| Abozekry, Mohamed And Heejaz / [Chaos] |
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| Album: | [Chaos] | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Abozekry, Mohamed And Heejaz | Added: | 11/2013 | |
| Label: | Neonovo | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-12-05 | Pull Date: | 2014-02-14 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 16 Feb | 2 Feb | 26 Jan | 19 Jan | 12 Jan | 5 Jan | 29 Dec | 22 Dec |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 13, 2014: | Arabology Set El Kol (The Best Of All Women) | 4. | Jan 25, 2014: | BravoMarco Variety Show Set El Kol (The Best Of All Women) | |
| 2. | Jan 30, 2014: | Arabology Chaos | 5. | Jan 18, 2014: | BravoMarco Variety Show Sur La Route | |
| 3. | Jan 25, 2014: | Music Casserole Un Moment De Solitude | 6. | Jan 16, 2014: | The Sunset Life Sur La Route |
| Album Review |
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| Abu Ramses Reviewed 2013-11-28 | ||
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Mohamed Abozekry & HeeJaz [CHAOS] (Neonovo, 2013) Reviewed by Abu Ramses All tracks FCC safe Virtuoso oudist Mohamed Abozekry leads this young (average age 26) Franco-Egyptian ensemble formed in 2010. Abozekry studied with Naseer Shamma at the Oriental Oud House in Cairo & received 1st prize for under-18s at the 2009 international Oud competition in Damascus. A fusion of Arab/flamenco/Roma/free jazz/blues/rock with rapidly shifting rhythms, styles, & harmonies composed by Abozekry & arranged by guitarist Guillaume Hogan. Other members: Anne Laure Bourget (percussion); Hugo Reydet (double bass). Album title refers to the 2011 upheavals in the Arab world. Download the free bonus track “25 janvier” - honoring the Egyptian uprising - from http://www.abozekryheejaz.com/ TRY: 1, 2, 3, 6 Tracks 1. Sirocco - “Baladi” beat & oud improvisation in the middle of wild stuff - 9:16 2.Un moment de solitude - Mid-tempo oud solo; then rapid shift to presto & back. Typical of the group’s style - 12:03 3. Safari - homage to composer John Barry; instruments alternate solos in jazz style while shifting rhythms - 9:40 4. Set El Kol (The best of all women) - Big percussion & oud; shifts to mysterious – 6:49 5. Chaos – slow oud opens out to the entire ensemble becoming progressively more manic - 13:54 6. Sur la route – Flamenco elements; amazingly fast oud -6:04 7. Couleurs – mid-tempo alternates with race horse speed - 9:31 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Sirocco | 4. | Set El Kol (The Best Of All Women) | |||
| 2. | Un Moment De Solitude | 5. | Chaos | |||
| 3. | Safari | 6. | Sur La Route | |||
| 7. | Couleurs | |||||