This is a gem of an album that rightly situates Sussan Deyhim and Richard Horowitz (who died earlier this year) at the nexus of what became known as Fourth World music – a music that refused geographical boundaries as a way of creating new sonic experiences. It began in 1980s’ New York. Brian Eno was a central figure in Fourth World music: his productions for Talking Heads (especially as they passed into their funkadelic phrase) were key, along with My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981), the highly influential album of collages made with the Heads’ David Byrne.
Deyhim, an Iranian-born musician and dancer, who left Tehran as a teenager before moving to New York, met Horowitz in 1981. Horowitz, a musician with a life-long affinity with Morocco and Islamic Gnawa trance music, and Deyhim were perfectly matched. Bonding over a tape of music by Paul Bowles, they began exploring composition process – an invisible road – that spanned their two experiences.
