When synthesizer-heavy Middle-Eastern tunes meet electronic lounge music blended with psychedelic sunshine pop and obscure jazz, you might not know what to expect. Here, they coexist as the foundation to a soundtrack of an alternate Los Angeles. Welcome to L.A. Zooo Pre-Flight. Curated from records I found while on tour in the Mid-East in 2015 along with trips to record shops throughout L.A., this music inspired and shaped what eventually became the L.A. Zooo album. Press play and obey the tour guide…

L.A. ZOOO (vinyl/cassette/digital):
www.fatbeats.com/collections/bei-ru-l-a-zooo

Artwork by Moneekah

Tracklisting:
01 George Braith – Del’s Theme
02 Omar El Shariyi – Yawabor Kolly
03 Mystic Moods Orchestra – Cosmic Sea
04 Ananda Shankar – Charging Tiger
05 Annette Peacock – Pony
06 Gershon Kingsley – Sunset Sound
07 Charanjit Singh – Raga Lalit
08 Christopher Scott – Wives And Lovers
09 Enoch Light And The Light Brigade – It Was A Very Good Year
10 Ananda Shankar – Night In The Forest
11 Perrey & Kingsley – Countdown At 6
12 Elias Rahbani – From The Moon
13 Rod Hunter – Snoopy
14 Ziad Rahbani – Taksim Organ & Tabla
15 Mister K. – Cara Sicilia
16 The Copper Plated Integrated Circuit – Integrated Circuit
17 Gershon Kingsley’s First Moog Quartet – Have It Or Grab It Or Go
18 Baligh Hamdi – My Love Story
19 Space Invaders – Invasion Return
20 Ishan Al-Munzir – Salma Ya Salama
21 Pat Prilly – Indicatif Spatial
22 Richard Hayman – Melody #2
23 The Free Design – 59th Street Bridge Song
24 Electronic Concept Orchestra – Like A Lover

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