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Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors : Zone Unknown
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Great dance music (featuring Jai Uttal). Hot, driving and trancy.
Genre: World: World Fusion
Release Date: 1997
Zone Unknown Record Label: Raven Recording
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Tracks 6:55 $0.99
Zone Unknown 5:56 $0.99
Downtown 4:38 $0.99
Buffalo Dream 5:12 $0.99
Avenue A 4:18 $0.99
Jamu 6:11 $0.99
Tribe 5:40 $0.99
Drifting 4:22 $0.99
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Album Notes

A consistently vigorous and highly energizing album of total movement music. Sweaty and seductive, tracks like "Jamu" and "Downtown" exhibit the urban sass of the lady herself, while "Buffalo Dream" captures her sense of fun. If you've seen the WAVE video, you know Roth can shake her booty with the best.

The Tracks...

"Tracks":
A jumpstart for this album -- an intense groove marked by a techno synthesizer.

"Zone Unknown":
Spacious drumming, cello and synthesizer combine to create a land of mystery.

"Downtown":
A police radio band "hiss" and some incredible trumpet work give this track an urban edge.

"Buffalo Dream":
The start of the album's peak featuring driving percussion, a right-on guitar, and layered chanting create and irresistible dance piece.

"Avenue A":
A little New Jersey, a lot of Brazil and some extraordinary percussion make this one sing.

"Jamu":
Jai Uttal adds his blues guitar to the trance drumming, enhanced by harmonica and vocals.

"Tribe":
Bass and Sahaj Ticotin's heart-touching, layered chant over tribal drums.

"Drifting":
A waltz -- extraordinary fretless bass and a lyrical guitar
bring a soft end to the journey.

Revered at European raves as a goddess, a force of nature and more, one critic notes, Gabrielle Roth is the only woman in America making tribal, ambient music and she's been doing it for over 20 years.

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