Oh, mighty emir, master of the universe and the ultimate realities, I entreat you to listen to these songs, this enchanting soundtrack to Ultraviolet Grasslands, while I weave the strands of the epic tale I am about to share with you. These songs will be both familiar and utterly alien, for they echo from another dimension. “The Western Lands,” for example, speaks of transcendence and the journey through life and death, matters you are intimately acquainted with, O exalted one. “Ollin Arageed,” performed on an instrument called an oud, features intricate and mesmerizing rhythms that captivate the soul. Meanwhile, “Zaar” invokes a ritual of exorcism, driving out evil spirits through the power of music and raqs. Relax, my liege, breathe in the fragrances of the evening, and let the vibrations of the music wash over you. Our story will begin anon.

  1. Michael Sterns “Monk with Bell”
  2. Peter Gabriel “Zaar”
  3. Hans Zimmer “Gom Jabbar”
  4. Moving Ninja “Kemancheh”
  5. Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman “The Awakening”
  6. Bill Laswell “Kala”
  7. Kudsi Ergüner & Süleyman Ergüner “Aksak Semai”
  8. Jean Jenkins “Abu Zulu”
  9. Thousand Yard Prayer “Outremer”
  10. Hamza El Din “Ollin Arageed”
  11. Anouar Brahme “Conte De L’Incroyable Amour”
  12. Bill Laswell “The Western Lands”
  13. Saddam Bazaar “Arc of Ascent (Part One)”
  14. Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain “Rag Ahir Bhairav (Slow Gat In Pupak Tal Fast Gat In Teental)”
  15. Ira Cohen “Tangier Telegram from the Majoon Traveler/From the Moroccan Journal 1987”
  16. Cheb I Sabbah “Ganga Dev”
  17. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Scholes” “Kashmir”
  18. Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble “Battle Remembered”
  19. Guan Pinghu “Flowing Streams (Liu Shui)”
Orinthia, the Radiant Deejay