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XLR8R, CD Review >>
Simple, raw and repetitive in the best way. Festival
in the Dessert is about rhythmic repetition far
removed from anything electronic. From hypnotic female
vocal ticks to guitar throb deeply set in an African
Dessert, the compilation is about translating the
intense openness of the dessert into music. Malian
legend Ali Farka Toure and a range of other Malian and
Mauritanian musicians bring their own guitar laden
traditions, and even Robert Plant – who somehow feels
like a Western spokesmen – makes a marvelous journey
onto eerie bluesy emptiness. Spares and compelling,
this compilation thoroughly entertains its spirit of
simplicity
- Jon Weldon
11/01/03
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