ARTIST ... Origin
Title  Duration
(Album) [Label]

Rabih ABOU-KHALIL .... Lebanon / Germany
Blue Camel 8'17
(Blue Camel) [Enja / Mesa R2 79048]
with Charlie MARIANO, Kenny WHEELER, Steve SWALLOW, Nabil KHAIAT, Milton CARDONA, Ramesh SHOTHAM.

Jean-Luc PONTY .... USA
Mam' Maï 5'49
(Tchokola) [Epic EK 47378]

Ali Farka TOURE & Ry COODER .... Mali / USA
Bonde 5'23
(Talking Timbuktu) [World Circuit WCD 040]

Lokua KANZA .... Zaire / Paris
Ya Mango 2'50
(Lokua Kanza) [Night & Day LOK 01]

David BYRNE & Brian ENO .... USA / UK
Regiment 3'54
(My Life in the Bush of Ghosts) [EG EGCD 48]
A truly seminal disc, borrowing slabs of voice and creating amazing grooves alongside. This piece features Dunya YUNIS, and the original recording of her voice appears on the disc that opened last week's companion guide to traditional-style discs.

Natacha ATLAS .... UK / Middle East
Iskanderia 5'14
(Diaspora) [Nation / Beggars Banquet CTX029CD]

Hassan HAKMOUN & Adam RUDOLPH, with Don CHERRY .... Morocco / USA
Larmame 7'06
(Gift of the Gnawa) [Flying Fish FF 70571]

Zakir HUSSAIN & the RHYTHM EXPERIENCE .... India / USA
Nines Over Easy 7'48
(Zakir Hussain & the Rhythm Experience) [Moment MRCD 1007]

U. SRINIVAS & Michael BROOK .... India / Canada
Dance 4'45
(Dream) [Real World CDRW 47]

CLANNAD .... Ireland
Thiós Fá'n Chósta 3'15
(Magical Ring) [RCA PD70003]

VÄRTTINÄ .... Finland
(a) Katariina 2'13
(b) Mie tahon tanssia 3'05
(Aitara) [Xenophile XENO 4026]

KETAMA, Tuomani DIABATE, José SOTO .... Spain / Mali
Sute Monebo 4'46
(Songhai 2) [Hannibal HNCD 1383]
Worth noting that the original Songhai CD with Danny Thompson is similarly impressive, but the production is less polished.

Paolo MODUGNO .... Italy
Koumbi Saleh 5'00
(Le Bala et la mouche) [Robi Droli NT6732]

Jon HASSELL & FARAFINA .... USA / Burkina Faso
Air Afrique 3'57
(Flash of the Spirit) [Capitol / Intuition CDP 7 91186 2]