genre: fusion / world
country: us
quality: lossless (ape, cue, log, scans)
time: 56'07" size: 365 mb
GibraltarEpr:
The use of Middle-Eastern instruments (especially percussion), tonalities and rhythms make Azigza an interesting band. Their sound is an amalgam of spacey prog rock and world music (heavy on the middle eastern and perhaps Indian parts of the world), with lots of odd meters and polyrhythms. When the vocals begin, you'll expect to hear Arabic, but you won't ... the vocals are in English. This would be very good "Dance til you Trance" music, but I don't mean Rave music, this is about as far from a Techno sound as it gets. Instead, this is a very earthy sound, though still using electric instruments with the acoustic ones.
Daevid Allen of Gong guest stars as guitarist on one song, "Petra". They have also worked with Gilli Smyth of Gong, during their lobby performance at Progfest '99 These guest stars alone should give you some idea of what to expect in the music. -- Fred Trafton
01. "Glass" 5:11
02. "Remember" 5:24
03. "Petra" 8:18
04. "Touch Moon Window" 8:01
05. "Ratzinitza" 3:55
06. "Distance" 5:48
07. "Zaman" 6:13
08. "Friends" 6:22
09. "Edallah ya Rashidi" 6:52
Kevin Evans / violin, viola, cello, harp, acoustic guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin
Cyoakha Grace / vocals
Stephan Junca / drums, djembe, doumbek, guiro, bongos, assorted percussion
Pierce McDowell / bass, sitar, tamboura
Raja / tabla, kanjeera, djembe, zils, drums assorted percussion
Pedra Rivera / djembe, doumbek, conga, shakers, zils, assorted percussion
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