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Egyptian Rai
EUCD 2025
The music spans a wide arc across the Arab world from Lebanon,
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to Morocco, bringing familiar styles from the
various Arabic nations together into a pan-Arabic synthesis, along with
rock and funk bass and jazzy lines from sax, trumpet and the quarter
tone accordion.
"… an album of infectious intensity" - J. Woodard, Jazz Times
"… loud, fast, hard-hitting and trippy" - Rolling Stone
This World Music album puts together the best of dance music,
using music from as far a field as Morocco and Lebanon, Egypt and
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia etc.
"In this album a dream has come true, the uniting of the Arab
world. The word RAÏ means "opinion". It is a form of music that
expresses the feelings of the youth, especially when society forbids
voicing such emotions in "normal" day to day life.
RAÏ came out of Algeria, but nevertheless the concept holds true
throughout the Middle East. The idea behind EGYPTIAN RAÏ is to use
different types of sounds, rhythms, songs and feel, all from the Arab
world.
It is my wish that anyone who listens to this album may get an
eagle's eye view over the Arab world. Looking down on it from great
heights, one realizes that it is a world in its own right. It is at its
best when it communicates with its own peoples as well as with other
members of our Earth." - Hossam Ramzy.
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on the song titles below that are underlined |
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Gani
Lasmar (Here comes my dark skinned lover) 6:31 |
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2
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Othrak
Ma-ak Othrak (You are excused) 7:10 |
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3
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El-Hawzi
4:17 |
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4
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El
Ataba Gazaz (The Glass Front Step) 6:11 |
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5
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Wah
Wah 3:00 |
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6
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Eddalla
Ya Aris (Walk happily if you are teh Bride Groom) 7:14 |
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7
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Mawwal
El-Oshaa (The Lover's Chant) 6:07 |
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8
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The
World is my Oyster 3:29 |
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9
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The
Star Collector 3:45 |
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