Tunisian oud virtuoso Anouar Brahem is among the most significant discoveries of the ECM label in the past decade. Following his highly successful cross-cultural work "Thimar," he returns to the music of the Middle East with "Astrakan Café." With his trio, which has been central to his artistic work for several years, Brahem, together with clarinetist Barbaros Erköse and percussionist Lassad Hosni, creates remarkably fluid improvisational interplay. The soundscapes they conjure oscillate between mysterious, hypnotic, and dramatic moods...
