Passion – Sources
Passion – Sources is the second of two albums of music from Martin Scorsese's film The Last Temptation of Christ. The first album, Passion by Peter Gabriel, was released in 1989 in conjunction with the movie. Passion – Sources is a compilation of songs by various artists from Armenia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Senegal, and Turkey. Gabriel does not perform on the album, but produced or co-produced several tracks.
Background
In his liner notes, Gabriel describes the album as "a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration, and location recordings." Gabriel mentioned in an interview with Keyboard magazine that his goal with the album was to provide the musicians he worked with on Passion "a chance to do their music in their way without being inhibited by my musical designs." The album largely eschews modern Western instruments and production techniques, and consists of studio recordings, location recordings made during the filming of The Last Temptation of Christ, and selections from existing sound recordings.Personnel
Musicians
- Dildar Hussain – tabla
- Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan – harmonium, vocals
- Asad Ali Khan – chorus
- Atta Fareed – chorus
- Ghulam Fareed – chorus
- Mohammad Maskeen – chorus
- Iqbal Naqbi – chorus
- Kaukab Ali – pupil singer
- Mujhid Mubarik Ali Khan – senior singer
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – main vocals
- Shankar – double violin, production
- Baaba Maal – vocals
- Peter Gabriel – arrangement, production, compilation, track notes
- Zakir Hussain – tabla
- Vikku Vinayakram – ghatam
- Caroline – Tanbura
- Kudsi Erguner – ney flute, production
- Hossam Ramzy – tabla, duf, doholla, tambourine, production, additional percussion
- Joseph Alexander – mazhar
- Richard Evans – tin whistle, mixing
- Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh – kementché, production
- Manu Katché – additional percussion
- Abdul Aziz el-Sayed – kanoun
- Yacouba Camara – conga, gongoma, arrangement
- Arafan Toure – djembe
- Aly Camara – djembe, bolon
- Amara Soumah – doum-doum, gongoma
- Naby 'Papus' Camara – small percussion
- Kabine Camara – small percussion
- Tagar – small percussion
- Nass El Ghiwane – production
- Mustafa Abdel Aziz – tabla
- Said Mohammad Aly – tabla
- Metqal Qenawi Metqal – rababa
- Shamandi Tewfick Metqal – rababa
- Mohammad Murad Metgali – rababa
- Alain Weber – rababa
- Les Musiciens du Nil – production
- Antranik Askarian – doudouk
- Khatchadour Khatchaturian – doudouk
Technical personnel
- Mohammed Ayuub – production
- David Bottrill – engineering, compilation assistance
- Alan Heaton – [Sound Sound recording and reproduction|recording and reproduction|recording]
- David Knowles – recording
- Tiberiu Alexandru – production
- Ralph Harrison – recording
- Ragnar Johnson – recording
- Robert Ataian – production
- The Townhouse – mastering