Track Listing

1. Yalili Ya Aini - Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart
2. Nokta - Rachid Taha
3. Morgenduft - dZihan & Kamien
4. Jonon [2001 Mix] - Carl H. Waadeland
5. Libert� - Khal�
6. Red Skies - Omar Faruk Tekbilek
7. Desert Dancer [Mirage Mix] - Andrea Monteiro, Nickodemus
8. Raba Raba - Khal�d
9. Esterika - Sfatayim
10. Bahlam - Natacha Atlas
11. Barkani - Karmix
12. Khalliouni Khalliouni
13. Nouar - Cheikha Rimitti
14. Ninderli (Intro) - Musafir, Musafir
15. Don't Cry My Love - Steve Shehan, Omar Faruk Tekbilek
16. She Left Home - Djamel Ben Yelles

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246200 in Music
• Released on: 2001-12-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Description
UK world music compilation featuring 16 tracks. Artists include Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart, Rachid Taha, dZihan & Kamien, Stephane Malca feat. Waad, Khaled, Omar Feruk Tekbilek with Steve Shehan, Nickodemus feat. Andrea Monteiro, Sfatayaim, Natacha Atlas, Karmix, 1, 2, 3 Soleils, Cheikha Rimitti, Musafir & Djamel Ben Yelles. Nicely packaged in a cardboard gatefold digipak housed in a slipcase. 2001.

Customer Reviews

AMAZING
i play this cd at the bar i work at, and everybody wants to know what it is and how to get it. It is a revolutionary cd, combining arabic music with funky beats. A MUST HAVE!

Another Mix of Arabic Electronica
Following on the release of Mourad Mazouz's 'Arabesque,' this second CD in the series is good, but it doesn't have nearly the appeal of the first release (or some of the many Arabic-themed lounge albums that collowed). Nonetheless, it is still an enjoyable blend of electronic music drawing on the cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Many of the obvious names of the Arabesque genere are here - dZihan & Kamien, Nikodemis, Karmix, and of course the ever popular Natacha Atlas. Theres also a remixed track from talented oud-player Omar Faruk Tekbilek and, further afield, North Indian Gypsy chanting performed by Musafir. But the real focus here seems to be Algerian rai - there are tracks from Khaled, Rachid Taha, even Cheikha Rimitti, and the Egyptian orchestral 'Khalliouni Khalliouni' from the '1, 2, 3 Soleils' concert (which featured Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha together!). This release isn't an essential recording of Arabic music, as there are some other good compilations out there I'd recommend first, but it is a well worth owning anyway, whether you choose to dance to it or just chill with it playing in the background. I'd still go for the first Arabesque CD myself.

Momo's Arabesque discs are awesome!
Don't delay! Go get yours today and enjoy some great tunes.