- Audio CD (Mar 11 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Mca
- ASIN: B000002P4L
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Iskanderia |
| 2. Leysh Nat'arak |
| 3. Diaspora |
| 4. Yalla Chant |
| 5. Alhambra Part 1 |
| 6. Duden |
| 7. Feres |
| 8. Fun Does Not Exist |
| 9. Dub Yalil |
| 10. Iskanderia (Atlas Zamalek) |
| 11. Diaspora (Ballon Theatre Mix) |
| 12. Fun Does Not Exist (Dolmus Mix) |
Product Description
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The Trans-Global Underground diva wails in Arabic as her south London mates bring on the pagan beats. Atlas may eventually shrug at her North American sales, but this is more adventurous than Page & Plant's forays into middle eastern exotica and twice as authentic. --Jeff Bateman
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hypnotic, seductive-- what else can you ask for?,
By A Customer
This review is from: Diaspora (Audio CD)
This music could charm a cobra right out of its underpants! To the person who wrote that you can't convince your friends how great it is, I can only (respectfully) say that you need to trade in your friends and family for the new model! My friends love this! It's fun to slip it into the player and watch as the music sneaks up on people and they find themselves smiling and moving to the hypnotic beats. It's also great, sexy music for romance...
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hypnotic pulse of exotic places east?,
By Lao Che (Central New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diaspora (Audio CD)
One evening, my friends and I were witnesses to the belly dancer's art in full swing at a local Middle Eastern place. I always had an idea of what it was like - but the reality was amazing. It took me away to another time and place. The music seemed to sweep her around the room like a whisp of seductive smoke and bells. The belly dancer later told me she usually works with tracks off DIASPORA, in addition to other artists. The title is a word that refers to Jews living outside the promised land - the dispersed, essentially.I've heard most of Natacha Atlas' music - and will state flat out this is her best, most hypnotic album. HALIM is my second favorite - and the rest kind of fade out from there. An artist does what an artist does: she apparently is moving towards the R&B and hip-hop genres that are popular in the United States and Europe. Not sure why? She may be trying to cut her teeth in these styles and try to make a bigger break? How unfortunate. If you listen to samples of her later albums, you will know what I'm describing. Sounds like the junk I hear on European variety shows and MTV. Wherever her career has been moving toward: DIASPORA is still simply magic - very refreshing, full of a sensual and erotic life all its own. I wish that Natacha would return to this more traditional style, but alas she has seen the future and it will be... Get DIASPORA and be whisked away. If you have a work out schedule, enjoy cheesey house music or third-rate hip-hop, then by all means explore her other efforts. I will stop here, thank you very much. I had to purchase a USED COPY of this album, as it is now unfortunately OUT OF PRINT.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews) 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hypnotic pulse of exotic places east?,
By Lao Che - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Diaspora (Audio CD)
One Saturday night, my friends and I were witnesses to a beautiful belly dancer in full swing at a local Middle Eastern place. I always had an idea of what it was like - but the reality was amazing. It took me away to another time and place (the hookah I was smoking helped a little.) The music seemed to sweep her around the room in a seductive sheet of smoke and bells. She told me she usually works with tracks off DIASPORA in addition to other more traditional music. Diaspora is a word that refers to Jews living outside the promised land - the dispersed, essentially.I've heard most of Natacha Atlas' music - and will state flat out this is her best, most hypnotic solo album. Halim is my second favorite - and the rest kind of fade out from there. An artist does what an artist does: she seems to be moving towards the R&B and hip-hop mix genres that are popular in the United States and Europe. Not sure why? She may be trying to cut her teeth in these styles and try to make a bigger break? How unfortunate. If you listen to samples of her later albums, you will know what I'm describing. Sounds like the junk I hear on European variety shows and MTV. Wherever her career has been moving toward: DIASPORA is still simply magic - very refreshing, full of a sensual and erotic life all its own. I wish that Natacha would return to this more traditional style, but alas she has seen the future and it will be... Get DIASPORA and be whisked away. If you have a work out schedule, enjoy cheesy house music or third-rate hip-hop, then by all means explore her other solo efforts. I will stop here, thank you very much. I had to purchase a USED COPY of this album, as it is now unfortunately OUT OF PRINT. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Natacha at her best!,
By soundsmith - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Diaspora (Audio CD)
I am writing this partly because I gave only two stars for Mishmaoul. I am a big fan of Arabic pop & folk music and Diaspora was my first introduction to Natacha. I fell in love with her voice then, the first time and forever but I have little patience for too much western pop hybrids that do no justice to her beautiful Arabic singing (the cheezy 'I put a spell on you' from Ayeshteni, or the attempt at hip-hop 'Feen' from Mishmaoul). DIaspora definitely stays more to her roots than her later works. I am also writing this review in the hope that someday Natacha will return to her roots and do some Arabic folk songs or more original pieces like these. Also to the producers/engineers: too much verb, she doesnt need it!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fine blend of western dance music and arab music,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Diaspora (Audio CD)
This is a stunning CD. I've never heard something like this. Atlas' music is a fine blend of western dance music and arab music (whatever that maybe). She's got a warm voice and in some songs she sounds like a siren in danger. She sings and wails about the middle east, the desert, love and old prophesies. Although you can hear that she made this album with band members from Transglobal Underground, she has managed to create a sound of her own. This is definitely not an easy listening album. It is so rare that you are very likely to make enemies with it. Sofar, I haven't been able to convince friends or family of the beauty of this album. Play it loud and alone. This is a sound investment.
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