Yes - I'm planning to do this. Long bus / train / car rides included. So I need some mixtapes with somehow out-of-this-world tunes with an oriental twist.
― sibsi (sibsi), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)
Perhaps King Crimson's "The Sheltering Sky", or any of the longer selections from Zoviet France's "Shouting at the Ground" (more of a "dis-oriental" twist on the latter).
Muslimgauze?
I'm assuming you've ruled out music from the actual areas you'll be travelling in? I wouldn't -- just imagine listening to Master Musicians of Jajouka, Tartit, Hamza El-Din, etc. in the middle of the desert.
― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)
I have the "Desert Blues" compilations and I'll definetely take them with me ;-)
― sibsi (sibsi), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 23:53 (twenty-two years ago)
Yeah, I would suggest just going for music from this area, unless you're pretty sure that's not something you'd enjoy.
So, you might want to consider:
EGYPT
Oum Kalthoum:
Robaiyat el-Khayam
Baid Anak (For the beginning. The total performance drags on a little too much for me, but the beginning is great, and the music has that desert travel feel that's in a lot of Arabic music.)
Nahj el Borda and Woleda el hoda
Sahran Lewadhi
George Wasssouf (Syrian singer covering an Oum Kalthoum song):
"Yam Saharny" (or "Ya Msharni," etc.)
ALGERIA:
Mohamed Khaznadji:
La Nuba Ghrib (Algerie Anthologie de la Musique Arabo-Andalouse/Vol. 2)
Probably anything else you can find by him will make an okay substitute.
MOROCCO:
Maalem Mahjoub: Les Gnawa De Marrakech (I haven't actually heard this, but I read a very convincing positive review.)
LIBYA:
Various Artists:
From the Libyan Folklore Music
MAURITANIA:
Ooleya Mint Amartichitt:
Praise Songs (Another one that I read a convincing review of, but the clips sound promising. Dimi Mint Aba was great in concert, but I'm not entirely satisfied with her CDs, so not recommending any here.)
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 24 March 2004 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)
(I realize I am missing countries. I am not going to try to handle the ones I know even less than some listed here.)
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 24 March 2004 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)
The Libyan one kind of sounds the same throughout each disc. (Disc one doesn't sound like disc two, but everything on disc one pretty much sounds the same. Etc. So you probably won't want to buy it, and I don't have burning capabilities. So I probably shouldn't have bothered mentioning it, except I wanted an entry for Libya.)
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 24 March 2004 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)
You'll find at least a couple tracks on the twofer of
Cal Tjader --
Several Shades Of Jade/Breeze From The East .
... and what does the "oriental twist" have to do with crossing the Sahara?
― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)
"You'll find at least a couple tracks on the twofer of Cal Tjader -- Several Shades Of Jade/Breeze From The East .
... and what does the "oriental twist" have to do with crossing the Sahara? "
"East" = "oriental", brother.
― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)