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Brahem: Le Pas du Chat Noir | 
| Artist: Anouar Brahem
Label: ECM
Category: Music
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 25870
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 016373
UPC: 044001637322
EAN: 0044001637322
ASIN: B00006EXHT
Release Date: September 23, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Le Pas Du Chat Noir | | • | De Tout Ton Coeur | | • | Leila Au Pays Du Carrousel | | • | Pique-Nique A Nagpur | | • | C'est Ailleurs | | • | Toi Qui Sais | | • | L'Arbre Qui Voit | | • | Un Point Bleu | | • | Les Ailes Du Bourak | | • | Rue Du Depart | | • | Leila Au pays Du Carrousel (1) | | • | Deja La Nuit |
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| Customer Reviews:
 It's all true (part 1) December 21, 2008
I hate to admit it. It's all been said. Read the review by amazon.co.uk plus the comments by the other reviewers on this site, and you know it all. Usually, this would mean I don't post a review. I do, though, and for no other reason than that I make it four stars, not five. That still means "buy", but it doesn't mean "buy or your life will be the poorer for it". My one and only complaint is that the music lacks variety. All of Brahem's projects have that problem; actually, a lot of the genre-less stuff on ECM does. (Please read my other reviews to see that I have nothing against ECM releases in general - on the contrary!)
Yes, this is mesmerizing, and yes, this will chill you out. But no, this will not keep your focus for the length of the - admittedly long - album.
(Now what was I trying to say? Oh, yes: Give it a try!)
Totally adictive December 29, 2007
This album together with a companion `The voyage de Sahar' are a wonderful set. This is music for both setting a background mood and it also rewards intensive focussed listening. Rhythmic and relaxing, the music rolls along with superb playing and interplay between musicians. No one dominates, nothing showy or over assertive even when the melody moves between instruments in a hypnotic variation on a series of melodic themes. It avoids cliché' jazz and is highly particular with a wonderful balance of rich instruments. It is full of associations of Paris, Morocco and Eastern Europe.
I now have all of Anouar Brahems albums and recommend every one. Though these two seem to have dominated this year.
I agree with all the positive comments above.
music for the soul... October 12, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
When I first heard this album it sat me down in my seat..It stops you in your tracks and touches the quiet part of the heart. It's both intricate and delicate and flows full of atmospherics...it's sophisticated and yet so accessible.The compositions create a mood all of their own. Lay back, turn down the lights and chill..it's magic.
Enjoy!
riviting stuff May 12, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Out of the 120 or so cd's i've bought in the past 12 months, this one has to be rated in the top 5. Brahem's oud is accompanied by some very fine piano and accordion playing. The three intertwine continuously. Themes repeat in cycles, flowing back at different times, keeping your attention fixed throughout. You'll find you can easily do the 70 minutes duration in one sitting.
Production is very good (not quite top marks, for there is slight 'tizzing' on two tracks, sounds as if a microphone in the studio vibrates - a friend almost sent his speakers back to B&W thinking there was something wrong with them!). I went out and bought Astrakan Café and Thimar but these I didn't like as much.
background becomes foreground November 17, 2002
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
Hearing Anouar Brahem play solo on the track 'Bahia' on Jan Garbarek's Madar album, I first felt the urge to turn down the lights, turn up the volume, immerse in the sound; the oud playing is mesmeric.That feel is here in Le Pas Du Chat Noir, where the oud initially takes a backstage to simple piano and accordian, making for some really intense music. As the oud joins later, the three instruments intertwine, supporting each other, fading away when not needed, keeping the flow and the power of the music strong to the end. Instrumental albums are often relegated to the role of musac, background filler. Not this album, or indeed any Anouar Brahem music I've heard to date. Intense and simple. It makes you want to bring it to the foreground, to stop and just listen, sink into the sound (preferably in the dark ;-)
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