Re: Master Musicians of Jajouka feat. Bachir Attar

From: Jason Witherspoon (arzachel@speakeasy.org)
Date: Tue Feb 13 2001 - 20:58:17 CET

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    At 10:36 AM 2/13/01 -0800, Leslie N. Shill wrote:
    >I love this album! Talvin Singh has done it up pretty well, not
    >overstating his case and not being too obtrusive with the bells and
    >whistles, for anyone who has even a vague interest in modern music, this
    >is worth checking out. It also gives an idea of where Brian Jones really
    >was since he was the first Western musician to recognize this group. I saw
    >them live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam many years ago and the experience
    >was nothing less than breathtaking! I recommend this album highly!
    >
    >leslie/The Power of Sound

    Now I'm confused-- Talvin Singh has remixed the Master Musicians?

    Primal, earth-shattering Ur-music of the highest order. According to their
    mythos, when they stop playing as a unit the world will end. Which is
    unfortunate, since all the western star treatment has apparently gone a
    long way towards breaking the core unit up....



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