Hadouk Trio - Utopies (Deluxe Edition) (2006)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Suave Corridor
02. Baldamore
03. Brasero des soucis
04. Gardien de la nuit
05. Idalie
06. Centaurea
07. Toupie Tambour
08. Clef des brumes
09. Toupie valse
10. Hijaz
11. Parasol blanc, pt. 1
12. Parasol blanc, pt. 2

CD2
01. Nacarat (Live at Satellit Café)
02. Alma Celesta (Live at Satellit Café)
03. Shamanimal (Live at Satellit Café)
04. Le gibbon (Live at Satellit Café)
05. Gopi (Live at Satellit Café)
06. Polar Blues (Live at Satellit Café)
07. O'shehan Drum (Live at Satellit Café)
08. Bille en tête (Live at Satellit Café)
09. Barca Solaris (Live at Satellit Café)

France's Hadouk Trio channeled musical elements from across the globe to create a uniquely mystical and evocative sound somewhere between jazz and world pop. The Hadouk Trio was led by Paris-born multi-instrumentalist Didier Malherbe, previously known for co-founding with Soft Machine alum Daevid Allen the famed psych-prog outfit Gong. Malherbe remained with Gong for close to a decade, shepherding the band through myriad personnel and creative changes before exiting in 1978. Throughout his travels Malherbe collected exotic instruments from the far corners of the earth, and after a series of short-lived experimental rock ensembles and a 1980 solo jazz-rock LP, Bloom, in 1994 he embraced world music by forming Hadouk with multi-instrumentalist Loy Ehrlich, a specialist in the hajouj, the African three-stringed bass that, along with the Armenian double-reed instrument the doudouk, gave the project its name. Mahlerbe and Ehrlich initially recorded and toured as a duo, issuing their self-titled debut LP in 1999. With the follow-up, Shamanimal, their ranks swelled to a trio with the addition of American percussionist Steve Shehan, a veteran with stints behind Bob Dylan and Paul Simon on his résumé. Hadouk Now followed in 2002, and two years later the Hadouk Trio issued its first concert LP, Live at Fip. The 2006 release Utopies includes three songs featuring the American trumpeter Jon Hassell.

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