Bellydance Superstars 1
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Free Music Notes for Bellydance Superstars 1
Free Music Review: AWESOME DANCE MUSIC!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This cool album is not just for bellydancers, it's for everyone who likes reallly good dance Middle-Eastern music. I love it!Free Music Review: Bellydance
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a must have for your library. A knowledgeable dancer, even amateur could choreograph a dance to any of these pieces.Free Music Review: Loved it!
Hit: 5 Stars
This cd has various different music on - little bit of everything! It's worth the buyFree Music Review: Great CD, feel-good music!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Can't stop dancing to this CD. All the songs are just wonderful. Love it!Free Music Review: whatever on many of you
Hit: 4 Stars
Let's see.. the title of this album, "bellydance superstars". That's debatable, and of course it depends on the style that you prefer. I have a different list of superstars every year, it always changes, and the superstars on this album definitely are of the American style rather than, well, Egyptian, or Turkish, or whatever, but one thing nobody can take away from them - they're amazing dancers, most, and they have great following in the western world. The music . When I buy a compilation CD, it is because I want to be exposed to different types of music that I haven't heard yet, and this CD definitely delivers. I was already a fan of Hakim (for review's sake - pop Egyptian, the "Lion of Egypt", very danceable and fun - will get the audience dancing in your shows), Amr Diab - another pop artist that's very popular, Warda (sophisticated, lovely music - especially the track chosen - Bitwanees Beek - which is a must for your collection), with Mohammed Abdel Wahab - one of the classics of Arabic music... etc etc.
[ Actually, reading some of the reviews by some self-professed knowitalls "real arab women" who gave this album 0 stars - how could you??! Warda, Abdel Wahab, and Hakim are not pleasing to you?! Then what is? ]
Other songs include :
Sahra Saidi - a high-energy drum solo that sounded very familiar to me, definitely great to show off your isolations.
Ice Queen - I haven't heard this one before, it is interesting, it is an entrance song, extremly high energy, definitely not traditional but it keeps the traditional format of the intro songs (including the break of beledi in the middle and then the taksim). I've used it successfully (I think) in a more theatrical setting where I wanted to grab the audience from the beginning . Like putting on a serious face before letting them in the joke :)
Raks Africa - the opening song, not my favorite for bellydance, but it was interesting, maybe later I'll change my mind.
Chicky - hah. Very funny song. Actual lyrics: "Listen to the chickichika boom boom". It's good to have this one on hand if one day I feel very, VERY silly. Or maybe not.
One fault I find with this CD - for my own sake - it is that it's not experimental enough - it didn't have enough songs that I didn't know. If you've been dancing for a while, you already know most of the songs. Should have paid more attention to the list...
cheers,
ioana