(fax) Sultan

[Richard Cheesman]

I've had Sultan for some time, and recently acquired Sultan Orhan, and 
wow!  this is a great successor to Sultan!  I have both on my pc, set up 
as a playlist with both albums back to back.  Drive my flatmate nuts 
(cause he doesn't like the arabic/middle eastern stylings)...

However, I am curious - how did such a diverse collaboration come 
about?  I know Namlook had dabbled in ethnic-orientated music with Air & 
Air 2, but this is something more focused and definitely not your 
run-of-the-mill namlook electronica/ambient/synth noodling as on many 
other albums.  So what is the origin of Sultan and Sultan Orhan?

Rich

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