The Rough Guide to Bellydance
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2002-05-07
Music Label: World Music Network
Soundtracks:
- Tahia's Dance - Ihsan Al Munzer, , Jalilah
- Marhaba - Reda Darwish
- Dimashq
- Aament Bellah - Mahmoud Fadl
- Enta Omri - Jalilah, Mokhtar Al Said
- Ala Jsrel Low Ziyyi - Setrak Sarkissian
- Adawar
- Laz - Omar Faruk Tekbilek
- Kirkpinar ?iftetellisi
- Rakiya's Tabla - Jalilah, Mokhtar Al Said
- Ana Wehabibi - Mahmoud Fadl
- Arruga la Camisa - Armando El Mafufo
- Aini Bet Ref
- Happy Sheik - Rabih Abou-Khalil
- Raqset el Banat - Reda Darwish
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Free Music Review: Raks Sharki Dance Party!
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For those of you looking for a good bellydance compilation CD, this is a great place to start. All the music on this CD is instrumental, drawing on traditional Middle Eastern instruments and musical sensibilities, and theres a very good mix of stuff here. Omar Faruk Tekbilek provides a wonderful Turkish/Caucasian/Gypsy dance song, Reda Darwish contributes a fiery drum solo, Mohamed Matar shows some virtuoso bouzuk playing, and Jalilah contributes several songs from the "Jalilah's Raks Sharki" series. Everything from Turkish Gypsy music (Kemani Cemal Cinarli) to Lebanese jazz (Rabih Abou-Khalil). But perhaps the highlight of the CD is a 12 minute dance piece by Egypt's Mahmoud Fadl. Other highlights include Ahmed Mneimneh on qanoun, classical Arabic orchestral music from Ahmad Fouad Hasan, and a lively contemporary fusion piece from Armando El Mafufo. Drawing on traditional and cabaret music from Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Armenia and beyond, this is a great place to start if you want to get some good bellydance music.
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The Rough Guide To Bellydance is a collection of magical tracks that encapsulate the power of the Middle Eastern dance they accompany. This Rough Guide includes the bellydance music played and composed by both Arabic and Western contemporary musicians from across the Middle East and North Africa as well as the US and Europe. Just tie a scarf around your hips and go for it! Ya allah!The connotations of the title might lead you to consider this the ultimate sellout to sexual exploitation, but hang on a minute--The Rough Guide to Bellydance reflects evocation rather than provocation, and covers a vast and ancient musical terrain. The Western words belly dance probably come from an Arabic word meaning country. What French colonials called la danse du ventre and Americans first called abdomen dance is a serious and even medicinal art form that goes way back in time. We all know that dance is a healing art, and this Middle Eastern female form of it is now once more being seen as such in the West. Every small town in Germany, for instance, has a studio devoted to it. What we get on this fascinating CD is a conspectus of styles linking Turkey and Armenia to Chicago and California, where some of the best belly dance musicians now practice. Tabla players Reda Darwish and Armando el Mafufo are two of these. Oud virtuoso Rabih Abou-Khalil, who here contributes a rousing number entitled "The Happy Sheik," with trombones and Miles-style trumpets, operates from Germany. Each track brings its own particular atmosphere, ranging from a Damascene nocturnal orgy to the coolest of dalliances by fountains. The most outstanding tracks are both by Nubian drummer Mahmoud Fadl: the first builds a serene edifice of filigree solos on drums and accordion, while the second gives us a tango transfigured by the spirit of the Orient. --Michael Church
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