Arabica II: Voyages Into North African Sound - various artists compilation

 

1 Jah Wobble– Hayati 5:41

2 Al-Pha-X– Mad Keys 4:38

3 Us Conductors– Under Palms (Bar De Lune Original Mix) 5:15

4 Radar– Arabiant Featuring Christophe Goze 3:35

5 Malik*– Deep Throat 6:48

6 Hamid Baroudi– Trance Dance (DJ Krush Mix) 4:12

7 Natacha Atlas– Amulet (Aywah Remix) Remix – TJ Rehmi 5:21

8 Momo – Digital Garab - Ministry Of Bullshit (The Steve Hillage Remix) 7:13

9 Oojami– Fantasy 5:03

10 Rachid Taha– Barra Barra Producer – Steve Hillage 5:18

11 Digital Bled– Fonkarabic (Digital Bled Remix) Remix – DJ Pedro, DJ Soy 6:46

12 Enrico Macias– La Folle Esperance (Concorde Music Club Remix) 4:15

13 Zohar*– Sketches Of Egypt 5:24

14 Youcef*– Salam 4:09

Arabica II: Voyages Into North African Sound

The Rough Guide To Bellydance Café

 

1 Jalal Joubi & Ensemble– Marmar Zamani 3:01

2 The Nazareth Orchestra Featuring Lubna Salame– Al-Atlal 5:03

3 Ensemble Hüseyin Türkmenler– Söleyin Yildizlar Sevglim Nerde 3:34

4 Mohammed Ali Ensemble– Enta Omri 6:43

5 Sami Ali*– Ashshimtini 3:18

6 Mokhtar Al Said*– Tabla Solo 2:45

7 Selim Sesler– Gözyasi 5:41

8 Glykeria*– Min Perimenis Pia 2:55

9 Salatin El Tarab Orchestra*– Helm (Intro Taksim) 1:22

10 Salatin El Tarab Orchestra*– Tahtihou Dajha 1:56

11 Salatin El Tarab Orchestra*– Awazil Yabou Ziloof 1:37

12 Mayodi– Habibi Ya Eini 6:17

13 Upper Egypt Ensemble*– Mazamir Holiday 5:23

14 Sami Nossair Orchestra– Mawwal Al Hawa 2:27

15 Sami Nossair Orchestra– Ala Nar 3:35

16 Giasemi Yasmin & Nikos Saragoudas*– Tsahpinoula Moy 4:54

17 Mokhtar Al Said* & El Ferka El Masaya*– Souhair's Tabla 2:27

18 Mohamed Iskandar*– La Tsalouni 3:48

The Rough Guide To Bellydance Café

El Tanbura – Between The Desert And The Sea - traditional Egyptian music

 

El Tanbura is an Egyptian band, formed in the 1980's by Zakaria Ibrahim, the organizer. Its performances are based on traditional Egyptian music, featuring the simsimiyya and tanbura instruments.

In 1989, a small nucleus of veteran performers recruited by Zakaria came together to form the fledgling El Tanbura group, augmented by younger singers. In the formative years, El Rayis Imbabi, one of the group members, was responsible for passing key repertoire from Port Said's past to the younger members.

The Simsimiyya is a five-stringed instrument of the lyre family. Originally, the body was made of wood in a bowl/box shape, covered with stretched goat or camel skin. The strings, once various intestinal parts, are now made of wire. The Tanbura is a large six-string lyre. It was often used in private healing ceremonies during the 19th century following the Egyptian conquest of Sudan.

The Tanbura is very similar to the Simsimiyya. However, compared to the Simsimiyya, the strings of the Tanbura are softer and it has the addition of tuning pegs which can expand melodic range and nylon replacing dried animal gut strings, allowing for more refined tuning and intricate performances.

Their second album, Between the Desert and the Sea, was named by Songlines Magazine as one of the all-time Top 50 world music albums.

1 Waziery

2 I Saw The Moon

3 My Heart Was Burnt by Love

4 Sar a Lay

5 Zayy el Nhardah (The Canal Song)

6 Between the Desert and the Sea

7 One Day We Blamed Each Other

8 Dundarawi

9 Shoft Toshy

10 Salah

11 Gamel Weno

Between The Desert And The Sea

Arabica - Voyages Into North African Sound

 

1 Rachid Taha– Ya Rayah

2 Transglobal Underground– Pomegranate

3 Al-Pha-X– First Transmission

4 Pressure Drop– The Calling

5 Radar– Caravane

6 Nickodemus– Desert Dancer (Zeb's Slow Camel Ride Mix)

7 Digital Bled– Cairo Bar

8 Zöhar– Ehad

9 Omar Faruk Tekbilek– Shashkin

10 Cheikha Rimitti– Nouar

11 dZihan & Kamien– Just You & I

12 Djamal Allam*– Tiziri (Mandalay Remix)

13 Khaled– Didi (Didi Funk Club Remix)

14 Christophe Goze– Keep On

Arabica

1 Jah Wobble– Hayati 5:41

2 Al-Pha-X– Mad Keys 4:38

3 Us Conductors– Under Palms (Bar De Lune Original Mix) 5:15

4 Radar– Arabiant 3:35

5 Malik*– Deep Throat 6:48

6 Hamid Baroudi– Trance Dance (DJ Krush Mix) 4:12

7 Natacha Atlas– Amulet (Aywah Remix) 5:21

8 Momo – Digital Garab - Ministry Of Bullshit (The Steve Hillage Remix) 7:13

9 Oojami– Fantasy 5:03

10 Rachid Taha– Barra Barra 5:18

11 Digital Bled– Fonkarabic (Digital Bled Remix) 6:46

12 Enrico Macias– La Folle Esperance (Concorde Music Club Remix) 4:15

13 Zohar*– Sketches Of Egypt 5:24

14 Youcef*– Salam 4:09

Arabica II