NAZ BAR

Interesting mix of world musics-oriented electronica, filtered through a Middle Eastern bar sensibility--think Rick's Café Américain from *Casablanca*, perhaps, transplanted to an alien planet--but with an eclectic and electric house band with crate-digging DJs rather than the wondrous Sam. Has some exotic percussion tracks, some more ambient tracks, some groove tracks, and some weird and wild--and sometimes loungey--vocals. One song veers from someone singing English with a clear Indian accent to some synth-modulated alien-speak. Super cool. Has another song with the cryptic lyric that a shooting star is not a star because it shines so bright... a shooting star is not a star at all! While this isn't prog in the flurry of notes or structural complexity, it is prog in its eclectic mix of elements and its attempt to create new moods and textures out of a world-music, sci-fi, ambient/techno bed. Recommended!