Astrakan café

Astrakan café is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem, recorded for ECM at the Propstei Sankt Gerold, Austria in June 1999 and released on September 18, 2000. Brahem's trio features clarinetist Barbaros Erköse and percussionist Lassad Hosni.

Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek called it "deeply personal, profound music. It is also highly iconographic, with timelessness woven through every measure.... This would be traditional music if a tradition such as this—which is original, though adapted from many sources on inspiration—actually existed. Highly recommended."

Anouar Brahem Trio

 * Anouar Brahem – oud
 * Barbaros Erköse – clarinet
 * Lassad Hosni – bendir, darbouka

Technical personnel

 * Manfred Eicher – producer
 * Markus Heiland – recording engineer
 * Sascha Kleis – cover design
 * Gérald Minkoff – cover photography
 * Dorian Shaw, Moncef Fehri – liner photography
 * Paolo Scarnecchia – liner notes
 * Alastair McEwen – liner note translation