#oum kalthoum

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Aya Metwalli & Calamita - Al Saher - Middle Eastern music meets skronk

CALAMITA = KARKHANA members TONY ELIEH, SHARIF SEHNAOUI and Lebanese drummer MALEK RIZKALLAH join forces with the Egyptian singer AYA METWALLI - the result is the improbable meeting between free jazz / improv, punk rock & Oum Kalthoum! CALAMITA is the “rock project” of SHARIF SEHNAOUI and TONY ELIEH, two of the most active musicians on the Lebanese experimental scene (among others projects, both are members of the “free Middle Eastern music” collective KARKHANA). SEHNAOUI comes from a jazz and improv music background, ELIEH is primarily a rock musician and founding member of the Lebanese post-punk band THE SCRAMBLED EGGS whose work in the last decade has covered many directions from pop-rock to plain experimental. They are joined by Lebanese drummer MALEK RIZKALLAH (WHO KILLED BRUCE LEE, ex THE SCRAMBLED EGGS). As trio they develop instrumental pieces that draw their inspiration from artists as diverse as Tony Conrad, Last Exit or Oum Kalthoum. AYA METWALLI is an Egyptian singer/songwriter, composer and sound artist currently based in Beirut. Grown up in Cairo, her father would play non-stop Oum Kalthoum songs on road trips to the beach and Aya’s mother; known to have the most beautiful voice in the family, she always sang at home and at family gatherings, so long before Aya was able to form her own music taste, immense amounts of Arabic classic songs and melodies already settled in her subconsciousness Musicians: Aya Metwalli: voice,guitar,electronics Sharif Sehnaoui: electric guitar Tony Elieh: electric bass Malek Rizkallah: drums

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Big fan?

[boricuacherry-blog]

She was also said to be working on a song with Egyptian actor Mohamed Ramadan, which some found weird since he's not a singer. The news caused quite a stir on Arab social media.

"I listen to Fairuz a lot," Beyoncé told an interviewer. "Y'all have the most incredible singers. I think I was an Arab in another life."

[droplets-of-neptune]

و لما قالت:

وَحشني وأنت قصاد عيني ❤️

لا يشبع المُحب من حبيبه حتى إذا جلس أمامه عمره بأكمله

ولا يكفيه أن ينظُر إليه سنوات عديدة حتى يرتوي من ملامحه.

وتؤكد هذا أم كلثوم بكلماتها الحنونة وتقول:

يا حبيبي

مهما طال عُمري معاك

برضه أيامه قليلة :))

[king-without-g]

一切都是好玩 - Lolsnake

Picture from : https://ra.co/news/78262

「最終一切都是好玩」，Danielle Lumma Rahal（也就是 Lolsnake）在描述她的活動 Weeeirdos 時這樣說。「在音樂風格上沒有任何限制。如果你想在 mic 前直接爆發，我會全力支持和鼓勵。」

這種開放包容的態度也流露在她的 DJ 表演中。「我喜歡用『as hard but cute』來形容我的音樂風格，」她說道。她會選擇經典的狂歡派對、90年代的 Techno 和 Trance 音樂，並注重音效美學和氣氛的建立。

   這位伊拉克裔美國藝人本來並沒有計劃成為 DJ 或派對策劃人。當她的父母離開伊拉克尋求庇護在美國時，他們搬到了加州的奧克蘭市(Oakland, California)。在90年代初，這座城市擁有全國最高的殺人率，Lolsnake 還記得晚上聽到槍聲。

Picture from : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSH8HB-4Ehk

   作為一個孩子，Lolsnake「處於兩種文化之間並且極度孤立」。但是聽到 Oum Kalthoum 和 Fairouz 的阿拉伯盒帶讓她可以心理上逃避現實。2003年，當美國入侵伊拉克時，Lolsnake 在當地被視為恐怖分子。「在這段時間裡，我遭受了極端的種族主義、死亡威脅以及更多的孤立，」她回憶道。「於2000年代初，要在美國成為一個穆斯林和伊拉克人，那並不是一件輕鬆的事情。」

Hio-Hop、Heavy Metal 和許多其他音樂類型消弭了外界的噪音，讓 Lolsnake 可以滑入另一個境界。她提到 Depeche Mode 和 Underworld 等樂團，是在她青少年時期「深深影響了」她的一些音樂。

Picture from : https://www.shipping.media/events-page/lolsnake

   2010年，Lolsnake 搬到曼徹斯特學習神經科學，但在2014年畢業後，她前往柏林。她說：「我感覺這是第一次我能夠做回自己，真正的放下在美國感受到過去的孤立，但仍有一些問題沒有解決。」

   柏林的舞池培育了 Lolsnake。雖然她感到 “尷尬”，但在非法的狂歡派對�� Berghain，她感到舒適。

“Berghain” 作為柏林最著名、最神秘的電子音樂 Club，當她在這個文化機構首次亮相時，她感到回到了她的 “第二個客廳”，哪那是屬於她自己的地方。

[mai-sau]

أنا لن أعود إليك مهما استرحمت دقات قلبي أنت الذى بدأ الملالمه والصدود وخان حبي I will not return to you no matter my heart's cry for mercy. You, who brought restlessness and rejection, betraying my love.

[medusa1597]

1 thing about my dad is that he was a huge jazz fan (no comment) so we mostly listened to jazz and not that much arabic music so sometimes ill be hanging out with my family like 'wow ive been listening to this woman .... uhhhhhh warda ? you guys ever heard of her ?'

[muhtesemz]

Two divas together, Fairuz and Oum Kalthoum meeting in Cairo, 1966.

[april-is]

April 1, 2024: vocabulary, Safia Elhillo

vocabulary Safia Elhillo

fact:

the arabic word هواء (hawa) means wind thearabicwordهوى (hawa) means love

  test: (multiple choice)   abdelhalim said you left me holding wind in my hands                           or   abdelhalim said you left me holding love in my hands

           abdelhalim was left                empty                                              or            abdelhalim was left                full

  fairouz said                   o wind, take me to my country                            or   fairouz said                   o love, take me to my country

           fairouz is looking for             vehicle                                              or            fairouz is looking for             fuel

  oum kalthoum said       where the wind stops her ships, we stop ours                            or   oum kalthoum said       where love stops her ships, we stop ours

                oum kalthoum is           stuck                                                    or                 oum kalthoum is           home

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This is, uh, the 20th year of this project??? See many years of past selections by browsing the archives or exploring the poems sent on today's date in:

2023: Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse, Nikita Gill 2022: New Year, Kate Baer 2021: Instructions on Not Giving Up, Ada Limón 2020: Motto, Bertolt Brecht 2019: Separation, W.S. Merwin 2018: Good Bones, Maggie Smith 2017: Better Days, A.F. Moritz 2016: Jenny Kiss’d Me, Leigh Hunt 2015: The Night House, Billy Collins 2014: Tim Riggins Speaks of Waterfalls, Nico Alvarado 2013: Nan Hardwicke Turns Into a Hare, Wendy Pratt 2012: A Short History of the Apple, Dorianne Laux 2011: New York Poem, Terrance Hayes 2010: On Wanting to Tell [ ] about a Girl Eating Fish Eyes, Mary Szybist 2009: A Little Tooth, Thomas Lux 2008: The Sciences Sing a Lullabye, Albert Goldbarth 2007: Elegy of Fortinbras, Zbigniew Herbert 2006: When Leather is a Whip, by Martin Espada 2005: Parents, William Meredith

Thank you for being here!

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70's/80's.

Rehla by Hany Mehanna : a hypnotic journey through vintage Egyptian grooves!

Biography from last.fm :

Hany Mehanna is an Egyptian musician and composer. He played as a young, talented organist next to stars like Oum Kalthoum and Abdel Halim Hafez.

Hany was a member of Ahmed Fouad Hassan’s Al Massiya Orchestra (The Diamond Orchestra), one of the finest orchestras Egypt has ever known.

Until today he still writes for various Arabic artists and composes scores for Egyptian movies and series.

[sivavakkiyar]

Also, what you have described with putting music in the saxophone – the great work of John Cage. I’ve noticed that no one talks about John Cage anymore. But in fact, the great work of John Cage, the great work of Alvin Lucier, the great work of Pauline Oliveros, part of our responsibilities, in my opinion, is to help the younger people learn about who’s doing what, and what in particular has come from what. As far as I’m concerned the great work of Johann Sebastian Bach is still relevant, and still revolutionary. When I go back, I’m trying to study the early Egyptian musics. Great masters like Oum Kalthoum. We should never forget, or at least I should never forget, that music is as much a mystical discipline as a sonic discipline, or iconic discipline. And so this is why I feel like everything is possible as we continue to move forward.

Anthony Braxton, interview from The Quietus

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Vocabulary - Safia Elhillo - USA

fact:

the arabic word هواء (hawa) means wind thearabicwordهوى (hawa) means love

  test: (multiple choice)   abdelhalim said you left me holding wind in my hands                           or   abdelhalim said you left me holding love in my hands

           abdelhalim was left                empty                                              or            abdelhalim was left                full

  fairouz said                   o wind, take me to my country                            or   fairouz said                   o love, take me to my country

           fairouz is looking for             vehicle                                              or            fairouz is looking for             fuel

  oum kalthoum said       where the wind stops her ships, we stop ours                            or   oum kalthoum said       where love stops her ships, we stop ours

                oum kalthoum is           stuck                                                    or                 oum kalthoum is           home