A mix made almost entirely of strings and breath. The oud at its heart—Anouar Brahem, Le Trio Joubran, Joseph Tawadros—drawn toward the open, contemplative edge of jazz, with Anoushka Shankar’s sitar and Kayhan Kalhor’s kamancheh holding the same patient air. Then, the ground shifts south: Tinariwen, Vieux Farka Touré and Les Filles de Illighadad and their desert blues, the Ethio-jazz of Mulatu Astatke and Getatchew Mekurya warming underneath. Few words, all instrument—a slow, wide-open listen.

Tracklist

1. Joseph Tawadros – Distant Soulmate
2. Jakob Bro Trio – Landscape I, Austerity
3. Anoushka Shankar – Naked
4. Le Trio Joubran – L’obstinee II
5. Constantinople & Kiya Tabassian – Dream Behind the Dune
6. Nizar Rohana – Yasamin
7. Anouar Brahem – Halfaouine
8. Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere
9. Les Filles de Illighadad – Achibaba
10. Mulatu Astatke – Tezeta
11. Getatchew Mekurya – Akalé Wubé
12. Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Savanne
13. Noori & His Dorpa Band – Saagama
14. Tinariwen – Nànnuflày

Credits

Music curation: Mohammed Abood 

Music sequencing: Youssef Nasser 

Mixing and mastering: Sourodeep Guha 

Technical QC and delivery: Mark Alvarez