| Redouane, Aicha / Maqam D'amour |
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| Album: | Maqam D'amour | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Redouane, Aicha | Added: | 11/2011 | |
| Label: | Le Chant Du Monde | |||
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| Add Date: | 2011-12-04 | Pull Date: | 2012-02-05 |
| Week Ending: | 5 Feb | 29 Jan | 22 Jan | 8 Jan | 1 Jan | 25 Dec | 18 Dec | 11 Dec |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 02, 2012: | Arabology Souffle - Nafas | 4. | Jan 26, 2012: | Arabology Ma Coupe, Mon Vin - Ka'sî Wa-Khamrî | |
| 2. | Jan 31, 2012: | Mediterraneans Souffle - Nafas | 5. | Jan 24, 2012: | Mediterraneans Souffle - Nafas | |
| 3. | Jan 28, 2012: | At the Cafe Bohemian Cheminement - Masîr | 6. | Jan 19, 2012: | Arabology Souffle - Nafas |
| Album Review |
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| Abu Ramses Reviewed 2011-11-27 | ||
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Aïcha Redouane, Maqâm d'Amour (Maqâm of Love); Le Chant du Monde (2011) ALL TRACKS FCC CLEAN Reviewed by Abu Ramses Born in a mid-Atlas Berber village, Aït Attab (Morocco), Aïcha Redouane has lived in France since early childhood. She studied architecture but became passionate about neo-classical Arab music. She also sang Berber & jazz-blues. Habib Yammine, a Lebanese musicologist Aïcha met in the late 1980s, inspired her to specialize in Arab music as a vocalist and qanun (zither) player. In 1991 they established al-Adwar, a traditional ensemble. Instrumentation on this CD is qanun, nay, violin & percussion. Album lyrics are mainly poems attributed to the female Sufi saint, Rabi‘a al-‘Adawiyya, of 8th century Basra (Iraq) who said: "O God! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell. If I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship You for Your Own sake, grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty.” For a variety of styles try 1, 2, 7, 11 Tracks 1. Cheminement (Masîr) – Mid-tempo percussion solo -5:04 2. Salut à Salmâ (Salâmun alâ Salmâ) – Long percussion & nay intro; stately vocal @ 1:20; Lyrics by 12-13th century Andalusian Sufi, Ibn ‘Arabi - 8:18 3. Souffle (Nafas) - Upbeat instrumental with the entire ensemble - 1:43 4. Ma Coupe, Mon Vin (Ka'sî wa-Khamrî) – Long ensemble instrumental intro then stately vocal - 5:39 5. Commensaux (Nudmân) - Nay solo intro backed by violin riff; qanun joins in @ 2:35; ends with violin solo - 6:04 6. Ô Aimé De Mon Coeur (Yâ Habîb al-qalb) – slow, soaring vocal, nay & qanun backup - 6:34 7. De Deux Amours Je t'aime (Uhibbuka Hubbayn) – mid-tempo; the instrumental ensemble alternates with slow improv vocal - 8:41 8. Faible Est Ma Provision (Wa-Zâdî Qalîlun) – haunting nay & qanun backup slow, plaintive solo vocal - 7:28 9. Mon Repos (Râhatî) – Mid-tempo instrumental intro by the ensemble walks right into the high-pitched vocal - 8:36 10. Oh, Aie Pitié (Wârahmatâ) – Mid-tempo instrumental ensemble intro before vocal; 3:35 11. Ô Ma Joie (Yâ Surûrî ) – Mid-tempo ensemble singing before slower solo-9:57 | ||
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