Diaspora (Natacha Atlas album)
Diaspora is the debut album by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas. It was released by Nation Records in March 1995.All tracks written and composed by Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu and Attiah Ahlan, except where noted.
- "Iskanderia" – 5:15
- "Leysh Nat' Arak" – 6:07
- "Diaspora" – 6:47
- "Yalla Chant" – 5:53
- "Alhambra Part 1" – 1:20
- "Duden" – 6:41
- "Feres" – 7:38
- "Fun Does Not Exist" – 5:56
- "Dub Yalil" – 5:56
- "Iskanderia" – 5:15
- "Diaspora" - 7:02
- "Fun Does Not Exist" – 6:21
Bonus tracks
All bonus tracks appear on the Japanese edition of Diaspora.
- "Coulishi" – 5:08
- "Duden" – 7:00
- "Duden" – 6:11
Personnel
The following people contributed to Diaspora:
- Natacha Atlas – lead vocals, dharabuka
- Larry Whelan – saxophone, clarinet
- Essam Rashad – oud, violin
- Rafiq Rouissi – dharabuka, riq, percussion
- Neil Sparkes – dharabuka, backing vocals
- Walid Rouissi – backing vocals, oud
- Peer Khawam – keyboard
- Alex Kasiek – keyboards, guitar
- Hamed Mostafa – bass
- Ashiqali Hussein, Ali Ahmedaly, Satin Singh – tabla
- Hamid Mantu – drums, percussion, keyboards
- Nawazish Khan, Amin Abdelazeem, Faed Abdelaal, Hanafi Soliman, Monir Abdelaal, Wael Abubakr – violin
- Count Dubulah – bass, guitar
- Sokar Al Gohari – accordion
- Mostafa Alarab – percussion
- Bashir Abdelall – flute
- Sameer Benjaman – tambourine
- Simon Walker – strings
- Graeme Holdaway – engineering
- Mary Farbrother – photography
Charts
