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col u m n : b l u e not e _ text: dan santucci SOME OLD. SOME NEW. SOME BaRR WED. SOME BLUE (NOTE) In the album's Indonesian-inspired first track, "When They First Saw the Floating World, - chimes give way to minimal-sequenced drum beats, then a Javanese zither fills your ear and a tribal kick drum rides your spine like a kundalini trip. Boys and girls, this is gamelan music for the new millennium. Crazy blissed-out jams, with titles like "Visiting the Ruins· and -Light the Chinese Flower,· weave in and out of experimental rock and '80s-tinged Eastern dreampop. This is a weird hybrid of sounds, but it works. (AMIATA) Naked Spirit is world music with a vocal style known as Mongolian overtone singing. This pleasing technique is, in its essence, chanting. Salnkho's voice floats effortlessly over piano, Jews' harp, conch and shaman's drum. The sound moves from the enchantingly melodic "To the Master Hunashtar-ool· to the darker -Amethyst 11.- But it is exactly this shift that reveals Sainkho's diverse influences. e 1973-1981 This four-CD set is essential reggae listening. All the big names are here including Black Uhuru, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs and Rita Marley. Each CD is broken down into the various reggae sub-qenres. On the first CD you'll find some classics and rare pieces by reggae's most noted per formers. The second disc touches on the best of the reggae harmony groups of the '70s and early '80s. The sacred music of disc three reveals the Rastafarian influence that saturated the sound of original reggae music. Disc four, mostly Instrumental with pulsating bassllnes, is all about classic dub. A good introduction for the beginner and a great addition for the enthusiast. this collection Is powerful and peaceful. Let Jah be praised I