On February 28, 1995, “Nation Records” label released “Diaspora”, the debut Natacha Atlas album. It was recorded in 1994, and was produced by Transglobal Underground.
Personnel:
- Natacha Atlas – lead vocals, dharabuka
- Larry Whelan – saxophone, clarinet
- Essam Rashad – oud, violin
- Rafiq Rouissi – dharabuka, riq, percussion
- Neil Sparkes – dharabuka, backing vocals
- Walid Rouissi – oud, backing vocals
- Peer Khawam – keyboard
- Alex Kasiek – keyboards, guitar
- Hamed Mostafa – bass
- Ashiqali Hussein, Ali Ahmedaly, Satin Singh – tabla
- Hamid Mantu – drums, percussion, keyboards
- Nawazish Khan, Amin Abdelazeem, Faed Abdelaal, Hanafi Soliman, Monir Abdelaal, Wael Abubakr – violin
- Count Dubulah – bass, guitar
- Sokar Al Gohari – accordion
- Mostafa Alarab – percussion
- Bashir Abdelall – flute
- Sameer Benjaman – tambourine
- Simon Walker – strings
- Graeme Holdaway – engineer
- Mary Farbrother – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu and Attiah Ahlan, except where noted.
- Iskanderia
- Leysh Nat’ Arak
- Diaspora – Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu, Attiah Ahlan, Neil Sparkes
- Yalla Chant
- Alhambra Part 1 – Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu, Attiah Ahlan, Larry Whelan
- Duden
- Feres – Natacha Atlas, Essam Rashad
- Fun Does Not Exist
- Dub Yalil – Natacha Atlas
- Iskanderia – Atlas Zamalek
- Diaspora (Ballon Theatre mix)
- Fun Does Not Exist (Dolmus mix)
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