Afro Celt Sound System: Iarla O'Lionaird (vocals); Simon Emmerson (guitars, bouzouki, cittern, mandolin); James McNally (whistle, piano, keyboard, keyboards, drum, bodhran, programming); Martin Russell (keyboards, programming).
Additional personnel: Sevara Nazarkhan, Dorothee Munyaneza (vocals); Nigel Eaton (hurdy-gurdy); N'Faly Kouyate (kora); Eileen Ivers (fiddle); Emer Mayock (Uilleann pipe); Mass (keyboards, bass guitar, drum, programming); Francis Hylton (bass guitar); Johnny Kalsi, Ian Markin (drums); Moussa Sissokho (drum); Hossam Ramzy, Richard Marcangelo (percussion); Ron Aslan (programming).
The Irish/African/international collective Afro Celt System's fifth platter is a bit more reserved than some of their previous sets, but no less compelling. While in the past they've combined traditional music of Celtic and African sources with contemporary dancefloor mixology, ANATOMIC may be considered their "ambient" or "chill-out" album. Featuring guest singer Dorothee Munyaneza (from the HOTEL RWANDA soundtrack), ANATOMIC fuses cyclical, sighing Irish melodies, pensive West African folk music, dance beats, echoes of Indian music, and more, creating their own abundant-as-a-rainforest, compassionately captivating sound-world.