Ibn Battuta

by Embryo

Ibn Battuta cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Schneeball
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:12:48
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The veteran German krautrock and world fusion collective takes profound inspiration from the legendary 14th-century explorer for this highly atmospheric release. 'Ibn Battuta' weaves hypnotic, psychedelic jazz fusion with traditional Arabic instrumentation, creating an expansive, desert-evoking soundscape.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, improvisation, atmospheric, desert, fusion, instrumental, rhythmic, genre-blending

Tracklist

  1. Code 7 (5:52)
  2. Ibn Battuta (7:54)
  3. Komet 41 (10:58)
  4. 1/4 Tone Jazz, part 1 (5:14)
  5. Man Bekhod wa to Bekhod (3:43)
  6. Prelude - Rast (6:11)
  7. Beat From Bagdad (7:11)
  8. Simai Ka (7:26)
  9. 1/4 Tone Jazz, part 2 (1:28)
  10. Kletta (4:50)
  11. El Qalb Yeshak Kulli Gamil (3:46)
  12. Andalusian Beat (3:59)
  13. Zainab (4:10)

Credits

  • Embryo - primary artist
  • Ulrich Fischer - film director [filmed], film editor [cut by]
  • Chris Karrer - musician, painting [paintings]
  • Christian Burchard - musician
  • Chuck Henderson - musician
  • Dieter Serfas - musician
  • Edgar Hofmann - musician
  • Jamal Mohmand - musician

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