Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Abatina - Kobo Town
2. Els Nens Sense Memoria - Almasala
3. Ngamen - Adams, Justin & Juldeh Camara
4. Me Llaman Calle - Chao, Manu
5. C'est Bien Mieux Comme Ca - Soha
6. Julepe En La Tierra - Melingo
7. Una Noche Mas - Levy, Yasmin
8. Ismael Drame - Diabate, Toumani
9. Bantu Biko Street - Dana, Simphiwe
10. Beautiful In Beaufort Wes - Vlok Nel, Gert
11. Dabbaax - N'Dour, Youssou
12. Aynali Koruk - Oney, Feryal
13. Cala Cala - DJ Dolores & Isaar
14. Inel Inel De Aur - Shantel & Roma Hartnel/DJ Click
15. Disneylandia - Drexler, Jorge
16. Sleepwalking Through The Mekong - Dengue Fever
17. Beyond The Horizon - Zulya

Disc 2:

1. Sunugaal - Awadi & Kirikou
2. Baddalaa Aleyk - Ajram, Nancy
3. Kunlarim Sensiz - Nazarkhan, Sevara
4. Mandehandeha - Rajery
5. Niassa - Massukos
6. Musquito - Fosforo
7. Donde Estaras Hermanitta - Krygier, Axel
8. Ndeleng Ndeleng - Orchestra Baobab
9. Jalousie - Madilu System
10. Cha Cha - Fufu-Ai
11. Laytana - Le Trio Joubran
12. Undone - Devotchka
13. Beside Myself To You I Came - ErsatzMusika
14. Bobagem - Ceu
15. Mdole - Burkina Electric
16. Passing By The Earth - Dadawa (1)
17. Slave - Lucky Dube

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27918 in Music
• Released on: 2008-07-07
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Customer Reviews

Various Artists: Sound of the World Presents Beyond the Horizon
The annual globe-hopping compilation from writer and broadcaster Charlie Gillett is a showcase for both headline stars and obscure gems. It's no surprise, then, to find tracks from stars like Toumani Diabaté, Orchestre Baobab, Israels Yasmin Levy or Uzbek diva Sevara Nazarkhan, but the oddities are often as arresting. Here's a reggaematic Romanian love song from Germany and the yearning tones of Australia-based Tartar singer Zulya. Beautifully sequenced, the 34 tracks from 28 countries make clear that the world's music (not world music) is increasingly hybridised and perennially fascinating.

The Observer

Charlie Gillett pulls out the gems again!
The title may have changed, but the format is thankfully the same. Charlie Gillett's annual two-CD round-up is now firmly established as one of the events of the summer, and this is another entertainingly varied guide to the expanding global music scene. Some of the artists are well known, so there's a reminder of the recent, exquisite work by Toumani Diabate and Orchestra Baobab, along with a tribute to South African reggae star Lucky Dube, whose murder was one of the tragedies of the year. Then there are the newer favourites, from tango star Melingo and the Israeli singer Yasmin Levy through to our own Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara, the American/Cambodian pop exponents Dengue Fever, or Brazil's most interesting new female singer, Ceu. There are some surprising omissions - where are the Garifuna Women's Project or Mor Karbasi? - but then there's welcome promotion for lesser-known artists, from Rajery, Madagascar's master of the valiha, an instrument constructed around a bamboo tube, to the Palestinian oud exponents Le Trio Joubran. But this year's real discovery is an unexpected, thoughtful ballad in Afrikaans by Gert Vlok Nel.
The Guardian, Friday July 4, 2008 ****

Various Artists: Sound of the World Presents Beyond the Horizon
Charlie Gillett's annual compilations should need no introduction by now.
The latest edition strikes a valedictory note -- the final track amounting to a farewell from the murdered South African reggae star Lucky Dube. There is no avoiding the hyperactive Manu Chao these days, but for sheer substance and guile, it is hard to beat the young Brazilian vocalist CéU. Daniel Melingo -- an eccentric but charismatic Tom Waits-ish tango artist, who made an impressive South Bank debut at La Linea a couple of months ago -- rightly makes the cut as well. Orchestra Baobab represent Africa's old guard, but there is no sign yet that Gillett has lost his knack of unearthing gems from off the beaten track.
The Sunday Times, July 6, 2008