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Phil Thornton & Hossam Ramzy, Immortal Egypt
Audio CD
Disk ID: 507993
Disk length: 1h 6m 38s (10 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1986
Label: Unknown
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1. At the Gates of the Citadel | 5:32 |
2. Cairo Blues | 8:47 |
3. Last Words by the Temple | 7:49 |
4. Morocoo Dance | 6:19 |
5. Derwood Green | 6:07 |
6. El Moulid | 6:46 |
7. Praying for Rain | 7:02 |
8. Emerald Minarets in a Sea of Stars | 5:40 |
9. Sunrise Over Giza | 6:12 |
10. Immortal Egypt | 6:17 |
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Review
This, the third pairing of Brit multi-instrumentalist Thornton and Egyptian percussionist Ramzy, further explores Middle Eastern dance motifs in a contemporary setting. Recording the basic tracks in the U.K., they went to Cairo and invited some of the top local musicians to collaborate. Flute, violin, ney, aud, rebala, and accordion flesh out these extended, ambient grooves in an evocative, textural tapestry aimed as much at the mind as at the feet. Reminiscent of Peter Gabriel's film scoring, Immortal Egypt has, with all its participants, enough cultural pedigree to satisfy World Music fans and sonic construction to please the headphone listener, but is probably too gentle for dance clubs, except for the most subtle sashaying. --Derek RathFollowing the glowing success of Eternal Egypt, a new light of inspiration has guided Thornton and Ramzy to work together again in a startling and innovative format. Thornton describes the the creation of the recording in this way...
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 1h 6m 53s (+0m 15s)
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 1h 6m 56s (+0m 18s)
Tracks: 12 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 18m 26s (+11m 48s)
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