Star Rise is a remix

Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

 from two previous Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan / Michael Brook

Michael Brook

Michael Brook is a Canadian guitarist, inventor, producer, and film music composer. He plays in many genres, including rock, electronica, world music, minimalism and film scores....

 collaborations. The album was dedicated to the memory of Khan, who died prior to the album's completion, and released posthumously by Real World Records

Real World Records

Real World Records is a record label started in 1989 by Peter Gabriel to record and produce world music.-Overview:The label grew up alongside the success of the WOMAD festivals and Peter Gabriel's exploration of music from other cultures, and helped push world music into the general public's...

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Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 are remixed from the 1996 album Night Song

Night Song

Night Song is an album by qawwal Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and guitarist and producer Michael Brook. It was the last album on Real World Records that Khan lived to see finished...

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Tracks 3, 4, 7, and 9 are remixed from the 1990 album Mustt Mustt

Mustt Mustt

Mustt Mustt is the first Qawwali fusion album collaboration between singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and guitarist and producer Michael Brook, although the album itself is credited purely to Khan. It was rock musician Peter Gabriel who suggested that Brook and Khan work together...

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According to the Star Rise liner notes: the Nitin Sawhney

Nitin Sawhney

Nitin Sawhney is an Indian-British musician, producer and composer. His critically acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality...

 remix of Tracery, created after Khan's death, is the only track without Khan's feedback.

Track listing