| Spy From Cairo, The / Arabadub |
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| Album: | Arabadub | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Spy From Cairo, The | Added: | Jun 2012 | |
| Label: | Wonderwheel Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-06-09 | Pull Date: | 2012-08-12 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Aug 5 | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 | Jun 24 | Jun 17 | Jun 10 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 02, 2013: | New World Disorder Zebda | 4. | Jul 29, 2012: | New World Disorder Sons Of Hannibal | |
| 2. | Jan 19, 2013: | New World Disorder Road To Ryhad | 5. | Jul 21, 2012: | Bouge Mood Marseilles Noir | |
| 3. | Jul 30, 2012: | Happy Hour Taksim Square | 6. | Jul 18, 2012: | Summer Session Alladin Dub |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2012-06-05 | ||
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The Spy From Cairo – Arabadub Reviewed by Sadie O., 6/5/12 Mashup lovers and genre benders rejoice! Perfect fusion of Arabesque and Dub Reggae. The Spy is also known as Zeb, works with Nickodemus, and plays all the traditional Arab instruments. Seriously beautiful stuff. Pretty much all instrumentals – there are some vocals, but in most cases they are wordless and part of the instrumentation, really. 1. 4:16 ***sprightly midtempo bouncy skank. Oud in a profoundly minor key. 2. 6:04 ***beautiful solo stringed instrument intro, midtempo bubble. LONG fade. 3. 4:09 ***bouncy, somewhat uptempo bubble, lots of strings. 4. 4:56 ***rolling, almost cinematic feel, lots of hand drum, deep dub electronics. 5. 4:43 ***nice rocking midtempo skank, vocal wailing chant in second half. 6. 4:49 ***slightly downtempo “belly dance” groove, with dub skank so perfectly fitted in you might not even realize it’s there. Vocal wails. 7. 5:44 ***slow strings intro, then midtempo bubble, pretty oud. Vocals with actual (Arabic) words, but dubbed all to mess. 8. 5:13 ***bit of “dulcimer” intro, then slow, slinky groove, with almost a Dubstep sound to the bass drum. Sweet! Bit of Arabic spoken word. 9. 5:02 ***midtempo, lots of hand drum, very wiggle-able. 10. 5:34 ***hand drum intro, traditional sounding except for occasional squeebly electronics. Pretty Reggae riddim starts about a minute into song. Teeny hints of Dubstep. 11. 5:23 ****traditional “dulcimer” intro, downtempo Dancehall groove – very nice combination of sounds. I think this my favorite track. 12. 5:06 ***hand drum intro, relaxed groove, swingy midtempo bubble, melodic interplay between instruments. 13. 2:00 ***swirling electronic tones and seriously lovely oud. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Alladin Dub | 7. | Thicker Than Hookah Smoke | |||
| 2. | Taksim Square | 8. | Egyptian Pulse | |||
| 3. | Marseilles Noir | 9. | Prince Ahmed | |||
| 4. | Desert Tears | 10. | Road To Ryhad | |||
| 5. | Sons Of Hannibal | 11. | Zebda | |||
| 6. | Haboob | 12. | Latif | |||
| 13. | Oud Outro | |||||