Rasa: Exotica

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rasa Music
• ASIN: B00005PJ94
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,891 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Brazilou - Harry Morse Project

2. Tourment D'Amour - Africanism

3. Ya Rayah - Dahmane El Harrachi

4. Latino Love - D-Genre

5. Jivan Mein Jana Jana - Kulisch & Vana

6. Love And Happiness - River Ocean

7. Flying Carpet - Claude Challe

8. Sunshine - DJ Chus

9. The Mambo Craze - De-Phazz

10. Fever - Stereo MC's

11. Nothing Is Real - Radar

12. Kaybettik Biz - Candan Ercetin

13. Within Or Without You - Lotus

14. Kava - Nomad

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spicy and Groovy, December 21, 2001

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Janet Correlli (Albany, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rasa: Exotica (Audio CD)

I bought this CD, along with the blue album (Rasa Mello), out of curiosity, and I LOVE IT!!!...I heard it playing in a restaurant in SoHo, New York, and had to get it. I especially love "Flying Carpet" by Claude Challe & Carlos Campos, the first I know from the Buddha Bar series. "Latino Love" by D-Genre is also very cool. I usually stay away from "World Music" for the obvious reasons, but this one definitely sets itself apart, in that it's the music and the beats I listen to, as well being really well-mixed. I play it when I have friends over, sets the mood for an exotic evening. It's one of those staple CD's that everyone should have in their collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite dance CD hands down, July 10, 2006

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Dance enthusiast (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rasa: Exotica (Audio CD)

I have a lot of world music, and dance music, and this blends the two perfectly. This really is a fantastic CD. I was going to cut some of the songs into a dance mix I use for dance practice but I ended up not doing that since every single song is awesome, so I just keep it as a its own mix. I suppose if you were looking for 'new age' music this wouldn't be it. But it certainly gets you moving, which is good spiritually I'm sure :)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous collection of world beat dance music, February 26, 2006

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Steven Ryals "Music Reviewer" (Ukiah, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rasa: Exotica (Audio CD)

Donna D'Cruz has done it again. Rasa:Exotica is a fabulous collection of world beat dance music, including rare and hard to find tracks, some never before available. The cover contains a humorous label warning of "Spiritually Explicit Grooves, Guaranteed to Make Your Heart Beat Faster." It's a great example of truth in advertising, as Rasa:Exotica will definitely rock your world. Mixed so that the tracks flow seamlessly together as though you were on the dance floor at some exotic club, the 66 minutes of music will leave you either exhausted or exhilarated, depending on what kind of shape you're in.

Rasa:Exotica features international DJs and musicians from all over the planet, including Claude Challe (Buddha Bar/Nirvana Lounge, Paris), Africanism, De Phazz, Stereo MCs, River Ocean, Nomad and many others. As you might imagine with a dance album, the percussion throughout Rasa:Exotica is absolutely outrageous. Piano, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, bass, vocals and much more make for one of the more esoteric, delicious compilations of the year. Kudos to D'Cruz for creating another awesome masterpiece.