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Majoun (album)

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Majoun is a collaborative studio album by Sussan Deyhim and Richard Horowitz, released on July 1, 1996. It blends world music textures with Deyhim’s vocals and Horowitz’s keyboards. The title Majoun means "potion" in Persian and Arabic, and the word is also used for an Egyptian delicacy that can contain hashish.

Track listing (all tracks written by Sussan Deyhim and Richard Horowitz):
1. Majoun – 5:52
2. Kye Kye (Who Is Who Is) – 8:36
3. Agonethi (Shadow Maps) – 7:20
4. Whorlon on the Mount of Moon – 10:32
5. Coldest Day – 5:04
6. Ipissima Verba – 7:24
7. Murmur Mutanta – 7:52
8. Botachine (Infinitely Curved) – 9:32
Total length: 28:42

Personnel

Musicians:
- Sussan Deyhim – voice
- Richard Horowitz – keyboards
- Byron Wallen – trumpet
- Doug Wimbish – fretless bass
- Peter Freeman – overtone bass
- Steve Shehan – percussion, djembe
- Others

Technical:
- Sussan Deyhim – production
- Richard Horowitz – production
- Grace Row – executive production
- Anders Kalmark – programming
- Ray Staff – mastering
- Kerstin Bach – art direction
- Joseph Cultice – photography

References:
- The album is discussed in coverage such as a Bomb Magazine article by Tim Nye (1997).


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