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

Omar Faruk TEKBILEK .... Turkey / USA
Love Respect Truth 7'08
(Whirling) [Celestial Harmonies]
This piece is an extra-ordinary composition by percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, whose incredibly high voice is interveaved here with what sounds like a fragment played on a pygmy pipe-like instrument - a haunting and atmospheric combination that lingers long in the mind.

Simon SHAHEEN .... Middle East / USA
Tahmilah Suznak 6'21
(Turath - "Heritage") [CMP]
inc. Omar Faruk TEKBILEK on the ney.

Omar Faruk TEKBILEK .... USA / Turkey
Spirit of the Ancestors 5'30
(Fire Dance) [Celestial Harmonies]
One of the more traditional style pieces from a disc with Brian KEANE, whose influence leans towards excessive "niceness".

Brian KEANE & Omar Faruk TEKBILEK .... USA / Turkey
Imaginary Traveller 6'05
(Beyond The Sky) [Celestial Harmonies]
One of their best and most dynamic collaborative pieces.

Ginger BAKER .... Germany
Mektoub 7'06
(Middle Passage) [Axiom]
inc. Omar Faruk TEKBILEK on the zurna

KETAMA, José SOTO, Tuomani DIABATE, Danny THOMPSON .... Spain / Mali / UK
(a) A Mi Tia Marina 3'30
(b) Ndia 7'21
(Songhai 1 & 2) [Hannibal]

Jorge REYES & Suso SAIZ .... Mexico
(a) Puchuela de Negro 2'30
(b) Saltatras Cuarteron 3'50
(Chronica de Castas) [NO-CD Rekords]

HEDNINGARNA .... Sweden
Joupelle joutunut 3'30
(Kaksi !) [Xource]

VÄRTTINÄ .... Finland
(a) Niin mie mieltynen - The Beloved 4'02
(b) Mie tahon tanssia - I want to dance 3'05
(Aitara) [Green Linnet - Xenophile]
It's very difficult to resist playing just one song from this incredible disc.

MOUTH MUSIC .... Scotland
Co ni mire Rium? 4'20
(Mouth Music) [Triple Earth]
Martin SWAN & Talitha MacKENZIE from what was intended to be a one-off project based on this gaelic vocal style.

MOUTH MUSIC .... Scotland
Hé Mandu 5'10
(Mo-di) [Triple Earth]
Martin SWAN is joined here by Michaela ROWAN & Jackie JOYCE.

MOUTH MUSIC .... Scotland
Forever to Travel 5'27
(Shorelife) [Triple Earth]
Jackie JOYCE now has her influence well-established in what is now an eclectic seductive funk band, with the gaelic thing well behind them.

The BULAWAYO CHURCH CHOIR .... Zimbabwe
(a) Lipopo River Song 1'50
(b) The Funeral Song 1'42
(c) Wangal' Unozipho 3'20
("The Power of One" - Soundtrack) [Elektra]
These are the vocal highlights of this soundtrack from Hans ZIMMER.