"wuddles" <not@used.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:R3oi9.6387$Qk5.359489@news010.worldonline.dk...
> Ja, "Aicha" og "Eyes Never Dry" rykker, resten
> Hvor får man fat i det Aicha remix henne? og er det noget der rykker?
Hej
jeg kan ikke lige huske det, men jeg tror nok det ligger på dette album
KHALED/FAUDEL/RACHID TAHA--1 2 3 SOLEILS--2-CD--299,95EEC
og på denne
V/A--ARABIC GROOVE--CD--159,95
(denne her har jeg lige bestilt hjem til butikken, syntes den så spændende
ud)
Her er hvad der står om den:
"If you want to know what's rocking the kasbah these days, Putumayo's new
ARABIC GROOVE is where to start. From Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and other Arab
countries we hear the dancefloor grooves and detect the influence of Western
pop, notably funk, hip-hop and electronica. This of course makes sense from
their point-of-view as the arab artists now get played alongside Westerners
and Rai has been widely accepted outside the arab world. In 1996 Khaled had
a number one hit in France with "Aisha" and since then groups like Alabina
and Natacha Atlas have further popularized Arabic music. In the club scene
there's Tranceglobal Underground and wry dj Cheb i Sabbah who has reached
back to India for inspiration on his fine outings.
This album kicks off with a new single by Abdel ali Slimani, noted frontman
for Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart. There's no space between cuts so you
really get the sense of a programmed sequence for the dancefloor. Dania from
Lebanon pops in with a Tranceglobal Underground remix. Hisham Abbas from
Egypt presents the first surprise with his "Intil Waheeda" which has a riff
that sounds like bluegrass banjo (it's a buzok-- an Arab version of the
Greek bouzouki). It's damn catchy and I expect a few folks will be
squaredancing to it. There's an interesting little cross-fade to Hamid El
Shaeri's "Hely Meli" that reminded me of Michael Jackson. It has a rocking
beat and bubble-gummy chorus. Zither and oud add tasty licks.
One of the highspots of the album, predictably, is Natacha Atlas whose
ethereal voice floats over a funky bed crafted by Tranceglobal Underground.
Bhangra elements from India join the pumped-up bass and Egyptian percussion
for a technopop treat. Khaled is next and we hear how far he's come from the
early days of quarter-tone accordion and drum-machine. To close things out,
that Kool & the Gang song so admirably vamped up by Orchestre Virunga when I
heard them in Nairobi -- "Let's go dancing" -- is sampled and used as the
basis of a rap track "L'histoire" by Cheb Tarik, a delightful closer to this
latest Putumayo night out."
mvh
brian