Rough Guide To Sufi Music

Sufi devotional trance, the mystical music of Islam

CD#1
1: 2:01 slow mellow ney ( end blown flute, around for 5000 years), almost drone
2: 5:46 slow to mid, mellow instrumentation, male vocal/wail
3: 8:27 mid to faster, percussion, ney with male vocal/wail
4: 6:45 mid tempo, percussion, with vocal/wails from three males
5: 7:29 very slow, male vocal, oud, slow fade
6: 4:01 slow, male wail, guitar, chorus
****7: 5:25 remix of Nusat Ali Khan, hear Qawwali, reggae, dub & electronica
****8: 8:41 modern upbeat, male folk/wail, female slightly more rock/wail
*****9: 6:18 upbeat, Transglobal Underground with Natacha Atlas & Musafir
****10: 6:44 male wail, harmonium drone, tabla & handclapping percussion, fast
****11: 3:49 mid to faster, female vocal/wail, percussion, oud?,ney?
****12: 5:53 female wail, swirl looping, fast & mid tempo, trance dance number
****13: 8:12 San Francisco's own Cheb I Sabbah, DJ mix, slow drone intro then five women singing with percussion, trance dance, last minute slower & lower.



CD#2 the bonus CD presents The Rough Guide To Sufi Fakirs of Bengal. The music on this album has not been released outside of India until now.

1: 6:42 mid tempo, male vocal, percussion, plucked strings
***2: 5:05 mid to faster, percussion, plucked strings, male voc/wail
3: 5:20 mid to faster, percussion, plucked strings, flute/ney male voc/wail
4: 4:49 male voc intro, fast percussion
5: 4:09 male voc/wail percussion, ney, oud
6: 4:03 male voc/wail intro then percussion, oud
7: 4:45 oud, percussion, male voc/wail, mid to faster
8: 5:11 female vocal intro then mid tempo percussion, oud & ney
***9: 3:48 mid to faster, percussion, nice constant plucked strings rhythm, flute/ney male voc/wail.
D  Farrell 07/2011