Out Of The Desert

This is the sound, the story, of the M’berra Ensemble, a collective of Malian musicians from the M’berra Refugee Camp in southeast Mauritania, and Italian producer and electro-shaman Khalab. In a sprawling tent city rising out of the desert, out of nothingness, at the border with Mali in West Africa, brought together by spirit and circumstance, the group’s Arab and Tuareg members — some unknown, some who have previously toured Europe — find solace and beauty in music and song.

Viktor Lazlo (real name: Sonia Dronier) is a French-Belgian singer of Grenadian and Martiniquan descent. She studied in Belgium, where she is primarily known. Her biggest hit was "Breathless" in 1987. That year she also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 held in Brussels. Dronier took her stage name from Paul Henreid's character Victor Laszlo in the 1942 film Casablanca. She sings in French, English, Spanish and German. Most of her albums were released in an English/international and a French version. Also, numerous compilation albums have been released.

Los Angeles-based experimental jazz collective High Pulp release their new album Days In The Desert. The titular desert is both literal and metaphorical: it's the Mojave Desert that the band powers through on their many DIY tours around the country, and the band's founder / drummer Bobby Granfelt perceives the desert as "a spiritual quest" as well. Amid the trials of our present moment, you must look within, relying solely on your own instincts to keep moving forward. "You're in the desert and it's a long, lonesome process and a lot of times you have to check yourself to ask 'Is this right? Is this good? Is it too out?'" he says.

Brad Richter - A Whisper In The Desert
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 246 MB | Full Artwork: 46 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Acoustic Music Records, Rough Trade # 319.1295.242 | Country/Year: Germany 2003
Genre: Acoustic, Classical | Style: Modern Acoustic Guitar, Present 21th Century

Auf „A Whisper In The Desert“ gibt es einen bemerkenswerten Gitarristen und Komponisten der zeitgenössischen klassischen Musik zu entdecken. Der Amerikaner Brad Richter dürfte eine der kreativsten Stimmen seiner Generation sein. Seine Musik ist virtuos in Ausführung und Komposition, dabei gänzlich ungekünstelt, sinnlich, vital, verständlich und anregend…