(Barclay - 2000)

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Produced and arranged by Steve Hillage

Recorded and mixed at A-Wave Records (London)
Additional Recording at American Sector Studios (New Orleans), Studio de Belleville (Paris), Milo and the Garden (London)


Rachid Taha - vocals
Steve Hillage - programming and guitar
Stanton Moore - live drums (New Orleans)
Robert Mercurio - bass guitar (New Orleans)
Jeff Raines - guitar, (New Orleans)
Rich Vogel - keyboards (New Orleans)
Hakim Hamadouche - mandolute, backing vocals
Hassan Lachal - mahgrebian percussion
Hossam Ramzy - egyptian percussion
Magid Serour - qanun
.....and others.

Members of Galactic went into the studio to collaborate with Algerian singer Rachid Taha on his for Barclay Records in November from the 22nd to the 24th, 1999. Taha currently resides in Paris but visited American Sector Recording Studios in New Orleans to record 3 of the songs (tracks 1, 2 and 4) with Moore, Mercurio, Raines and Vogel of Galactic. The outcome of the recording session is a mixture of traditional North African music along with elements of electronic dance and New Orleans funk grooves! Producing the project is Steve Hillage who was the guitarist in the 70's progressive rock band Gong and has more recently worked with electronic bands like the Orb.