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of page 1 :

Thornton, Phil  & Ramzy, Hossam ('96,'98,'04)

Korshid, Omar ('74,'70s)

Orient Express, The ('69)

John Berberian ('69->'08)

Brian Eno & David Byrne ('81)

Abou-Khalil, Rabih ('96)

Paranoise ('99)

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

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)

Al-Yaman ('04)

V.A. (Sumatra) (?->'07)

East Of Eden ('70s)

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

of page 2 :

Debu ('07)

El-Zafeer Ensemble ('04)

Gurus, The ('66,'67->'03)

Juan Martín ('96)

Karim Baggili Quartet ('05)

Mohenjo Daro ('00)

No Blues ('05,'07)

Pharaoh's Daughter  ('04)

Sajrawy, Michel ('06)

Simorg Sufi Ensemble ('06)

Souleyman, Omar ('96-'06->'07)

Yuval Ron Ensemble, The ('05)

V.A. (Choubi Choubi) ('70s->'96)

V.A. (Radio Algeria) ('06)

of page 3 :

Bustan Abraham ('92)

Darbuki Kings, The ('07,'08)

Habibiyya, The ('72->'07)

Ishraqiyun ('07)

Mawwal ('08)

Nada ('02)

Raquy & The Cavemen ('02,'05,'08)

Tigrova Mast ('07)

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

V.A. : Waking Up Scheherazade ('60s-'70s->'07)

V.A. : Zanzibara 2 ('65-'75->'07)

others mentions...

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 :

* 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.

Review on next page