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

Mickey HART - PLANET DRUM .... USA
Secret Meeting Place 3'13
(Supralingua) [Ryko]

BAKA BEYOND .... UK / Senegal / Ghana
Migrations 8'38
(Journey Between) [Hannibal]
Afro-celtic fusion. A lot of the musical ideas on this CD are stretched beyond their limit, so I get bored quickly with this album. An objective producer is required.

SHOOGLENIFTY ....Scotland
The Price of a Pig 5'39
(A Whisky Kiss) [Larrikin]

Iarla Ó LIONÁRD .... Ireland
Seacht - Seven 6'10
(The Seven Steps To Mercy) [Real World]

Loreena McKENNITT .... Canada
Marrakesh Night Market 6'22
(The Mask and Mirror) [Quinlan Road]

Various GNAWA musicians from MARRAKESH ....Morocco
Greens 12'32
(Songs for Sidi Mimoun) [Newtone - Robi Droli]
This disc features the main repertoire of four of the seven main "suites" in the Gnawa ceremony, as well as the opening which I have not heard before.

AL JAÏMA .... Morocco/Spain
Puertas de la Esperanza 4'26
(Yamna) [Several]

Cheb SAMIR .... Morocco
Rani Teblite 6'59
(Oujda-Casablanca Vol. 1) [Barbarity]

Najat AATABOU .... Morocco
Finetriki - I want to find my man 8'14
(The Voice of the Atlas) [Globe Style]

Mickey HART - PLANET DRUM .... USA
(a) Tall Grass 5'39
(b) INTERVIEW ~8'00
(c) Umayeyo 6'03
(Supralingua) [Ryko]
The "interview" comes from the Quicktime movie included on the "enhanced" bonus cross-platform remix CD.

Valanga KHOZA .... South Africa / Australia
Ringitile 4'30
(The Journey) [Mabuhay]

SUNDIATA MARIMBA BAND .... Australia
Boot 4'13
(Kulluka: Where Our Roots Lie) [Sandstock]
A compilation of Australian performances of non-western music. Everything from South African marabi to Japanese koto and Aboriginal artists. Highly recommended.
Contact: The Boite

XYLOSAX ....Australia
Bent Can 2'19
(On The Spot) [independent]
A rather different project led by the irrepressible Linsey POLLAK who is well known for his work in the multicultural ensemble SLIVANJE. As the silly name of the group implies, xylophones (well, the humarimba to be utterly correct) and saxophones are a feature. The HUMARIMBA is a large xylophone slung between two people, often played by three. After the first few tracks I was worried the disk would be too monothematic, but thankfully there are many other interesting musical flavours and diversions to come; zurna, bagpipe (glove gaida), watering-can clarinet, djembe, zills, tapan and (believe it or not) wheelie bin. These instruments help a predilection for West African rhythms and deep European influence. The other members of XYLOSAX are Ali ADAMS, Jessica AINSWORTH & Mik MOORE.

INVENTION IN TIME .... Australia
The Depths 6'08
(Natural Expression) [independent]
Ariel Valent - vibraphone and Kate Adam - Marimba. All original music.

Marc ANDERSON .... USA
Remaining 4'46
(Time Fish) [ESD]