RE: Weird Question

["Darren Littlejohn" <darrenl@blacksamba.com>]

The Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz, CA has a good section on all  kinds
of Middle Eastern, Indian, Brazilian, you name it. It may be worth a long
distance call to talk to the guy who stocks that section. He can give you a
list of artists, most definitely.

-d

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Barnes [mailto:lee.phaedebk@home.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 4:35 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: Weird Question
>
>
> Not quite what you were looking for, but something similar with vocals;
> check out Sheila Chandra on the Realworld label...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Clark [mailto:mcl451@airmail.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 07:32 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Weird Question
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I was eating in a 'Hinduish" style restaurant recently.
>
> They were playing a piece of music that was sort of a combination of 
>Asian
> and Middle Eastern in scale and instrumentation.  The melody flowed 
>nicely
> over the top of what was essentially a one chord loop with various
> instruments playing the notes (and extended notes) of the chord.  Nice
> melody on top.
>
> I asked the manager who the group/artist was.  She didn't know.  The 
>music
> was on a tape made by a friend of the owner.
>
> I know this a real long shot, but I wonder if anyone might have an idea 
>of
> a group or artist who plays this style of music?   Middle Eastern scales
> with looping chordal background.  The piece was contemporary sounding.
> Sort of like a B-Tribe from the Middle East.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael
>
>