Rough Guide to Bellydance Cafe
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2007-05-08
Music Label: World Music Network
Soundtracks:
- JALAL JOUBI ENSEMBLE - Marmar Zamani (Syria)
- NAZARETH ORCHESTRA FEATURING LUBNA SALAME - Al-Atlal (Israel)
- ENSEMBLE H�SEYIN T�RKMENLER - Söleyin Yildizlar Sevegilim Nerde (Turkey)
- MOHAMMED ALI ENSEMBLE - Enta Omri (Egypt)
- SAMI ALI - Ashshimtini (Egypt)
- MOKHTAR AL SAID - Tabla Solo (Egypt)
- SELIM SESLER - Gözyasi (Turkey)
- GLYKERIA - Min Perimenis Pia (Greece)
- SALATIN EL TARAB ORCHESTRA - Helm (Intro Taksim) (Syria)
- SALATIN EL TARAB ORCHESTRA - Tahtihou Dajha (Syria)
- SALATIN EL TARAB ORCHESTRA - Awazil Yabou Ziloof (Syria)
- MAYODI - Habibi Ya Eini (Morocco)
- UPPER EGYPT ENSEMBLE - Mazamir Holiday (Egypt)
- SAMI NOSSAIR ORCHESTRA - Mawwal Al Hawa (Egypt)
- SAMI NOSSAIR ORCHESTRA - Ala Nar (Egypt)
- GIASEMI (YASMIN) & NIKOS SARAGOUDAS - Tsahpinoula Moy (Greece)
- MOKHTAR AL SAID & EL FERKA EL MASAYA - Souhair's Tabla (Egypt)
- MOHAMED ISKANDAR - La Tsalouni (Lebanon)
Free Music Notes for Rough Guide to Bellydance Cafe
Free Music Review: Middle Eastern dance music
Hit: 5 Stars
This album has to deserve five stars, if only because of the ground it covers. There's music from Turkey and Egypt of course, the usual places when one thinks of bellydance, but this album also highlights music from the middle east, like Syria, Lebanon and Israel, that we rarely get to hear too often, and there are even side-trips to Morocco and Greece as well. All in all, this is a very varied collection. More catchy, modernized songs are paired with the very traditional, so you get a mix of both, including Arabic classical singing, traditional instrumentals, fiery oud playing and percussion solos, Greek rebetika, Lebanese pop and gypsy music (and more). Some highlights include the Egyptian Ashshimtini, Glykeria's Min Perimenis Pia, the classic song Habibi Ya Eini, (apparently by Amr Diab) performed here by Morocco's Mayodi, and the awesome, multi-layered closing song, La Tsalouni, by Lebanese icon Mohamed Iskander. Forget about the silly title (what does 'Bellydance Cafe' even mean, anyway?), and you have a great collection of middle eastern music. I don't know if its a good 'cafe' selection (it probably is) or if it's good to dance to, but it is great to listen to.
Rough Guide to Bellydance Cafe Poster
Late night get-togethers at an outdoor café, hookah pipes, chatter and the strong smell of coffee, are all part of the distinct flavour of Middle Eastern street life. As is the shimmying, hip-shaking music phenomenon best-known as `bellydance'. From Selim Sesler and the Salatin El Tarab Orchestra to Mokhtar Al Said and Sami Ali, The Rough Guide to Bellydance Café provides a comprehensive insight into the seductive sounds of the Orient.Artists include- Jalal Joubi Ensemble, Nazareth Orchestra Feat. Lubna Salame, Ensemble Hüseyin Türkmenler, Mohammed Ali Ensemble, Sami Ali, Mokhtar Al Said, Selim Sesler, Glykeria, Salatin El Tarab Orchestra, Mayodi, Upper Egypt Ensemble, Sami Nossair Orchestra, Giasemi (Yasmin) & Nikos Saragoudas, Mohamed Iskander
This collection could be described as "bellydance with twist" as every track is energetic, catchy and lusty but also chilled-out and mysterious. While the rhythm sections certainly let it all hang out, there?s just a bit held back, whether in the vocals, strings or woodwinds, not unlike the way a female raks sharki (the traditional name for the genre) dancer will flaunt undulating hips and six-pack abs while veiling her face or upper body. Historically, while no family celebration or evening in a café was complete without them, women who plied this trade faced varying degrees of social ostracism. This was partly because their profession gave them a certain degree of independence, which threatened the status quo of the male-dominated cultures they hailed from. But in modern Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Greece, Lebanon and other countries, these ladies are for the most part recognized as the rigorously trained, exquisitely disciplined artists they have always been. Their relationship with the musicians they work with is one of equals, an uncommonly empathetic, shared act of creation not unlike that of flamenco dancers and their bands. Perhaps this is why, while listening to the tunes, sinuous, gyrating figures continuously appear at the corner of the mind?s eye, fashioning wave-like susurrations around complex syncopations, goading their collaborators to ever more feverish heights. --Christina Roden
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