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Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See (1993)Samples
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Atlan has its roots in the ceremonial: ritualism, shamanism, butoh. Master Tuvan throat singer Soriah teams up with prolific soundscaper Ashkelon Sain to create a totally breathtaking album. Atlan conjures up a haunting sonic otherworld, drifting, dreamy, a rumbling, whirring ambient dronescape, thick with natural timbre and dense with subtle overtones. The 11 tracks employ a host of Central Asian ethnic stringed instruments alongside atmospheric synths and hypnotic hand percussion to form a simmering backdrop for Soriah's mesmerizing vocals intoned in the ancient Aztec language of Nahuatl.
coming of age for her music, for Custodio Castelo’s compositions create atmospheres where fado never dared venture before. It is only to listen to Corpo Iluminado to discover it: a dark, mysterious music at the start, where the melody seems suspended to the interrogations of the singer, evolving into a more fado-like rhythm, to end at last in a long, final questioning. There never was such a structure in the fado. Take Musa, with its apparent light-heartedness, where the second verse is played, sung, hummed or pinched on the Portuguese guitar five times as author and singer are trying to understand their “muse”...http://www.melomusic.nl/cb_cie.htm
