Flying Carpet

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Płyta CD to klasyczny i niezawodny sposób na słuchanie ulubionych utworów w wysokiej jakości dźwięku. Produkt oferuje trwały, fizyczny nośnik, który doskonale sprawdzi się zarówno w domowych odtwarzaczach, jak i w zestawach samochodowych. To idealny wybór dla osób ceniących kolekcjonerskie wydania, estetyczne opakowania oraz możliwość obcowania z muzyką w tradycyjnej formie. Świetnie nadaje się jako element muzycznej biblioteki lub prezent dla każdego miłośnika dźwięków. Review: This album should be a soundtrack to a romantic contemporary movie set somewhere in the Middle East. Its jazz, traditional instrumentation, and cinematographic qualities would fit into scenes of a hotel room, a nightclub, a Sufi shrine, an Arabic garden, and city vistas and streets. Two groups of musicians are combined for this project: one from Germany [Quadro Nuevo], an acoustic jazz quartet that favors tangos and includes harp and accordion, and the other from Egypt [Cairo Steps], which comprises German and Egyptian musicians including founders oud player Basem Darwisch and pianist Matthias Frey, who perform jazz and Middle Eastern grooves. Combined, they comprise 18 instrumentalists playing violins, cello, kanun zither, oud, ney flute, piano, bass guitar, double bass, percussion, saxophones, harp, and accordion. The two bonus, live tracks, bring in two Sufi singers and Western and kawala Arabic flutes. Thus, the large ensemble produces a lush, full Middle Eastern orchestral sound. The album begins with Shams, not referring to Shams of Tabriz, the Sufi teacher of Rumi, but the Arabic word for the Sun with its divine qualities as Aton and its cultural importance. The title piece, featuring solos in turn by harp, ney, qanun, saxophone, piano, and oud, gives an overview (flying carpet or perhaps an arriving airplane). Next is Symphony for the Sheik, a traveling jazz piece with swinging oud and saxophone. Nilade is a reflective, saxophone-led melody on the banks of the Nile. Dance du Nil is a swaying, stately, spinning song of smiles. Ikarus' Dream is atmospheric with a sense of floating. 1930s Orientalism [think Agatha Christie and Poirot] is exhibited in Café Cairo in 3/4 waltz time. Gardens of Damanhur is indeed a contemplative respite. The track Tiepolo [the 18th-century mythology and religious painter] seems an odd inclusion, and Sanibar [Zanzibar] is a fantasy of the trading island for African, Indian, and Arabian goods. Live track Arabiskan features Sufi Ali El Helbawi, and Erik Satie's Gnossienne No.1 is adapted to an Egyptian Sufi rendition by Sheikh Rehab Younis. 74 minutes of armchair travels. Review: Und genauso gute Produktion. Eine ungewöhliche Musik von Quadro Nuevo, die ich bisher nicht kannte. Vielleicht liegt es an den orientalischen Einflüssen. Von mir eine dicke Empfehlung!