Natacha Atlas - Ayeshteni
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Artist: Natacha AtlasEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2011-11-29
Music Label: Mantra
Soundtracks:
- Shubra
- I Put A Spell On You
- Ashwa
- Ayeshteni
- Soleil D'Egypte
- Ne Me Quitte Pas
- Mish Fidilak
- Rah
- Lelsama
- Fakrenha
- Manbai
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Free Music Review: Arabic Eclectic
Hit: 5 Stars
It's a shame Americans are so famously averse to songs that aren't in English. We're cutting ourselves off from so much worthy culture! This CD is just one example of what we're losing.Only one song on this disc is in English, a tricked-out version of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' classic "I Put a Spell On You." You can hear the blues influence even through the Arabic dance riffs that dominate, showing Atlas' eclectic force. It's tempting to pass this track off as a sly joke, and it is that, too; but as you listen to it you realize Atlas is in deadly earnest. It's an extremely powerful song.
"I Put a Spell On You" is one of the two songs on this CD that Atlas didn't have at least a hand in writing-the other one is "Ne Me Quitte Pas," by French songwriter Jaques Brel. This is also one of the two songs in French; the remaining eight tracks are in Arabic. The rhythms inherent in the different languages open up a palatte of musical possibilities. Where all-English albums can quickly start to sound repetetive, this one never tires out.
Natacha Atlas makes heavy use of non-traditional musical tricks, bringing in European instruments, adding in DJ scratches, and whatever else takes her fancy. The only consistent theme through this album is that the tracks have a danceable beat. Atlas is herself an experienced and skillful dancer; this album demonstrates how that transfers to her music.
This album will never get the American support it deserves. This is a damn shame, since it's a superlative and multi-layered selection of songs that can appeal to a broad audience. Give it what support you can, and share it with anyone who will listen. Get the word out. Maybe we can make this world a little more pleasant to listen to.
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With her fourth solo recording, Ayeshteni, Egyptian songstress Natacha Atlas puts her voice dead center, coming on snake-hipped, seductive, and sophisticated with a feral emotional core. Made in Cairo (with some assistance from her Transglobal Underground mates, whom Atlas has collaborated with since the early '90s), the songs swell shaabi style, incorporating trippy beats, guttural cries, sinuous strings, and a disturbing yet undeniable beauty that brings no one to mind so much as musical kindred spirit Björk. The latter is perhaps most evident on the artist's bewitching scratch-filled take on Screamin' Jay Hawkins's "I Put a Spell on You" and the Jacques Brel classic "Ne Me Quitte Pas," infused here with North African-by-21st-century fervor. Elsewhere, Western listeners need not fear the Arabic language; Atlas's focused delivery and challenging arrangements are more than tastefully tuneful, rather they are so compelling as to transcend language and cultural barriers. This is music of the cells, the body, and the roaming spirit; yet another way to free the mind and have the flesh follow. --Paige La Grone
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