Track Listing

1. Joan - Talvin Singh
2. Don't Go Back to Sleep (Reprise) - Graeme Revell, Vision II-Spirit Of Rumi
3. No Mind - John Wubbenhorst
4. Baaran - Third Planet
5. Seacht Suáilci Na Maighdine Muire - Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
6. Church - Istvan Marta, Márta Sebestyén
7. Musica Estrella - Jeff Rona, Dr. Fiorella Terenzi
8. Anninnare - Elena Ledda
9. Ricsi, Kicsi, Kem - Thierry Robin
10. Amours Ou Trop Tard Me Suis Pris - Amina Alaoui
11. Song of the Waterfall - Tunde Jegede
12. Longing - Mpath

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111133 in Music
• Released on: 2000-09-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Amazon.com
The latest edition of this series isn't the revelation of earlier volumes. The ethno-techno, world-fusion sound the series propounded has become part of the mainstream. In fact, it's become corporate. Nevertheless, producer Tom Schnabel still unearths some hidden gems and makes his case for a global music. Among the CD's standouts are bansuri flute player John Wubbenhorst's probing "No Mind," Elena Ledda's Mediterranean meditation "Anninnare," and Irish singer Aoife Ni Fhearraigh. For some inexplicable reason, Aoife didn't catch a ride on the Celtic wave of the last decade and the stacked chorus of her "Seacht Sualici na Maighdine Muire" will have you wondering why she didn't. Hungarian composer Istvan Marta takes a gothic avant-garde turn in a scary piece with singer Marta Sebestyen. That track stands in contrast to American soundtrack artist Jeff Rona's corny, spoken-word soundscape with the idiosyncratic Italian astrophysicist and synthesist Dr. Fiorella Terenzi. Schnabel even finds gold in the otherwise hopelessly derivative M Path with the forlorn, raga-based "The Longing." Although no longer novel, the original message of Trance Planet remains potent. The world is getting smaller, and as long as musicians like Tunde Jegede want to mix the kora of his African heritage with the classical cello, as he does on the haunting "Song of the Waterfall," cross-cultural pollination isn't going away. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews

The Planet I Want To Live On
This album is such a joy to listen to. It has been in 'heavy rotation' here at my house. While each cut is something special and unique, it is held together by the beauty of the voices and soloists that are featured here, especially Marta Sebastyen, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Aoife Ni Fherraigh, and Fiorella Terrenzi.

I disagree with Amazon's criticism of Jeff Rona's gorgeous 'Musica Estrella'. It is lush, spiritual and mesmerizing. It's orchestral flourishes are heartwarming.

This is perhaps my favorite of the Trance Planet series thus far. I recommend it highly.

Just BUY it!!
I have the four CD Trance Planet set, after I had bought Vol II on a whim. I was hooked! I knew I had to own the whole series, and this CD definitely rounds out the rest. Trance Planet is World Music at its finest, and Vol 5 is one that every serious world music lover MUST own!! Collect 'em all!