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Classy, nifty, lengthy, worth it

Jeff R. Rosenberg | Austin, TX | 11/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've listened to a whole lot of world-music explorations... records that are interesting attempts to team up electronica with ethnic musics. Whoever put together the Cafe here picked a batch of great downtempo-ish tunes for this flavor-of-the-middle-east-ish double cd. Maintains goodness throughout!



p.s. Fans of the good Thievery Corporation stuff should really appreciate this."

Exquisite

DJ ProFusion - WorldFusionRadio.com | Evanston, IL | 02/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Park Lane Recordings knows how to put together a world fusion compilation set. They have a knack for uncovering fabulous artists. No cheesy pseudo-fusion here. This is the good stuff.



Cafe Arabesque, an entry in their Cafe series, follows up their amazing Cafe Arabica box set with more Arabian and North African influenced music. While a few of the 22 songs are only marginally arabesque, all of them are superb. The majority of tracks are downtempo lounge, though a bunch are upbeat dance tunes. The blends and transitions are good. Though mostly electronica, there are healthy amounts of traditional acoustic instrumentation that gives the music a warm feel.



This CD is a big hit with my listeners and I highly recommend it. Better than Buddha Bar."

Ambient sounds

paul cuthbertson | glasgow,scotland | 07/27/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"cafe arabesque is a superb budget priced c.d. it has 14 tracks of excellent instrumental music, lasting over one hour, great for listening in the car. the musical content covers a variety of styles and sounds and immediately took me back to a recent trip to egypt, where i could again imagine i was. in the markets, in the desert at the pyramids, it was all there. the only critism about the c.d. is the lack of credits. who played on the c.d. who wrote the music and what did they play, if that had been included the c.d. would have had 5 stars."