Anouar Brahem - Conte de l'Incroyable Amour
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Artist: Anouar BrahemEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2000-04-11
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- Etincelles
- Le Chien Sur Les Genoux de la Devineresse
- L' Oiseau de Bois
- Lumi?re du Silence
- Conte de I'incroyable Amour
- Peshrev Hidjaz Homayoun - Anouar Brahem, Dede, Veli
- Diversion - Anouar Brahem, Erguner, Kudsi
- Nayzak
- Ballements
- En Souvenir d'Iram
- Iram Retrouv?e
- Epilogue
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Free Music Review: Stunning Jazz
Hit: 5 Stars
I have a weakness for traditional Middle Eastern music, spurred by a year spent in Afghanistan. I discovered this CD quite by accident while searching for Arabic pop music this past summer. I was attracted to the bits I heard on the Amazon music player and ordered the CD. The first time I listened to it I was not entirely impressed, so I listened to it again and discovered much of the complexity that I had missed with my first preview.
Too often, jazz is overly complex in both range and the number of instruments. For me, the attraction to this particular music genre is the complexity a good artist can create with only one or two instruments, and this is a complexity that Anouar Brahem brilliantly brings to his recording. I will not compare him to other artists because I do not feel this would do him justice; he is entirely, to my mind, unique. I have always liked traditional North African instruments and his playing is spare, minimal and yet complex. Perhaps the best way to describe it is that it is like letting chocolate melt on your tongue: that first burst of flavor followed by a richer, darker finish.
My personal favorite of the tracks is the title track, Conte de L'incroyable Amour. The rhythm repeats a few times during the course of the song but sounds new each time. The notes flow in a tangled way that leaves one wishing the song lasted much longer. I can only say that, having heard this single CD, I will purchase all other recordings available. Truly a masterful artist with incredible control over the melodies he weaves.
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