1001 Nights

about this album

All pieces composed by: Mad Sheer Khan. Published by and copyright by Erato Disques, Paris, France, 1999. Released in Erato's "DETOUR" Series. Running time - featured solo (female) singers: Track 01: 5' 34" - featuring Fel(l)a Ababsa (http://www.last.fm/music/Fella+Ababsa) Track 02: 9' 44" - featuring Mamani Keita (http://www.last.fm/music/Mamani+Keita) Track 03: 8' 34" - featuring Nourith (http://www.last.fm/music/Nourith and http://www.last.fm/music/Nourith+Sibony) Track 04: 8' 55" - featuring Mary Redhouse Track 05: 7' 43" - featuring Kunchock Lama Track 06: 11' 20" - featuring Sharmila Roy (http://www.last.fm/music/Sharmila+Roy) Track 07: 11' 13" - featuring Parvin Javdan (http://www.last.fm/music/Parvin+Javdan) "I have chosen seven poems, put them into music and have asked seven women from the related regions (navajo indian, tibetian, israelian, algerian, bambara/gnawa, persan, indian) to interprete them in their mother tongue, as a sign of the diversity of the world through converging minds. For me, these texts written 800 years ago translate today's realities". Mad Sheer Khan User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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