Re: (idm) [Info] Sufi?

From Greg Clow
Sent Thu, Nov 6th 1997, 04:59

> Does anyone have any info on the M/A/R/R/S / cocteau twins (parts of each)
> collaboration called Sufi? details? is it any good?

Well, it's been ages since I listened to it, but they released a
self-titled album about 2 years ago which I recall enjoying quite a bit.
Here's what I wrote about it at the time for my column in Chart magazine:

"Moving on to something a little more soulful, the latest release in
Virgin's Ambient series is something quite different from the previous
installments: Sufi is a collaboration between Rudy Tambala, songwriter
with M.A.R.R.S. (remember "Pump Up The Volume"?), his sister Margaret, and
former Cocteau Twins drummer Benny di Massa. The resulting sound is a sort
of ethereal/ambient trip-hop, like a cross between the Cocteaus, Eno and
Portishead."

Don't know if they've released anything since, though.

Greg