak
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Duden - Natacha Atlas (Talvin Singh remix)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Moi et Toi - Ali Slimani
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Ait Benaddhou - Alacran
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Y'Mama - Zehava Ben (Deep Dive Corp. remix)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Habibi - Groove Alla Turca/Natacha Atlas
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Trigana - Kabul Workshop (remix)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Just You & I - Dzihan & Kamien
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Fleur du Desert - Arnica Montana
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Amber - Banco De Gaia
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Arabian Nights - Uman
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Baghdad - Jesse Cook
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Dub Gubbi - Tulku/Geoffrey Gordson
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.Enter the Heretic - Badawi
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample14.Heer - Nitin Sawhney
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample15.Devotion #1 - Loop Guru
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample16.Asia Breaks - Jim Pavloff
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample17.Shimmy Baby - DJ Mosavo

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Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars Truly Beautiful!
This cd shows a true appreciation for both Middle Eastern music and electronic music, using instruments as well as electronic sounds and beautiful vocals. Tempo changes and varying styles keep the music interesting through-out the whole album.
Submitted by Amethyst (Pittsburgh, PA)
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4 stars Great
A very good cmpilation of middle eastern grooves and tunes.
Submitted by fry659 (Plano,TX,USA)
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