SARACEN is the first full-length solo recording from Jef Stott who has been on the global music scene for over a decade, helping to found the bands Stellamara and Lumin and producing records by the Tunisian-born MC Rai and the Persian fusion group Somma, among others. He released last year's SOUKSONIK, an EP, on Six Degrees' digital-only Emerging Artists series, but with his convincing blend of Middle Eastern and North African instruments and rhythms with modern dance music, Stott "emerged" fairly quickly. The EP charted heavily on CMJ and Jazziz, and a bussy live touring schedule in Japan, Canada, Los Angeles and Miami helped set the stage, finally, for his solo debut.