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Parker Bilal est le pseudonyme de Jamal Mahjoub, auteur anglo-soudanais de six romans non policiers publiés par Actes Sud. En 1989, sa famille déménage au Caire, en Égypte, pour des raisons politiques. Il part étudier la géologie à l'Université de Sheffield en Angleterre avec l'idée d'entreprendre des recherches pour exploiter le pétrole soudanais. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme, il travaille comme traducteur, bibliothécaire et journaliste. …

Plains Music is an album released in 1991 by Manfred Mann's Plain Music, which was a project initiated by Manfred Mann after he retired his Earth Band in the late 1980s. "This album is called Plains Music, as it consists mainly of the melodies of the North American Plains Indians. We do not pretend that it is in any sense representative of the original ethnic music which was its source material. I tried to make a simple album of plain music, using as few notes as possible and keeping the tracks short and to the point." Mann recorded some of the album in his homeland, which he had been exiled from for nearly three decades because of his opposition to apartheid. The album was initially released in 1991 and was re-mastered digitally with three additional tracks in 1998.

German project Yacobs is the solo vehicle of drummer Ulf Jacobs. He is or has been a member of bands such as Bad Penny, Mutabor, Timeless and Friends, Martingo, Lousy Lovers and Argos, and have contributed on solo albums by artists such as Samira, Rico Florczak and Axl Makana. The fifth album "Clouds" is another conceptional work. It lets you see things different, from the richness of light to the fear of the dark. The music is contemporary Progressive rock with lots of Mellotron, Prophet, Roland CR78 and opulent drumming as well as modern ambient sounds, featuring by Thomas Klarmann (Argos) on bass and Àkos Bogati-Bokor (Yesterdays) on guitar.