With his latest album the ever-innovative Hector Zazou offers a stunningly fresh take on classical Asian music, inviting four outstanding instrumentalists from India and Uzbekistan to offer inspired performances which he then enhances through subtle reprocessing techniques. The album was recorded in Mumbai with a core group of four musicians: Toir Kuziyev (tambur and oud), Milind Raykar (violin), Ronu Majumdar (flute) and Manish Pingle (Indian slide guitar), while other notable guests include percussionist...   [ read more ]

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There's an old saying that one is only as good as the people with whom one collaborates. Judging by the list of musical contributors to Hector Zazou's Sahara Blue, Zazou is quite good indeed. Among many others, those adding their own touch to Zazou's album include Bill Laswell, Dead Can Dance, John Cale, David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Tim Simenon. Zazou devised the album as a mix of musical styles set to lyrics/vocals taken from the pen of Arthur Rimbaud. While it ...   [ read more ]

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Noir et Blanc is a supremely enjoyable collaboration between Algerian-born (France-residing) composer Hector Zazou and Zairean singer Bony Bikaye, an early and inspired marriage between Central African music and post-punk funk. Zazou, who would go on to flirt with fame at the fringes of rock (working with singers like Bj÷rk and Susanne Vega), here assembled a tight little band that included Fred Frith and Marc Hollander, all swarmed over by his own electronics manipulati...   [ read more ]

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