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Hector Zazou & Swara
12+ albums
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A collaboration between Hector Zazou and Swara that released the 2008 album "In The House Of Mirrors" on Crammed Discs. Swara consists of Manish Pingle, Milind Raykar, Ronu Majumdar and Toir Kuziyev. Hector Zazou (1948-2008) was a prolific French composer and record producer who has worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists. Since 1976 he has worked on his own and other artists' albums, including Sandy Dillon, Mimi Goese, Barbara Gogan, Sevara Nazarkhan, Carlos Nuñez, Italian group PGR, Anne Grete Preus, Laurence Revey, and Sainkho. Long-time collaborators include trumpeter Mark Isham; guitarist Lone Kent; cellist and singer Caroline Lavelle; trumpeter Christian Lechevretel, who has appeared on all of Zazou's albums after Sahara Blue; clarinetist and flutist Renaud Pion, who has appeared on all of Zazou's albums since Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses; drummer Bill Rieflin; and Japanese recording artist Ryuichi Sakamoto. His discography demonstrates his affinity for cross-cultural collaborations, and incorporating modern techniques and sounds in re-recordings of traditional material. He was influenced by Peter Gabriel's album Passion in his fusion of musical polarities (traditional and modern, electronic and acoustic) on his own album Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses. Zazou regards his work during the 1980s as his time of apprenticeship in the studio. On his 1986 album, Reivax au Bongo, he experimented with fusing classical v
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In The House Of Mirrors
It's a Crammed Crammed World
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It's A Crammed Crammed World (Rockdelux)
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It's A Crammed, Crammed World
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#617
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Rockdelux It's Crammed Crammed World
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2008-12-11 Underworld vs. Bungalow with Stairs, Lemonworld Studios - Essex, UK
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Mudi 46 - Фиолетовый альбом
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Музыкальный дайджест Дискотеки Косово. Выпуск 46
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Cosmic Love Grooves 9
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Underworld vs. Bungalow with Stairs (11/12/08)
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Essex, 11th December 2008 - Underworld Live Broadcasts