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Electric Sufi

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What a great album ! If you like contemporary jazz with a fabulous mix of world music and traditional instruments, you will enjoy a lot. The second track worths alone the price of the cd. Dhafer Youssef has an incredible voice register that surely spans 4 octaves. The band is composed of excellent musicians and they have created here an exceptional piece of music. Check the upcoming new album called Digital Prophecy where Dhafef Youssef plays with the Nils Petter Molvaer band.

Imagine a mix of Oriental, indian, funk electronic and jazz influences,all together in one CD!!(and recorded in Germany)
It may sound a bit Kitsch, but in this case it's a pure delight!
The ingredients are serious compositions, new sounds and a prestigious cast!!
With Dieter Ilg, Mino Cinelu, Doug Wimbish, Will Calhoun, Markus Stockhausen, Deepak Ram, Rodrike Packe and the amazing Wolfgang Muhsipiel on guitar...
SAVOUR THE SOUND with a light apperitif...

What a fabulous CD. I first played this CD on random with 5 others and each time a track of this one came on I had to stop and savour the beautiful sounds of the instruments. There are elements of jazz, rock and peaceful meditations, each one transporting to another dimension or world. Love it.

Great oriental jazz album. Dafer's voice is truly unbelievable (track 2 is one of his best). The mixture of Arabic scales, jazz rhythmics and instruments is putting traditional Arabic music in new flavorful format any Jazz listener can enjoy, yet still unique enough that you won't listen to something like this but from Dafer and his friends.