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During the recording of this album Hossam was also on a major world tour with 'Page and Plant' (Led Zeppelin). While he was taking a break in Egypt he was able to record some quarter tone accordion and kawala flute for the album, both of which are very distinctive Egyptian sounds. This material ended up being used on tracks 4, 5 and 6.

Track 1 was developed from a 'Mandragora' jam session and is one of my personal favourites.

I had first heard of Hossam back in 1989 through his work on Peter Gabriel's album 'Passion' and track 2 takes a certain amount of its inspiration from the ancient 'Zaar' trance rhythm featured on 'Passion'.

Isis Unveiled (7:46) 
The Land Of The Pharaohs - zaar rhythm (9:16) 
Through The Ankh - masmoudi rhythm (7:34) 
Shimmers In The Sand (11:24) 
Desert Rhythm - fallahi rhythm (6:45) 
The Cobra's Dance - fallahi rhythm (7:53)