Ghazels

Raksha Mancham | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 1995)
• Label: Audioglobe
• ASIN: B000000IKW
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #495,518 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #99 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Tibet

Track Listings

1. Bedun

2. Abd Er Rahman

3. Reguibat Illa Tinduf (Exile)

4. Konya Dans

5. Ouled-Naïl

6. Danakil

7. Dakn

8. Fiddayyin

9. Qabaïl Zawaj

10. Peshmerga

11. Tubu Ghzali Illa Bardaï

12. Arabiya Fahrana

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Trancey and disturbing world fusion, October 26, 2005

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Charlie Brown "djholman2002" (Mars, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghazels (Audio CD)

I haven't been able to find out much re this ensemble, who apparently are Belgian, but I can recommend this CD to anyone who loves contemporary elaborations on Middle Eastern music. Think of early Popol Vuh or Agitation Free (German bands midway between New Age and rock) and you'll have some idea ... Raksha Mancham uses samples of Arab speech and song over which they play North African instruments together with synthesizer and electric bass. The mood is haunting and quite dark throughout. A few tracks have a political message re struggles for freedom of ethnic minorities. This CD may not be completely representative of Raksha Mancham (it seems thay have earlier recordings influenced by Tibetan music) but it is well worth a listen.