Ancient Future, Planet Passion - 1h 8m 14s

Tracks & Durations

1. Simsimay Panima	6:05
2. Forest Frolic	4:29
3. I Mett Her in the Medowe, a	1:19
4. I Mett Her in the Medowe, b	4:15
5. Ocean of Love	5:29
6. Ochun	3:34
7. Semara	4:30
8. Alap	1:47
9. El Zaffa	4:28
10. Ne Po Pogrebu Bochonochek	5:10
11. Socha Socha, a	2:00
12. Socha Socha, b	8:54
13. Bonus Track 1	5:48
14. Bonus Track 2	4:46
15. Bonus Track 3	5:29

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Review

Ancient Future weren't the first to merge music from around the world, but they were the ones who coined the term world fusion. They've been living that vision for a quarter of a century. Now, after a nine-year silence, they've released another powerful reminder of that dream. The concept--songs of love drawing on global traditions--and packaging, including a space to write a love note, are a little hokey, but the music is anything but. India has always been at the heart of Ancient Future's world fusion. Founder and only remaining original member Matthew Montfort plays a special, scalloped fretboard acoustic instrument that lets him get the bends of an Indian sitar. He uses it to weave seductive melodies, and his exchanges with Indian sitarist Habib Khan on "Socha, Socha" are exhilarating. Singer Irina Mikhailova, from Medicine Tree and Lumin, is the first vocalist in Ancient Future. Singing in vocalese and her native Kazakh tongue, she is intoxicating. From the gamelan cycles of "Semara" to the exuberance of "Forest Frolic," Ancient Future is the sound of the global bazaar in ecstasy. --John Diliberto"Ancient Future certainly earns the 'ancient' in its name. The Bay Area band's first world beat album was released way back in 1979, making these artists a sort of Rolling Stones of fusion music. And on the evidence of `Planet Passion,' they've still got that 'future' ahead of them. Nobody does a better job assimilating Asian music genres and combining them with an American coffee house acoustic sensibility. Sure, I'm snobby about usually preferring to grapple with original source material from Indonesia, China, et al, discordant harmonies and all. But there are also times I just want to relax with the smooth and dreamy soundscapes Ancient Future whips up to a froth. Led by Matthew Montfort's often jazzy guitar, the ensemble excels at lots of foreign genres while still having the good sense not to try to do everything themselves. Guests including Manose Singh on bansuri flute, Ustad Habib Khan on sitar and Liu Qi-Chao on Chinese flute up the authenticity quotient without disturbing the homogeneity. That's not to suggest anything like dumbing down is involved. Montfort's `Forest Frolic' is an aptly named romp for flutes, guitar, and percussion that blazes like a bluegrass number. `Ocean of Love' with its reggae-inflected Afro-Slavic groove isn't your off-the-cuff concoction. And demonstrating that future is also past, the gamelan-esque `Semara' stars the band's original line-up with the inimitable Mindia Klein on bansuri flute. Shamelessly beautiful, `Planet Passion' is easily the pinnacle of this group's long career." - Bob Tarte, THE BEAT

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Planet Passion

Tracks: 12 (-3 tracks), Disk length: 51m 48s (-17m 34s)

Planet Passion

Tracks: 10 (-5 tracks), Disk length: 1h 39m 59s (+31m 45s)

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