MIDDLE EASTERN PSYCH/ROCK/FUSIONS/CROSSOVERS
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Thornton, Phil  & Ramzy, Hossam ('96,'98,'04)Korshid, Omar ('74,'70s)










        Orient Express, The ('69)     John Berberian ('69->'08)      Paranoise ('99)










  Secret Chiefs 3 ('01,'04,'07,'07,'08,'10)










  The Devil's Anvil ('67)Raguy Danziger ('02,'05,'08)










   Djamel Allam ('78)      Cheikha ('95)    Variations ('74)










Habrera Hativit ('79,'80,'82,'85,'88,'91,'93,'96)










Pharaoh's Daughter ('99,02,'04,'04)










       Al-Yaman ('04)      V.A. (Sumatra) (?->'07)


see also small mentions :
Brian Eno & David Byrne ('81)
Abou-Khalil, Rabih ('96)
East Of Eden ('70s)


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other worthy mentions :

Polydor                Brian Eno-David Byrne : My life in the bush of Ghosts (UK,1981)****°

One of the first popular items sampling Middle Eastern Music. David Byrne was a real master in compiling rhythms here in dance / "song" structure. Unfortunately the master piece Qu'ran is not reissued on the cd because some idiots found it a blasphemy to God. Hahaha.


Enja Rec.     Rabih Abou-Khalil & The Balanescu Quartet : Arabian Waltz (LEB/..,1996)***°

Popular Lebanese oud player. This is my favourite work of his. Composed Arabian Jazz Fusion music...

Dutch page about this project at http://www.music-meeting.nl/mmrabi-bal1.html
Enja Rec. entry : http://www.enjarecords.com/RAK.htm
ECM entry : http://www.ecmrecords.com/ecm/artists/387.html
A few more pages at http://hallmusic.com/jazz/61.html & http://www.uenyc.com/abou-khalil.htm


Deram                       East of Eden (compilation album)(UK)****°

On various tracks there's a combination of Middle East, jazz, and end sixties jazzy progressive rock, East of Eden were truly a unique group. Steve York studied oriental music in Turkey ?
First three albums are recommended.

Web pages used to be at http://skymarshall.com/htd/east.html & bio at http://music.excite.com/artist/biography/488873 but since they are no longer visible I decided to make a scan of the group taken from 'Mercator Projected CD' : East of Eden picture


a few interesting single tracks of interest can be found on the following releases:

* Nihil Project's Paria starts with a great psych-techno track with Middle Eastern singing.
Review on next page

* Pochakaito Malko has a fantastic Middle Eastern track on "Layla".
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