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Exotica and the familiar join each other in a dance of fire and an embrace of passion on Putumayo's "Turkish Groove." Taking each other by the hand are the flavorful musical heritage of Turkey and the western world's electronic dance pulsations. Turkey itself is a center for cultural mingling (as the liner notes of this CD explain) and the multi-cultural dish that results is devastatingly delicious for one's musical palette, especially when the ante is upped by inserting post-modern western heritage into the mix. What this means in terms of this CD is that traditional musical flavors and their exotic appeal find a new pathway to the modern hip listener by way of its dancehall vehicle. Electronic hooks wrap themselves around kinetic organic percussion and distinctive Turkish melodies. Every track on here finds a refreshing way to present the partnership of styles so repetition is never a fear but an unbroken flow of aural aesthetics is guaranteed. "Turkish Groove" is among the upper echelon of Putumayo releases, a flagship among the label's fleet of top notch nu world CDs. -- review by Kristofer Upjohn
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