Hotel Istanbul

Hotel Istanbul Artist: Blue Asia
Label: King
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988003264604
ASIN: B00005NO0S


Release Date: 2001-10-03

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Listmania:

  1. Music for space travel: expeditions to distant planets

Tracks:

  1. Blue Funk A Turk
  2. Mustapha
  3. Abyssinean Reggae
  4. Alabali
  5. Antalya
  6. Uskudar
  7. Ramazan's
  8. Hawadeet
  9. Oud Taksim
  10. Kopthica
  11. Kervan
  12. 2 After 2
  13. Blue Mosque
  14. Mustapha Mambo Istanbul
  15. Abyssinean Dub
  16. Ceddin Deden

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Otherworldly and Very Cool.......2004-10-30

I heard the track "Abyssinean Dub" on Putumayo's album "World Lounge," and - after listening to it repeatedly for about a year and a half - decided to get this CD that has it. I took a risk (there were not, and as of now are not, song clips to "preview" the album) and bought it imported from Japan. And the steep price was worth it, because once I put the beautiful CD into my CD player, I was transported to another world of bazaars, narrow streets, and side cafes with exotic music flowing through them. It has a distinct 'world traveler' feel, like you're a tourist trekking through Turkey, but it's also very urban and cool, evidenced in the bass beats and mixing of the tracks. It isn't techno, but it isn't purely global either; "Hotel Istanbul" is instead a combination of both, a lounge album that whisks you away from the mundane to the exotic and unknown, but with a cool "groove" to it. I suggest you search for "World Lounge" on amazon.com and listen to "Abyssinean Dub" just to get a feel for what the album is like, and if you're struck by its uniqueness, then this is the album for you. I'd highly recommend it as an interesting, obscure, and fun addition to your CD collection. You won't regret it.

Music CD:

  1. Perto Do Coração ~ Nelson Ayres
  2. Talents du Siecle ~ Enrico Macias
  3. Postmodern Platos ~ Tom Ze
  4. Buddhist Music of Tianjin ~ Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble
  5. Savoir Aimer ~ Florent Pagny
  6. Stars ~ Ebi
  7. The Marrakesh Mission ~ Agent Du Monde
  8. Gold Versions Originales ~ Kassav
  9. Cantor de Barrio 1940-1948 ~ Ricardo Tanturi
  10. Le Jour du Poisson ~ Thomas Fersen

Music CD

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Music CD

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Raindance ~ Essra Mohawk

Horror Wrestling ~ Drain S.T.H.

Dearest Whomever ~ The Backup Plan

21 Rock N Roll Hits at the Movies ~ Various Artists

Overture: American Musical Theatre, Vol. 4 (1953-1960)

Real Thing ~ 2 Unlimited