Ekova, Space Lullabies and Other Fantasmagore - 1h 1m 11s

Tracks & Durations

1. Steel bird	3:49
2. How sweet mal	3:16
3. Aurora's flight	4:34
4. Moon beseeched	4:42
5. In the kitchen	2:57
6. Siip siie	3:34
7. Son sourrit pale	4:04
8. Interlude	1:02
9. The chase	5:01
10. A soul's delight	4:30
11. Idem soit done	3:07
12. The storm	5:52
13. Cruel sister	10:16
14. In the garden	4:16

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Review

Even given the trend of cultural crossover in music, Ekova inhabit a world uniquely all their own. Their second full release (following 1998's Heaven's Dust and 1999's remix compilation Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks) furthers Ekova's commitment to a pulsing, gently swaying mélange of exotic instrumentation and captivating vocals. What emerges is a new sort of global pop music, blending past with present, acoustic with electric; seldom have drones sounded so lively and a subtle undercurrent of electronic programming so organic. Vocalist-cellist Dierdre Dubois emotes from a deep well of her own digging, occasionally in English, frequently in a language of her own invention, and in who knows what other tongues? Iranian percussionist Arach Khalatbari and Algerian oud (Arabic lute) and guitar player Mehdi Haddab provide a dense, infinitely flexible bed for Dubois's incredible vocal flights of fancy. Ekova unquestionably evoke the ghost of Dead Can Dance at times, especially on numbers like the upbeat "Siip Siie," the a cappella "In the Garden," and "A Soul's Delight," which weds a text by Rumi to a hypnotic drone with striking chanted vocals by both Khalatbari and Dubois. But they are much more lively and suffused with a sly, intelligent mischief than the occasionally somber D.C.D. "The Chase" is incredibly fast without being frantic, an interstellar gypsy race from past to present; "The Storm" is as mesmerizing as the sea itself; and "Cruel Sister," a traditional English ballad covered by folk-rock pioneers Pentangle, is a modern epic that turns Ekova's rolling flow of sound into a wide-eyed torrent. Ekova's music is wonderfully full of life and perfectly accessible, and Space Lullabies should easily find a home with both armchair travelers of world beat and those at the center of the international dance floor. --Carl Hanni

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Space Lullabies and Other Fantasmagore

Tracks: 15 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 4m 53s (+3m 42s)

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