NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN - Mustt Mustt (Sealed) (LP)

180 Gram Vinyl. The late, great Pakistani Gawwali singer's first collaboration with producer guitarist Michael Brook took the passionate, gymnastic tenor out of tradition and into trip-hop nation. Recorded at Peter Gabriel's expansive Real World studios, the album combines ethnic percussion, programmed beats (some by gabriel himself), Brook's atmospheric and infinite guitar swells, and loop-based motifs with Khan's complex, ornamented vocal delivery and devotional lyrics. On the later night song, Brook and Khan perfected their cross-cultural dialogue, though Mustt, with its fiery vocal runs and funky, ethereal production, has become an important touchstone in the ethno-techno movement that includes Transglobal Underground and Loop Guru