The music here is textured and elegant, complimenting rather than crowding Gigi's searing, evocative voice. "Bati Bati" opens the set in a spiritual mode, with Gigi blending timbers with a saxophone, a staple of Ethiopian pop. Some of the melodies in these ten songs echo tracks on Gigi's earlier albums--her 1998 release, One Ethiopia, the album that caught Chris Blackwell's ear, is available now on Stern's--but here, personal and folkloric airs are transformed anew. "Alesema," a melodious folk song, finds Gigi's vocal floating on a bubbling bed of plucked strings and light percussion. The most rhythmically driving tracks split the difference between ritual pulse and chant and ambient club groove, but it's Gigi's confidence as a singer that makes this production excel. She shifts easily from a whispering purr to a full-throated wail, and in the process, a vivid and alluring personality emerges.