Back To The Roots by Zera Vaughan

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with Electronic Production | Middle East

11 tracks | 45 minutes

Released May 2006
on Zera Vaughan

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World/Pop/Electronic with a middle eastern and african influences.

Editorial review

Zera Vaughan is a relatively new songstress out of L.A., by way of Paris and Tunisia. On Back to the Roots, a deceptively titled debut album, she presents an accomplished set of pop built on world music foundations and trip-hop elements (with possibly a tiny dash of jazz for good measure). The French band W.S.L. provides a high quality background for her vocals, incorporating everything from electric keyboards to shawms into an ambient mix thick with exoticism. The focus of the album, though, is Vaughan's vocals, pulled out almost too sensually for each song in a mix of English and French, trying to catch some of the aesthetics of the great Arabic singers (such as Umm Kulthum, it would seem) and a bit of North African intonation. At the same time, she plays with a little bit of London's casual approach to female vocals with understated performances at the forefront from time to time. The compositions can get a bit simplistic from, but that's a hazard of any pop music, ethnically infused or not. Overall, it's a nice album. Performances all around are good. There isn't anything here that you haven't heard before on the modern world music market, but it's still enjoyable. ~ Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

For Zéra Vaughan, "Back to the Roots" goes back twenty-six years ago to her upbringing in Tunisia, North Africa.

A daughter of an English Painter and a French Ballet Dancer, Zéra Vaughan began her musical journey at the age of 10, as a student of the Tunisian Music Conservatory where she discovered the traditional sound "Malouf".

Zéra Vaughan moved to Paris after completing High School, to study at the Paris Music Conservatory. Since then, she has perfected her voice and her act throughout the years as a regular on the French Lounge Circuit. Her unique voice can be heard on several European albums.

While in the U.K, visiting her family, Zéra Vaughan discovered the sound of Trip-Hop. Since then, with the help of an international team, lead by L.A. Based producer Amir Efrat, Zéra has taken the challenge to explore the links between Europe and The Middle-East, filling the gap by putting her own touch on the "world music" genre.

The result is : "Back to the Roots" The album.