Atlas, Natacha / Mounqaliba: In A State Of Reversal
| Album: | Mounqaliba: In A State Of Reversal | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Atlas, Natacha | Added: | Nov 2010 | |
| Label: | Six Degrees Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-05-01 | Pull Date: | 2011-07-03 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 3 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 | May 29 | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 05, 2012: | Mediterraneans
Taalet |
4. | Oct 27, 2011: | Hi, Keefak, Ça Va?
La Nuit Est Sur La Ville |
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| 2. | Nov 17, 2011: | Hi, Keefak, Ça Va?
La Nuit Est Sur La Ville |
5. | Oct 06, 2011: | Hi, Keefak, Ça Va?
La Nuit Est Sur La Ville |
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| 3. | Nov 10, 2011: | Hi, Keefak, Ça Va?
La Nuit Est Sur La Ville |
6. | Jun 28, 2011: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Taalet |
Album Review
Kamla Bhatt
Reviewed 2011-03-21
Reviewed 2011-03-21
961-321
Atlas, Natacha
Album consists of short & long tracks in English & Arabic interspersed with monologues that sound very philosophical. Lots of piano interludes in various tracks that sets the mood for the tracks. The Arabic pieces work the best in this album.
Aside: Apparently the songs in this album were influenced by the works of the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Try 2, 6, 10, 16
1. Slow intro.
2. Languid & dreamy.
3. A philosophic sounding commentary in English.
4. Short. Piano interlude.
5. Piano sets the mood. Slow. Moody. (Arabic)
6. Lilting Arabic melody sung in English.
7. Percussion is what sets the mood in this Arabic piece.
Slow, mesmerizing.
8. Moody piano intermixed with vocals.
9. Slow, soft crooning. Almost like a lullaby.
10. Starts with a short monologue & then turns
into a slow monotonous sounding piece.
11. Slow, infectious percussion with languid
singing in Arabic
12. Sounds like an old-fashioned Arabic song
with that old fashioned French overtone. Slow.
13. Another spoken interlude.
14. Slow. A bit on the heavy side. Moody.
15. English monologue. Then it sounds like a
Muezzin’s call for evening prayer.
16. Lilting. Great sounding.
17. Short piece that tried to capture the mood of a
bazaar or a street corner.
18. Slow. Lingering.
Kamla March 21, 2011
Atlas, Natacha
Album consists of short & long tracks in English & Arabic interspersed with monologues that sound very philosophical. Lots of piano interludes in various tracks that sets the mood for the tracks. The Arabic pieces work the best in this album.
Aside: Apparently the songs in this album were influenced by the works of the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Try 2, 6, 10, 16
1. Slow intro.
2. Languid & dreamy.
3. A philosophic sounding commentary in English.
4. Short. Piano interlude.
5. Piano sets the mood. Slow. Moody. (Arabic)
6. Lilting Arabic melody sung in English.
7. Percussion is what sets the mood in this Arabic piece.
Slow, mesmerizing.
8. Moody piano intermixed with vocals.
9. Slow, soft crooning. Almost like a lullaby.
10. Starts with a short monologue & then turns
into a slow monotonous sounding piece.
11. Slow, infectious percussion with languid
singing in Arabic
12. Sounds like an old-fashioned Arabic song
with that old fashioned French overtone. Slow.
13. Another spoken interlude.
14. Slow. A bit on the heavy side. Moody.
15. English monologue. Then it sounds like a
Muezzin’s call for evening prayer.
16. Lilting. Great sounding.
17. Short piece that tried to capture the mood of a
bazaar or a street corner.
18. Slow. Lingering.
Kamla March 21, 2011
Track Listing
| 1. | Intro | 10. | Direct Solutions Interlude | |||
| 2. | Makaan | 11. | Lahazat Nashwa | |||
| 3. | Matrah Interlude | 12. | La Nuit Est Sur La Ville | |||
| 4. | Bada Al Fajr | 13. | Fresco's Interlude | |||
| 5. | Muwashah Ozkourini | 14. | Choroub | |||
| 6. | River Man | 15. | Evening Interlude | |||
| 7. | Batkalim | 16. | Taalet | |||
| 8. | Mounqaliba | 17. | Egypt Interlude | |||
| 9. | Le Cor, Le Vent | 18. | Nafourat El Anwar |