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Filed under: Around the World In one respect, Norwegian musician-composer Jon Balke 's latest project, 'Siwan' -- a collaboration with Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui , avant-ambient-jazz trumpeter Jon Hassell , Algerian violinist Kheir Eddine M'Kachiche, Iranian zarb player Pedram Khavar Zamini , Norwegian percussionist Helge Norbakken and the Baroque Soloists ensemble -- has an edge over some of his other recent works: It's nearly describable. Nearly. We'll leave it to him to make the attempt. "Ha!" [...]