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.

1. Iskanderia
2. Leysh Nat’ Arak
3. Diaspora – Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu, Attiah Ahlan, Neil Sparkes
4. Yalla Chant
5. Alhambra Part 1 – Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu, Attiah Ahlan, Larry Whelan
6. Duden
7. Feres – Natacha Atlas, Essam Rashad
8. Fun Does Not Exist
9. Dub Yalil – Natacha Atlas
10. Iskanderia – Atlas Zamalek
11. Diaspora (Ballon Theatre mix)
12. Fun Does Not Exist (Dolmus mix)