NumberNineDream

Great comp, as I expected. My favourite by far.
My comments:

Indus - Dead Can Dance
Well, as I'm familiar with Dead Can Dead, I wasn't much surprised that I found this track to my liking. Plus, I do have the album, which I do love.

The richest man in Babylon - Thievery Corporation
Really liked it, even though it doesn't have a thing to do with the theme.

Both Secret Chiefs 3 tracks
I really liked them. The Middle Eastern music is flagrant in both. Though in the first it seemed like they took all Middle Eastern percussion styles, and put them all together. The second one had something new added to the whole folkloric music. I liked what they did with it.

Le temps dégagé - Bel Canto
It was nice, but nothing I haven't heard before. It was kind of similar to the music of Natasha Atlas, specially her take of "Mon amie la rose", which now thinking about it, I should've sent in. Another song that's in this style, would be Tina Arina's "Je m'appelle Bagdad".
I can't say I didn't like it, I've always been fond of this kind of music. Would love to find out more of Bel Canto's material.

The Victor - **** Dale
I loved how subtle the whole middle eastern vibe is all along. Very different from the Secret chiefs 3's way of plunging in this style of music. With **** Dale, the guitars were playing the drum's parts, the percussions doing what the strings would've been doing, etc ... Very much refreshing.

Papa New Guinea - The Future Sound of London
As I said in the previous 1001 Nights thread, I think that's Bulldog's.

Mysticum Arabicola - Ozric Tentacles
Loved it. Nothing surprising, as I adore the Ozric Tentacles, and being very much Middle Eastern driven, was always a characteristic I found in their music. I shall now purchase Erpland it seems.

Dadra - Ravi Shankar
Well it is Ravi Shankar, I don't think I can add anything to describe how great he is.

Al Urdun - Guy Manoukian
Kind of rejuvenating. Loved the whole mix of everything, that changes every once in a while so you won't get bored with any of the melodies played. But I really think the cheesy beat at the beginning should've been removed.

Guvinda - Kula Shaker
Another band I find to my liking. As I don't have that specific album, I think I should purchase that one too. However, I don't think that song has much to do in that comp, even though I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Eco'ya donder Beni - Selda Bagcan
That one has to be +81's as he did send me this album in one of the weekly trades. I wonder why I gave him such a hard time about it then. I must've been pissed off when I wrote that review.
Anywho, I really liked it. Though I much prefer Dam Üstüne Çul Serer from that album, this one is pretty good too. It's a shame though, having this song end with a fade. True bummer.

Mouth on Fire - Yoko Kanno
Very similar to the pop scene we had in the 90s, when all the local artists were obsessed with the Latino twist on the Oriental music. Very refreshing.

Jerusalem - Mirah
Just another pop song, I felt. Nothing exotic in this one, other than the title being literally "Jerusalem". Much of a bummer, having the music not go well with the title, or theme of the song.

Révélations mineurs - Mouzanar
What I like best in this one, is the arrangement. With the shy Anoun that just pops up from time to time, and the Darbuka that starts strongly at the beginning, and fades to the background for the rest of the song, and just having the violas play all through the song. Very soothing tune, that's not very stretched in length which also plays to its benefits.

Taqasim For Omar - Sir Richard Bishop
Well there's nothing new with taqasims, which is the Arabic word for scale. However, I always enjoy listening to it. It's kind of an art based on improvisation, going from a scale to another, trying to find the exit. I guess what's different in that one, is just the instrument, being a guitar, and not the classic Oud.

Concierto De Aranjuez - Miles Davis
Well it's a "spanish" take, on one of the most popular classical pieces. I don't know what it's doing here lol. But I do love it, and here's the Arabic adaptation of it:



Miskeen - Althawra
Well it's a song talking about the Palestinian misery. Well the crying Nay at the beginning, accompanying the cries of the Palestinian child was pretty good, but then we're back to the growling, something I hear in all the underground Arabic bands. And sadly always the same rhythm and the same style. Usually they break it with some keyboard playing a very middle eastern melody, backing the oriental rhythms of the drums.
This one was like the standard of all Arabic hardcore metal compositions. Like it should start like this, then some growling, some drums playing what usually the darbuka does, then we'll get with the electric strings with something smoother.

I would've added to the comp this thing, if I was searching for a song to fill the spot for an oriental metal track:
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So I can't find the track anywhere, now that "Void" has disbanded. Here's a sample uploaded on youtube by one of this band's biggest groupies (He's kind of screwing everything up, and pretty badly... so don't expect to listen to much, I'm just giving an idea) :




So this is it for now.

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