Okna Tsahan Zam is a musician and overtone singer of the highest order from Kalmykia (the only Buddhist/Shamanist republic in Europe) whose "Shaman Voices" record fuses the archaic and the new seamlessly; Dhafer Youssef is an extraordinary Tunisian oud player,heard here in complete empathy with cutting edge Nordic jazz (courtesy of Jazzland, NPM etc); the title track of Garbarek's latest is woven around the interplay between his sax and Kim Kashkashian's timeless viola. The theme? Music,at once ancient AND modern sounding, from the great continuum (often referred to by Garbarek himself) that links Asian, Arabic and Nordic music together.