Thursday, April 26, 2012

Ragheb Alama - Betfell

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Ragheb Alama - Habib Alby

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Ragheb Alama - Moghram ya Lail

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Ragheb Alama -Ya Rait

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Monday, April 23, 2012

MC Amin - The Revolution Continues

MC Amin - The Revolution Continues
ام سي أمين - El Thawra Mostamera - الثورة مستمر
الواضع لازم يتغير ٤ - The Situation Must Change, Part 4
Egypt
Released on February 16, 2012



Shout out to moh7 of the rap-rc.com forums for the Arabic lyrics. The English lyrics are a modified version of the ones MC Amin put in the YouTube video.
Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...


كلمات الثورة مستمرّة بالعربية
VERSE 1
انتهى جيل ابعد عن الشر وغنّيلُ ه
احنا جيل دور على الشر وطلع ميتينه
مفيش غيره هوا حل واحد ملوش بديل
بالدليل دلوقتي هديك كلام عيار ثقيل
قلنا لأ للمشير قلنا ايوا للتغيير
هوا مطلب واحد من ميدان التحرير
يانجيب حقهم يانموت زيهم تمن دمهم
مش رخييييص ولا كمان دموع امهم
دا لأنهم اخواتنا ولادنا ولاد بلادنا
الثورة مستمرة مش هناخد اي هدنة
هننزل من بيوتنا لحد تحقيق المطالب
بطالب شعبي بالتماسك لأفساد مقالب
الحاكم الظالم الأعلام الفاسد المضلّل
هجيبلكم النهاية مش هقصّر ولا هطوّل
احـــــااااا لسه بيحكم حتى بعد ما اتنحى
اتخلع اتقلع وانا اللي صوتي جالو بحة

Chorus (x2)
مش بقدم الولاء لأي حزب سياسي
ولا عندي اي وفاء لأي كرسي من الكراسي
هيا فكرة جت في راسي راسي دا شئ اساسي
مبقاش ناسي ناسي مبقاش قاسي ناحية ناسي

Verse 2
انتشار الفتنة الطائفية زرع العنصرية
محاولات مناوشات لمحو الشخصية المصرية
والمرحلة الأولى قتل النخوة والرجولة
سمّمونا كمّمونا كانوا فاكرين هيسكتونا
فـ لقونا بنقاوم ونهاجم ونقاتل وندافع
وبنبني سد مانع بالأيمان قدام مدافع
غاز مسيل للدموع لقوا مفيش رجوع طب خرطوش
مع الحصار ضرب نار مش دا الموضوع
الجوع حافز من الحوافز والميدان من النوافذ
لو هنموت دا برضو جايز والشهادة من الجوايز
ايوه عايز حق اخوتي مهما انادي مهما اهاتي
مش هتشوف سكاتي حتى لو جيه يوم مماتي
روحي في الميدان موجودة تدي شعبي طاقة
تجيب جمال تجيب خيول تجيب بغال او الف ناقة
مش فدماغي اي حاجة حقي لازم اجيبه مش هسيبه
لو رحت فسبيله قولوا يلا كان نصيبه

Chorus (x2)
مش بقدم الولاء لأي حزب سياسي
ولا عندي اي وفاء لأي كرسي من الكراسي
هيا فكرة جت في راسي راسي دا شئ اساسي
مبقاش ناسي ناسي مبقاش قاسي ناحية ناسي

Verse 3
كنت شايف اللون الأحمر مالي المدرج
لقيت اللون الأحمر لون الدم وانا بتفرج
بينزف وبيملى الملعب دي ناس بتهرج
والأمن بيساعد في القتل مش راضي يتحرك
طب ولع شمروخ عليه لفوق يمحي الظلام
خليه ينشر حرية يمكن يسقط نظام
حرام! شباب صغير شباب برئ
شباب الأهلى اهلي مش مخرب لآ جرئ
واقف من البداية وبيشارك في الأحداث وبيداس
وبيتهاجم قدام كل الناس مفيش احساس
طب فين الراس اللي تفكر وتشوف مين اللي مدبر
ومخطط ومضبط ومقدر مقادير اللعبة اللي تدمر
وتخرب في بلادنا وتقتل في ولادنا قدامنا
يارب ارحمنا ارحم امواتنا خلي مصيرنا الجنه
استنى اوعى تبيع ضميرك للشيطان
هتقول امين اخويا قلي واهو جاي الزمان

Chorus (x2)
مش بقدم الولاء لأي حزب سياسي
ولا عندي اي وفاء لأي كرسي من الكراسي
هيا فكرة جت في راسي راسي دا شئ اساسي
مبقاش ناسي ناسي مبقاش قاسي ناحية ناسي

الوضع لازم يتغيّر


Lyrics to "The Revolution Continues" in English

VERSE 1:
The generation of "step away from evil and serenade it" is over.
We're a generation that searches for evil and fucks it up!
There's only one solution and it has no alternative.
It's obvious now that these words are high-caliber rounds.
We said "no" to the Field Marshal [Tantawi]. We said "yes" to change.
There's one demand from Tahrir Square.
Either we get our rights or we die like they did. The price is their blood.
It's not cheap - and neither are their mothers' tears!
This is because our brothers are our children, the nation's children.
The revolution continues! We won't accept any truce!
We'll keep leaving our homes until [our] rights are realized.
I ask my people to stick together to defeat the traps
of the oppressive ruler and the corrupt, deceitful media.
I'll give it to you straightforwardly. I won't shorten it or drag it out.
What the fuck? [Mubarak] still rules even after he got "dethroned,"
"imprisoned," and "stripped" [of power] - and I'm the one whose voice has become hoarse!

CHORUS (x2):
I'm not giving loyalty to any political party,
nor do I have any allegiance to any seat among the seats [of power].
This is an idea that came into my head (my head). This is something fundamental.
I won't be forgetting my people. I won't be harsh towards my people.

VERSE 2:
Fitna and sectarianism are spreading. They've sown racism.
Attempts and maneuvers to erase the Egyptian personality.
The first phase is the murder of chivalry and manhood.
They poisoned us and gagged us. They thought that they would silence us!
So they found us [and] we resisted and attacked and fought and defended
and we're building a preventive barrier with faith in front of the cannons.
Tear gas! They found that there's no retreat. Bullets? Whatever.
After besieging us, they opened fire. This isn't the issue!
The hunger is what drives us and [Tahrir] Square is in the window.
If we die, that's okay and [we'll] bear witness to the rewards.
Yeah, I want my brothers' rights! No matter how much I shout, no matter how much I yell,
you won't see me fall silent even if the day of my death comes.
My soul is in the square. It's there to give my people energy.
You bring camels, you bring horses, you bring donkeys or a thousand she-camels:
It doesn't phase me! I must get my rights. I won't let go of them!
And if I become a martyr, go on and say, "It was his destiny."

CHORUS (x2):
I'm not giving loyalty to any political party,
nor do I have any allegiance to any seat among the seats [of power].
This is an idea that came into my head (my head). This is something fundamental.
I won't be forgetting my people. I won't be harsh towards my people.

VERSE 3:
I was seeing the color red fill the stadium seats.
I found the red to be blood as I watched,
pouring and filling the field. These people must be joking!
And state security assists in the killing by not [so much as] moving.
Ignite the flare and raise it high to wipe out the darkness.
Let him spread freedom. It just might overthrow the regime.
It's a shame! Little children! Innocent children!
The youth of Al-Ahly [FC] are my family. They aren't saboteurs or troublemakers.
They were standing from the beginning and participating in the events and getting trampled.
And [state security] attacks in front of all the people without feeling anything!
So where is the mind that thinks and sees who is the orchestrator
and planner and manipulator and estimator all the games that are destroying [Egypt]?
You are sabotaging our country and killing our children right in front of us.
O Lord have mercy on us! Have mercy on our dead! Let heaven be their fate.
Wait! Take care that you don't sell your conscience out to Satan.
You'll say, "Amin, my brother, tell me when the time will come."

CHORUS (x2):
I'm not giving loyalty to any political party,
nor do I have any allegiance to any seat among the seats [of power].
This is an idea that came into my head (my head). This is something fundamental.
I won't be forgetting my people. I won't be harsh towards my people.

The situation must change!

Boikutt - Letter from Boikutt

Boikutt - Letter from Boikutt
مقاطعة - رسالة من مقاطعة
Palestine
Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain, Boikutt, and Loubna Bilali in Shahadat's Winter 2012 issue (16 professionally translated Arabic rap songs with English and Arabic side-by-side!)





كلمات رسالة من مقاطعة بالعربية

بقرأ في الجريدة زفت شوارع جديدة
إزالة مطبات وكثير أشياء هيك مفيدة
أشخاص مستفيدة دعم من هون
ومن هون منظمات بس الحرية بعيدة
مقاطعة مستوطنات تعون الضفة الغربية؟
وطنية، حصرية، إدعائية
طب وفلسطين التاريخية؟
مع لأساس كانت القدس عاصمة الثقافة العربية

بس كلو حكي سياسية للشعب
احنا نتحمل الشغل والتعب والوضع صعب
اقنعونا إن كل شيء تمام
وبقدر أعيش حياة عادية زي في الأفلام
على أم بي سي ١، ٢، ٣، ٤ إلخ
كون منيح وبتنزل عليك المصاري زخّ
نصيحة من أخ لأخ خليك مستقل
لأن اللعبة إنلعب فإبعد عن الفخ

خليهم يقعدو يستنو الدعم ليموتو
يلفلفو داخل الجدار لحد ما يفوتو
في متاهات بمسافات مش محددة
مجددة لتوسع التوسع مش مهدّدة
إنتهاك احتلال بس مش على الكلّ
في ناس في فلسطين هون حياتهم زي الفلّ
مش عارف شو بيفكر شكله مش داري
شيء يوم حنروح كل الدكاكين هي حتسكر

سلام
English lyrics for "Letter from Boikutt"
I’m reading in the paper about roads newly paved,
speed bumps removed, and a lot of other useful stuff (yes, very!)
Certain individuals benefit. Funding from here
and there. Organizations are plentiful but freedom is far away.
A boycott of settlements around the West Bank?
A propagandistic, exclusivist nationalism.
But what about historical Palestine?
I thought Jerusalem was supposed to be the “capital of Arab culture“?

But it’s all political speeches for the people.
We put up with the work and the exhaustion and the situation is tough.
Try to convince us that everything’s fine.
and that I can lead a normal life like in the movies.
On MBC, one, two, three, four, et-cetera.
Be good and money will rain down on you.
Advice from one brother to another: stay independent
because the games are being played, so steer clear of the trap.

Let them wait for foreign aid until they die.
Spinning in circles within the apartheid wall until they enter
into unlimited mazes with undefined spaces
that are reinvented to fit settlement expansion that's un-threatened. 
Violation, occupation, but not for everyone!
There are people here in Palestine living “the good life.“
I don’t know what he’s thinking. It seems like he doesn’t know
that one day we’ll be gone and all these shops will close.
 
Peace

DAM ft. Juliano's Students - Juliano's Way

DAM ft. Juliano's Students - Juliano's Way
دام مع طلاب جوليانو - طريق جوليانو
Palestine
Released on April 4, 2012
Click here to visit DAM's official website
Click here to read Ted Swedenburg's write-up about the song



Massive respect to DAM for putting the translation's text and subtitles in their original YouTube video.
كلمات طريق جوليانو لدام بالعربية
coming soon...

English lyrics for "Juliano's Way" by DAM

Juliano's way
DAM feat Juliano's students
produced by jethro

(Juliano's student)
Jul, I will always remember when you told us that art is a form of revolution, so from this day on we aren't just revolutionaries, we are artists
Jul, I will never forget the resistance you planted in our hearts

Hook
(Sampled from Into the Night by Benny Mardones)
If I could fly
I'd pick you up
I'd take you into the night
I'd pick you up
Like you've never seen
(The Freedom theater)
Jul used to say, standing on a stage and voicing your opinion is called resistance

Suhell Nafar rap:
We stood tall in front of the barriers
While you simply passed over them
You drew a path with an arrow pointing to one way
No turns, no slowing down, there's only one target
You died with all of your qualities
While the killer is masked afraid of his true face
Jul, who is insane?
Who is sane? Who can see the whole picture?
If we had a pinch of your madness
I guess the word freedom wouldn't be just a name of a theater
Jul got shot
On the same date that Martin Luther King was shot
They both had a dream, we all had hope,
And a few depressed individuals had guns
You were a script writer & an actor that never followed any script
You gave us Arna's Children now rest in peace and let us do Juliano's Children

Hook
(Sampled from Into the Night by Benny Mardones)
If I could fly
I'd pick you up
I'd take you into the night
I'd pick you up
Like you've never seen
(Juliano's student)
He always used to say don't let one bullet stop you, after 7 bullets in your body we are still standing tall




Tamer Nafar Rap:
If you meet the killer would you ask him?
If Jul's name was on the black list, write my name after his
Who did you shoot at?
You shot our man; he united Lyd, without
Any special effects he managed to get a monster outta 3 kids
just ask the cops, so tell the occupation to keep on oppressing
We won't be turned off, tell them to keep on pressing &
We still won't be turned off, Jul left his Volts
Under our names in his will, but if the killer was one of us
Who did you shoot at?
A theatre? A play? A dance? A painting? Do you call this heresy?
I'm opening the same holy books and can't find any page
Let me understand it, religion fights the darkness
And art has the same ideology, the difference is:
That you don't need to turn the stick into a snake so we believe in your ideology
If you resist slavery its enough for us to follow you
Jul, if you lived back in the prophet's decade
You would've protected them with your life
While the ones who shot you are holding the nails & the hammers, rest in peace.

Hook
(Sampled from Into the Night by Benny Mardones)
If I could fly
I'd pick you up
I'd take you into the night
I'd pick you up
Like you've never seen
(Juliano's student)
Freedom starts in our minds, the freedom of speech, and most important the freedom of choosing.

Mahmood Jreri Rap:
I don't get it, can you kill a culture?
Can art threaten people? Jul answered this question
We met in Lyd, they said you wanted to make a music video
Suddenly I see myself in the middle of a demonstration, so I realized
If the eye behinds the camera is brave
Then you will find a revolution in front of it
I send you roses with deep sadness, all the roads lead
To Jenin, and here is what I have to say
Follow the teacher, don't be afraid
Of the masked ones that want us to live in darkness
They will be appreciated only by the extremist
While you will light the roads
Getting appreciated by the armed revolutionaries,
The poets, the writers & the actors
And be sure that the theater will be there as well
The sketches of the killer will be dark
While Jul's parts will be so touching, so colorful
And it will end with: To Be Continued

Hook
(Sampled from Into the Night by Benny Mardones)
If I could fly
I'd pick you up
I'd take you into the night
I'd pick you up
Like you've never seen
If I could fly
I'd pick you up
I'd take you into the night
I'd pick you up
Like you've never seen

(Juliano's student)
And you always taught us if we don't stand together we will be hanged together



Saturday, April 21, 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Malik L - Libyan Soup

Malik L - Libyan Soup
مالكـ لـ - الشربة الليبية 
Libya
Released in December, 2011
Video released on April 12, 2012
Click here to download the mp3 
Click here and here to read recipes for Libyan soup



Huge shout out to Malik L for putting the Arabic lyrics up in the YouTube video and kindly correcting my English translation.



ولدكم مالك ال في المطبخ
ركّز على الكلام اللي يفطرش

CHORUS (x2)
There's no love. معناته مافي حب
Sorta like عصيدة بس ما في رب
Soul to soul, man to man, take a stand. I...
live this life but I cram to understand why.

افطن كلامي ياطيري صغير نتكلم معاك
 على جو الفتنه اللي يدوروها كيف الكعك
ونعرف يابركه مش نصيحه جديد
بس نبي الشعب يقعد وطني كيف لحم القديد
خليني نبدا بالمشاكل بين بنغازي ومصراته
مانعرفش من اللي فتن يبي يقسمنا كيف السلاطه
هذا نفس جو معمر الخلطه والمكياطه
ومتسلقين مستغلين يقشرونا كيف البطاطا
نسيتو ليش طلعنا كيف حاربنا وبوسليم
مفروض متوحدين كيف الصلصه والخبزه فالطاجين
ولو انت اللي تطيب الفتنه إن شاء الله تبطل طروحك
انحبك يا ليبيا بس إن شاء الله تحبي روحك

CHORUS (x2)
There's no love. معناته مافي حب
Sorta like عصيدة بس ما في رب
Soul to soul, man to man, take a stand. I...
live this life but I cram to understand why.

مافش رب ومافش عسل مافش حتى سكر
فتنه كبايتين عناد كشيكين حقد ورشة مكر
والمجلس يستفيد ونحنا مفقوشين كيف البطيخه
والطحالب يتظاهرو ضد الطحالب ونحنا حاصلين في الطبيخه
نحنى المكرونه ونحنى اللحم هما الحبق هما الشحم نحن المرق
الشعب اللي يعطي الحكومه الحق
قولي عندك العلم في كم بليون نجمه في السماء
لكن بس في سته مليون ليبي.. كل واحد منهم يقدر يلمع
بلادنا مرايفه عالحب كيف الصحرا مرايفه عالماء
تعال تفضل معانا يابركه ونحسو بالنعمه
ولو انت اللي تطيب الفتنه إن شاء الله تبطل طروحك
انحبك يا ليبيا بس إن شاء الله تحبي روحك

There's no love. معناته مافي حب
Sorta like عصيدة بس ما في رب
Soul to soul, man to man, take a stand. I...
live this life but I cram to understand why.

There's no love. معناته مافي حب
Sorta like عصيدة بس ما في رب
لازم تطعم نفسك من الحساسيّة
خيرلك في قعدة ضحية شوربة ليبية


Note: click here and here to read full recipes for Libyan soup

Your son Malik L is in the kitchen.
Pay close attention to the words that I break down.

CHORUS (x2)
There's no love. [In Arabic], it means, "there is no love."
Sorta like asida [a Libyan dough pastry], but there's no syrup!
Soul to soul, man to man, take a stand. I...
live this life but I cram to understand why.

Listen up, my little bird [e.g., my young friend]. I'm talking to you
about the atmosphere of Fitna [strife within the community] that they're spinning like a cake.
And I know, my blessing, that it's not new advice,
but I want the people to remain patriotic like the meat of gadeed [a type of Libyan jerky]
Let me begin with the problems between Benghazi and Misrata.
I don't who the creator of Fitna is, [but] he wants to split us like the cabbage of a salad.
This is the same atmosphere as Muammar's, the same mixture and the same espresso.
The ladder-climbers and exploiters are peeling us like potatoes.
You've forgotten why we demonstrated and fought and Abu Sleem prison.
We should be united like the sauce and bread in the tajeen [a North African dish].
And if you're the one who likes cooking up Fitna, God willing you'll stop your mischief.
I love you, Libya, but, God willing, you will love yourself.

CHORUS (x2)
There's no love. [In Arabic], it means, "there is no love."
Sorta like asida [a Libyan dough], but there's no syrup!
Soul to soul, man to man, take a stand. I...
live this life but I cram to understand why.

There's no syrup. There's no honey. There isn't even any sugar!
Fitna: two cups of stubbornness, two spoons of hate, and a dash of envy.
The NTC benefits while we're split like watermelons.
The opportunist protests against the opportunist while we're stuck in the middle of their sauce.
We're the the main dish and we're the meat. They're the basil and grease. We're the stew!
The people are the ones who give the government the right [to rule].
Tell me: have you got the knowledge of how many billions of stars are in the sky?
But there's only six million Libyans. Every single one of them can shine!
Our country misses love like the desert misses water.
Welcome! Take part in it with us, my dear, and we'll all feel the ni3ma [blessing; food].
And if you're the one who likes cooking up Fitna, God willing you'll stop your mischief.
I love you, Libya, but, God willing, you will love yourself.

There's no love. [In Arabic], it means, "there is no love."
Sorta like asida [a Libyan dough] but there's no syrup!
Soul to soul, man to man, take a stand. I...
live this life but I cram to understand why.

There's no love. [In Arabic], it means, "there is no love."
Sorta like asida [a Libyan dough], but there's no syrup!
You must immunize yourself from the disease
or else you'll end up a victim of Libyan soup!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Eyad Shalhoub - Ma Ad Fey Athamal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IGB3mKbJMYendofvid[starttext] إياد شلهوب - ما عاد فيي أتحمل[endtext]

Dalida - Khatem Sehry /

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neS71vEEH5kendofvid[starttext]داليدا - خاتم سحري[endtext]

Hossam Haj - Khodha Fi Hodnak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R_JfSbAnOQendofvid[starttext] حسام حاج - خدها في حضنك[endtext]

Nagy El Ousta - Kebrana Be Rasha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmwtItVcND4endofvid[starttext] ناجي الأسطا - كبرانا براسها[endtext]

Nagham - Bebassata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_T_kBCemUUendofvid[starttext]نغم - ببساطة[endtext]

Tash - Habibi Leh / New clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjDQhM7Schkendofvid[starttext]Tash - Habibi Leh [endtext]

Akmal - Lessa Qader

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_ZiFZiejoendofvid[starttext]أكمل - لسه قادر[endtext]

Mohamed Hamaki - Bahebak Kol Youm Aktar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGjm667Bs2Uendofvid[starttext] محمد حماقي - بحبك كل يوم أكتر[endtext]

Mohamed Hamaki - Betedhak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFPQNMCsCV0endofvid[starttext] محمد حماقي - بتضحك[endtext]

Mohamed Hamaki - Wahda Wahda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj8pKY-6aKgendofvid[starttext] محمد حماقي - واحدة واحدة[endtext]

Sara El Hany - Ya Leil Ana Bhebak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPkMli8dP5wendofvid[starttext] سارة الهاني - ياليل أنا بحبك[endtext]

Tony Kiwan - Kermal Eyounak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH9pdiuH_Cgendofvid[starttext]طوني كيوان - كرمال عيونك[endtext]

Yvonne El Hachem - Intahar El Hob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y42nIlIUQVAendofvid[starttext]إيفون الهاشم - إنتحر الحب[endtext]

Ehab Tawfiq & Ashraf Salim - Endam Leya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLx29UENihUendofvid[starttext]يهاب توفيق وأشرف سالم - انضم لي[endtext]

Dominique - Warriny Warry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqdF_fc-4Q0endofvid[starttext]دومينيك - وريني وري[endtext]

Monday, April 9, 2012

Youssra el-Hawari - The Wallsيسرا الهواري - السورEssour

In order to prevent protests, SCAF, the military government ruling over Egypt following Mubarak's ousting, erected large walls in the city of Cairo. These walls have become a site of resistance in the form of graffiti and the like, and in this song, an even simpler expression of discontent.



Youssra el-Hawari - The Wall

In front of the wall
In front of the ones who built it
In front of the wall
In front of the ones who erected it
And in front of the one who guards it as well
A poor man stopped to pee
On the wall and those who built it, erected it, and guard it
On the wall and the ones who built it, the man peed

يسرا الهواري - السور

قدام السور قدام اللي بانيه
قدام السور قدام اللي معلّيه
قدام السور قدام اللي بانيه
قدام السور قدام اللي معلّيه
وكمان قدام اللي واقف يحميه
وكمان قدام اللي واقف يحميه
وقف راجل غلبان وعمل.. پيپي
وقف راجل غلبان وعمل.. پيپي
عالسور واللي بانيه واللي معليه واللي بيحميه
عالسور واللي بانيه الراجل عمل پیپی

وكمان قدام اللي واقف يحميه
وكمان قدام اللي واقف يحميه
وقف راجل غلبان وعمل پيپي
وقف راجل غلبان وعمل پيپي
عالسور واللي بانيه واللي معليه واللي بيحميه
عالسور واللي بانيه واللي معليه واللي بيحميه
عالسور واللي بانيه واللي معليه واللي بيحميه
عالسور واللي بانيه الراجل عمل پیپی

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Xalam Project — Brandon Terzic




Oud player Brandon Terzic has put together a great group of musicians, featuring jazzman Matt Darriau (of Paradox Trio fame) on saxophone, kaval, and other wind instruments. Also featured is Matt Kilmer, one of NYC's top percussionists, and Peter Slavov, who currently plays bass with the legendary saxophonist Joe Lovano.

This music has a much more pronounced African influence than most oud music. Terzic spent time in Morocco and has clearly spent a great deal of time absorbing the rhythms and sounds of sub-Saharan Africa as well. The tunes allow a lot of room for improvisation--almost a jam-band type of ethos, as if the Grateful Dead or Phish had come instead from Sudan. Xalam strives for a danceable, feel-good sound, which it achieves—this is a fun album. It's still serious music, however: the musicianship and performances are excellent, by first-rate musicians.