Immortal Egypt - "Phil Thornton and Hossam Ramzy"

Enchanted Egypt - "Phil Thornton and Hossam Ramzy"
Eternal Egypt - "Phil Thornton and Hossam Ramzy"

On the same month of its release, “Immortal Egypt” won the highly sought after award BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR by the New Age Magazine. This is the album that became the Bible for ALL Tribal & Fusion Middle Eastern dancers around the world. Causing a major wave of interest from dancers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Europe, UK, USA and South America alike. Immortal Egypt is a deeper exploration of the Egyptian dance/Western contemporary theme running through the albums 'Pharaoh' and 'Eternal Egypt' by Phil Thornton and on which Hossam has collaborated as a percussionist. During the recording of 'Eternal Egypt' Hossam was able to take samples of work in progress to Cairo and overdub 'Kawala' flute and quarter tone Accordion. On this album I was keen to use more Egyptian instruments as the “Eternal Egypt” session had gone so well. With this in mind, Hossam and I spent some time in Cairo during August 1997 recording overdubs using a wide range of traditional and modern Egyptian instruments including Violins, Nay, Kawala, Trumpet and Mizmars. Haunting mixtures of rhythms and emotions that turned the music from a daring experiment to a new style of music that set itself as the new Mile Stone in the history of East meeting West collaborations.

A thoroughly groovable collection of dub work, with Egyptian musicians providing the overdubs. This follows in the series by the duo of artists after Pharaoh and Eternal Egypt. The basic concept is to make some small recordings of various Egyptian musicians playing short parts, then mixing them into a cohesive whole in the studio, with the addition of some synthesizer work courtesy of Phil Thornton. The final product is a loosely bound set of recordings with an unbreakable beat and some slowly cooking basslines, along with various bits of ney, oud, and the like. For your standard world beat-type album, this is pretty good (much better than most). If it's authenticity one is looking for, don't let the title fool you. Still, this is quite an enjoyable album for listeners of all levels. ~ Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide

| MP3 320 Kbps - 155 MB | EAC,APE,CUE - 400 MB |

TRACK LISTINGS

[01]. At The Gates Of The Citadel
[02]. Cairo Blues
[03]. Last Words By The Temple
[04]. Morocco Dance
[05]. Derwood Green
[06]. El Moulid
[07]. Praying For Rain
[08]. Emerald Minarets In A Sea Of Stars
[09]. Sunrise Over Giza
[10]. Immortal Egypt

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