▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄ ░ ▄▄███▓▓▀ ▄▄▓██▓▓▀ ░ ▄ ▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▓▀ ░ ▄▄▄▄ ▀█▓▄████▓▀▀ ░▄███▓██▀ ▄▓▄▄▓▄ ░ ▀▄▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▀▓ ▄ ▀ ▄▄▄██▓██▓▓██ ▓█████▓▄▄ ░ ▄████▓▀ ▄█████████▒▓▄ ▓▌ ██▓▓██▓██▄▄▄ ▀ ▀ ▄▄███████▓▓██▓▓▓▌▐▓███▀▀▀ ▀▓█████▓▀ ▄████████████▓▓▄▐▀▐▓▓▓██▓▓███████▄▄ ▀ ▄▓████████▓█████▓▓█ ▓▀ ▄▓▄ ▐▓███▓▄ ▄▓██████▓▓██████▓▓▌ █▓▓█████▓████████▓▄ ▄▓██████████████▀▀█▓█ ▄█▓███▄▒ █▀▀ ▄▄▓██████▓▀▀ ▓█████▓▓█ █▓█▀▀██████████████▓▄ ▐▓████████████▓█▌▒▒▐█▓▌ ▀███▓▄ ▒▒ ▄▓████▀▀ ▒▐█████▓▓▌▐▓█▌▒ ▐█▓████████████▓▌ ▓▓▓██████████▓▓█ ▄▓ ▐▒▌▓█▄▄ ███▓▄ ▒ ▀█▓▓██▄ ▒ ░▄▄ ███▓▓█▀▄▐▒▌ ▒ █▓▓██████████▓▓▓ ▐▓██████████████ ▀██ ░▌███▓▌▐██▓█ ▒▒ ▀█████▄▄███▓▌▐█▓▓█▀ ▐░ ▒▒ ██████████████▓▌ ▀▓██████▓▀▀█▓█▓█ ▐██ ▌███▓ ███▓▌ ▒▒▒ ▀▓█████▓████▐▓█ ▄▄█▓▐ ▒▒ █▓█▓█▀▀▓██████▓▀ ▀▓██▓▀▀ ░ ▐███▓█ ▀▓▀▐██▓▌▒ ███▓█ ▒ ▀▀▀▀▓▓▀▓█▌▒▌████▓▄█ ▒ █▓▓██▌ ░ ▀▀▓██▓▀ ▐▓█▌▒▒ ███▓▓▌ ▒ ███▓▌▒ ███▒▓▌ ▒█▄▄▓▄▄▄▄ ▀▓ ▒▒ ▒▌ ▀███▓▓▌ ▐▓▓███ ▒▒▐█▓▌ █▓▌▒ ▓███▓▓ ░ ███▓ ▒ ▐▓██▓▓▄ ░▐▓██▓▓▓█ ░ ▒ ░ ▐██▓▓█ ▓▓███▓ ▒▐▓█ ▐▒▌ ▐████▓▌ ▐█▓▌ ▒▒ ▓████▓▄ █▓███▓▓▓▄ ░ ███▓▓▌ ▐▓████▌ ▐▒▌ ░▌▒ ▐████▓▓ ▓██▓▄ ▄█▓███▓▓▓▄▐██████▓▓▓▄ ░ ▐██▓█▀ ▓▓████▌ ▒▐░ ▐▓ ▐█▓███▓▌▐▓███▓█▓███████▓▓▌▓████████▓▓▌░▒▄█▓▀▀ ▒ ▐▓█████▌ ▓▌ ▀▓▄ ▄███▓██▓▌ █▓███▓▓█████▓▓▓█ ▀▓██████▓▓▓▓▒▓█▀ ▒▒▒▒ ▓█▓█▓██▓▄ ▄▓▀ ▄▄███████▓▓ ▀▀▀▀▓▀ ▀▀░▀▀▒ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▒ ▀▓▓████▓▌ ▄█▓████████▓▓▀ ▀▀▀▓▀ ▀▓▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▓▀ ▀░▀▀ ▀▓██▓█▓█▓▄ ▄▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ░ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ [ J U S T F U N . P R E S E N T S ] ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ ▀ ░ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: VA ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: Arabia - The Women's Voice ░▓░▐▓ ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Manteca ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: MANTCD031 ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ Genre........: World ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . I N F O ] ▓░ ▓▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▓█▄▐▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓░ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ░ ░ ░ █▓▌▄▄▄ ▄▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Apr 25, 2002 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░ ░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: Mar 11, 2002 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ ripped.by...: Cimarosa ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ quality.....: 192 kbps 44.1 kHz Full Stereo░▓▓▓ ▀▓ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ grabber.....: Exact Audio Copy 0.9 ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ encoder.....: Lame 3.91 ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░ ░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ no.of.tracks: 11 ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ size........: 95,6 MB ░▒░ ░▓░ ░ ▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ playtime....: 69:32 min ░ ▒ █▀ ░▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓ URL.........: www.manteca.co.uk ░ ▀░ ▓▄▄▓▓▓▓▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄ ░ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██░██████▓▓█▀ [ T R A C K . L I S T I N G ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ▀ ░▌ ▓████▓▌ -01- Najwa Karam - Ariftu Albi Lamin [03:59] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -02- Nawal Al Zoughbi - Maloom [05:04] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -03- Dania - Ya Glebey [05:40] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -04- Howayda - Nari [06:01] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -05- Madonna - Habibi Tal Alyea [03:06] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -06- Latifa Wadeh - Kerihtak [04:09] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -07- Julia Boutros - Hejar El Mensiyen [05:44] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -08- Warda - Batwans Beek [14:33] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -09- Nagat - Ana Bashak El Bahr [05:31] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -10- Fairuz - Sakana Al Leyel [09:52] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -11- Oum Kalthoum - Matrawak Dammak [05:53] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ A quite nice compilation of Arabic popular music, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ all styles included, from modern pop and dance ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music through the older classical style. The first ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ part is the better part imho, 'Habibi Tal Alyea' ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ from Madonna is this ripper's favourite track on ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ it. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ From the booklet: ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Can the grain of a voice help build bridges? Let's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ hope. For, at the dawn of the 21st Century, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ misunderstanding between the West and Arabic ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ culture remains high. For centuries Arabian women ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ were seen only as dusky, belly dancing, femme ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ fatales, victims of a gender apartheid, voiceless, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ powerless, hidden behind veils and burqas. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The reality is... well, there is no one fixed ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ reality. Cultural contradictions abound - Islam is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ often considered a religion free of music (beyond ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the call to prayer by the muezzin) yet Arab society ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ considers poetry the highest of all art forms. Thus ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ singers occupy a special place in society. And of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ those singers many of the most acclaimed are women. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ With 'Arabia - The Women's Voice' we offer eleven ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ female singers from the forefront of Middle Eastern ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music making. The voices here range from the epic ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Egyptian wail of Oum Kalthoum to the hi-tech Cairo ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pop of Dania. In Lebanon's Fairuz you have one of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the great singers of loss and abandonment. Her ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ young countrywoman Najwa Karam employs traditional ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ arrangements while upping the beat and singing with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ a sassy confidence worthy of Destiny's Child. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Compiled from the rich catalogue of EMI Arabia, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ tracks range from elemental 1920s recordings to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ contemporary electro Arabic dance groove. While ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ fashions and empires may fade and technology and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ governments can be replaced, the essential ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ qualities of Arabic music remain the same: dense ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ forests of strings, a mastery of many rhythms and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ vocals that may be raw or smooth yet are never less ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ than impassioned. Indeed, no language matches ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Arabic for guttural physicality and certain Arab ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ singers use their throats as instruments of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ distortion and dissonance. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 'Arabia - The Women's Voice' starts with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ contemporary Arabic music and works backwards to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ older voices versed in Saharan lore. Like the rest ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of the world, modern Arabic audiences consume huge ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ amounts of pop and several tracks here suggest ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ girls still just wanna have fun. Following are ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ songs more closely related to Arabic classical ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ tradtion - orchestrated, epic performances that, in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ concert, may go on for an hour or more. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ It is said that Allah and Oum Kalthoum are the only ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ two subjects that unite all Arabs. Certainly Arabic ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music has proved a potent weapon in uniting a once ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ disparate and colonised people. Coming from such a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ distance, like staring the wrong way down a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ telescope, means I can only guess at why Arabic ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music is a social alchemist. Yet any one who loves ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music and chooses to listen to the sounds of Arabia ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ can't help but be enchanted. Exotic? Sure. And ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ unfathomably beautiful. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Arabic music has long been happy to graft elements ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of Western music - from cellos to hip-hop beats - ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ into its whole. And now we are hearing the start of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ a two way traffic: as Western ears open up a cross ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cultural dialogue is beginning. Across the last ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ decade artists as different as Bjork and Sting, The ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Kronos Quartet and Page & Plant have all engaged ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ with the sound of Arabia. Dilettantes? Or the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ beginning of a new musical consciousness?. Only the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ future can truly answer that. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ If the apocalypse launched on September 11 can ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ offer anything affirmative it is that our cultures ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ make a greater effort to understand one another. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Perhaps this CD will stand as a small gesture of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ initial engagement. Salem Alekum! ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Garth Cartwright ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Covers included ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Greetz to: FSP NUHS OM DISS ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Cimarosa ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ PS: If interested in Arabian pop, check this: ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Hamid_Bouchnak-Ya_Samra-MA-2002-JUST ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ [ A B O U T . U S ] ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ Our group consists of many rippers who are music enthu- ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ siasts. Justfun releases different kinds of music ▓▌ ▀▓ like indie rock, trip-hop, world, jazz, chanson, ▓▌ ░ electro and much more ... We will bring you the music ▓▌ ░ we like and share it with the rest of the under- ▄ ▓▌ ░ ground scene. If you have, like us, a passion for ▄▄█▌ ▓▌ ░ music, don't hesitate to contact us ! ▄████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ █████▀▀▀▀ ▓▌ ░ GREETinGs : Nuhs . Hit2000. FMF . Ksi . PNW . CHR ░███ ▓▌ ░ Om . Rh . IGR . Fuffens . Remix . REV ██▌ ▓▌ SB . Kw . LOGOS . iTs ... ▓██ ▓▌ ░ and all ppl who share music with us ! ▄▄▄██▌ ▓▌ ▐▓ ▐░▓▓▓▓▌ ░ ░▌ ▀■░▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▐▓░░░▓▌▄▄█▓█▄▄■▀ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██▓██████▓▓█▀ [ C O N T A C T ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ We're currently looking for : ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ - music enthusiast ppl buying cds on a regular basis. ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ - ppl who can get promos or advanced rls. ▀ ░▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ - Siteop who can provide at least 10mbits and ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ 50gb++ for our archive. ▄ ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ - People with skill and experience ▄▄█▌ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ ... and everyone who wants to help in a ▄████▓▌ ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ pleasant atmosphere our Just family. █████▀▀▀▀ ▓▌ ▀▓ ░███ ▓▌ ░ ██▌ ▓▌ ▌ ▓██ ▌ ▓▌ ░ ▐▓ ▄▄▄██▌ ▐▓ ▓▌ ▐▓ █▓▌ ▐░▓▓▓▓▌ █▓▌ ░▌ ▀■▄▐█▓▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▐▓░░░▓▌▄▐█▓▓ ▄■▀ ░ ███▓▓ ▀▀▀▀▀ ███▓▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ NFO and Layout proudly made in Quebec ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ by z0oy0rk ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ▐███████▓▓▌ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ [ J U S T F U N born in Apr. 2 0 0 0 ] ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▐█▓▀ ░▀█▓▌ ▐█▓▀ ░▀█▓▌ █▀ ▀▓ █▀ ▀▓ ▀░ ░ ░▀ ▀░ z!░▀