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Clamor Mag, Review >>
I put Justin Adams' new CD Desert Road into the CD player and sit back. Suddenly, my room fades away and I am in a desert land, relaxing on a resplendent boat floating lazily down a river. It is the Nile, 3000 years ago, and I am an Egyptian queen...
Desert Road is a blend of desert sounds and psychedelic electronica fused with blues tendencies. All of these sounds are a mix of Adams' past; he grew up living in Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt as the son of a British ambassador. In his music he introduces his listeners to the ngoni, a three-stringed African lute that has been around for over 4000 years and was played by young girls in ancient Egypt. Desert Road carries these deep African and Middle Eastern sounds, but is modernized through Adams' mixing of these sounds with electronica. The result is a masterpiece which makes the listener want to belly dance, or take mind-altering drugs, or maybe even both.
Although this is Adams' first solo venture, he has been playing professionally for 20 years, with artists including Sinead O'Connor, Peter Gabriel, the Indigo Girls, and Robert Plant. He has also produced for Lo'Jo and plays guitar for Tinariwen, both of whom can also be found on World Village.
-Jessica Haile 01/01/03
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