Egyptian Rai
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Hossam Ramzy
Egyptian Rai
[ Arc / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 August 2013
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The music spans a wide arc across the Arab world from Lebanon, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to Morocco, bringing familiar styles from the various Arabic nations together into a pan-Arabic synthesis, along with rock and funk bass and jazzy lines from sax, trumpet and the quarter tone accordion.
"… an album of infectious intensity" - J. Woodard, Jazz Times
"… loud, fast, hard-hitting and trippy" - Rolling Stone
This World Music album puts together the best of dance music, using music from as far a field as Morocco and Lebanon, Egypt and Kuwait, Saudi Arabia etc.
"In this album a dream has come true, the uniting of the Arab world. The word RAÏ means "opinion". It is a form of music that expresses the feelings of the youth, especially when society forbids voicing such emotions in "normal" day to day life.
RAÏ came out of Algeria, but nevertheless the concept holds true throughout the Middle East. The idea behind EGYPTIAN RAÏ is to use different types of sounds, rhythms, songs and feel, all from the Arab world.
It is my wish that anyone who listens to this album may get an eagle's eye view over the Arab world. Looking down on it from great heights, one realizes that it is a world in its own right. It is at its best when it communicates with its own peoples as well as with other members of our Earth." - Hossam Ramzy.
Tracks:
1. GANI LASMAR (Ittab, arr. Hossam Ramzy) - 6:30
2. OTHRAK MA-AK OTHRAK (Abdullah Royshid, arr. Hossam Ramzy) - 7:10
3. EL-HAWZI (Hossam Ramzy) - 4:17
4. EL ATABA GAZAZ (Hossam Ramzy) - 6:11
5. WAH WAH (Walid Tawfiq) - 2:59
6. EDDALLA YA ARIS (Hossam Ramzy) - 7:13
7. MAWWAL EL-OSHAA (Hossam Ramzy) - 6:07
8. THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER (Hossam Ramzy) - 3:30
9. THE STAR COLLECTOR (Hossam Ramzy / Michael England) - 3:44
