Eastern Path – downtempo isolation mix
We were asked to provide a mix for a radio show – ambient, classical, experimental. Here’s what we came up with.
1 Kemancheh – Moving Ninja
2 Outremer – Thousand Yard Prayer
3 Dawn Prayer – Dhafer Youssef
4 Eastern Path – Vangelis
5 Battle Remembered – Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
6 Suriya – Jonas Hellborg
7 Palästinalied – Kalenda Maya
Next we head towards the world of film soundtracks with Eastern Path by Vangelis from the film Alexander. The duduk is one of the most expressive and melancholy instruments on the planet.
We continue to head east with Battle Remembered by Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. I’m not a huge fan of western classical music but I love to hear musicians from that world working with highly skilled musicians from other traditions.
Bassist Jonas Hellborg recorded Suriya live in Aleppo in 1996. The whole album, Aram of the Two Rivers, is beautiful and is another example of superb musicians from disparate traditions creating something transcendent.