. JL 9@ .. @@ :@@. .u. . @@ . u. .9@@ :@@R@ @@@@@: d@@ @@@@@ @@@ :@@ . @@@@@! d@@@R J@@ J@ @@@ @@ @@ .@" j@@ @@ @@ @L @@@ @@ @@ 9@ @@"9@> @@" @@ @@ @@ @@@@@: @@ @E t@ @@@ @F d@@ @@ @@ 3@ @@ @@ @@R '@@@@@@" @@ '@E @E @@ @@ @@ @@@. @E @@ '@@@@ "@@@" J@I '@@@@" @ "@ @" @ "@@" " `@ '' @@ ' ' @' ________ openmind who: Various what: The Music of Islam when: 12-02-1997 at: Celestial Harmonies sounds like: Ethnic and on: 10-17-2002 was ripped by: doooo resulting in: 15tracks which makes: 107MB using lame at: 192k and some more: Inimitable world music producer Eckart Rahn again brings │ listeners a collection of recordings that is as moving as it │ is obscure as it is technically perfect. This sampler │ selects from a 15-volume set documenting the state of │ Islamic music from Turkey south to Yemen and Morocco east to │ Indonesia. Detailed documentation discusses Islamic music │ cursorily and technically. Instrumentation, the role of │ religion in the music, and Islam and its history are also │ covered. Unfortunately, there is not much track-by-track │ text other than the source of each cut. The sampler begins │ very strongly, with an unaccompanied feat of vocal │ acrobatics in a Koran recitation recorded in Istanbul, │ followed by a rich arrangement of Iranian strings and │ percussion. From Marrakesh, Morocco, comes a sonorous │ example of deep-pitched drums backing group song. After this │ example of Gnawa music is an Egyptian flute, string, and │ percussion melody that clearly brings pyramids and oases to │ mind. Returning to Istanbul, listeners hear a surprisingly │ sedate male chorus backed by flute and tambourines from │ Music of Islam, Vol. 9: Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling │ Dervishes. (Perhaps even dervishes need to relax.) Coming │ from Yemen is a very intricate and hypnotic melody from a │ plucked string instrument. The compilers chose to represent │ Pakistan with a near seven-minute raga. A clear, bright, │ Oriental female voice defines an Indonesian ensemble. Having │ heard from lower Egypt, listeners make a visit to upper │ Egypt where the leader of a Nubian troupe initiates each │ verse answered by the chorus, all to a lively drum beat. │ More exotic, moving, and densely structured music is heard │ from Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, and Morocco. │ track list: │ 01 Hafiz Kani Karaca - Baqara Surah II, 1-5 │ 02 Sadjadifard Djamshidi Sahihi - Farhang ' E A ' Vam │ 03 VA - Youbati │ 04 VA - Bent El Balad │ 05 Galata Mevlevi Music & Sema Ensemble - Ka ' Benin Yollari │ 06 Saleh Abdul Baqi - Ya Rabbat El-Hussen │ 07 VA - Raga Bairagi Bhairva │ 08 Pho Cut Nyak Dhin Ensemble - Ratep Meusuekat │ 09 Aswan Troupe For Folkloric Arts - Al-Kartch │ 10 lelo & hasan - Qum Na Dimi │ 11 VA - Baad El Asaha │ 12 VA - Eshbehayn │ 13 Galata Mevlevε Music & Sema Ensemble - Tekbir │ 14 Lotfi Jormana Group - Mawal I │ 15 Aissaoua Sufi Musicians - Scene Inauguration ______________________________ ______________________________ openmind - a sacred experience #open@efnet