Various Artists - Exotica - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This compilation album features tracks from 13 different prior Saydisc albums, and takes the listener on an auditory journey around the globe. These exotic sounds unite far-flung communities and cultures of the world through the common thread of music. In the Chinese Village Song for Bamboo Flute, performed by the Jing Ying Ensemble, we hear the bamboo flute, also known as the di-zi, which carries the same associations as it's Western counterpart, but is more piercing in timbre. World percussionist Joji Hirota dreams up an exotic, hot, and humid Amazonian scene with the evocative composition, InchAmazon Rain Forest Dream.Inch The ensemble The Burning Bush presents InchIsraeli Chassidic Melody 10,Inch which comes from the repertoire of the Klezmer. Other highlights include performances of Carribean steel pan music, a song with voice and Tibetan singing bowls performed by Alain Presencer, a Turkish Longa, and many more exciting world elements. Album Tracks 1. Chinese Village Song for Bamboo Flute - Jing Ying Ensemble 2. Amazon Rain Forest Dream - Joji Hirota 3. Andean Flower Festival - Caliche 4. Israeli Chassidic Melody 10 - the Burning Bush 5. Papua New Guinea String Band - Rymoko String Band 6. Samba Pacifica - Joji Hirota 7. Mountain Lake Memories - Caliche 8. Caribbean Euphoria - Melodian Steel Band 9. Micronesian Morning Star Choir - Morning Star Choir 10. Tibetan Song of the Night - Alain Presencer 11. Spanish Guitar Dance - the English Guitar Quartet 12. Japanese Spring - Joji Hirota 13. Turkish Longa (Feat. Hassan Erraji) - Arabesque 14. Polynesian Himene - Austral Islands Choir 15. Chinese Night Fishing Song - Jing Ying Ensemble 16. Winds from the Far East - Roger Winfield 17. Tibetian Nya Lam Pass - Zomkyi/Tashi Tsering 18. Tiempo Nuevo - Caliche 19. Vanuatu String Band - Singera String Band