Gedida
Natacha Atlas
℗ 1999 Mantra Records MNTCD 1014
Natacha Atlas' third album greatly expands upon the promise of her earlier work — on Gedida, her fusion of Arabic musical traditions and contemporary dance beats really jells, eliminating the more gimmicky dimensions of earlier records to strike a fascinating balance between old and new. While tracks like "Kifaya" and "Ezzay" magnify the cinematic aspirations of past efforts, Gedida also takes a number of fascinating left turns — a cover of Franзoise Hardy's "Mon Amie la Rose" is hauntingly beautiful, while on the closing "One Brief Moment" Atlas delivers her first English-language vocal, a move one hopes will bring this unique artist the wider audience she deserves. — Raymond McKinney. |
- 1. Mon Amie La Rose [04:46]
- 2. Aqaba [04:37]
- 3. Mistaneek [04:15]
- 4. Bahlam [04:32]
- 5. Ezzay [05:17]
- 6. Bastet [06:16]
- 7. The Righteous Path [06:48]
- 8. Mahlabeya [03:29]
- 9. Bilaadi [06:18]
- 10. Kifaya [08:58]
- 11. One Brief Moment [05:27]
Участие в альбоме:
- Natacha Atlas: vocals, backing vocals, keyboards
- Yehia Abdallah: flute-magruna
- Rachel Allen: violin
- Vaughan Armon: violin
- David Arnold: strings, keyboards, percussion, guitar, programming
- Ahmed El Assabgi: violin
- DJ Awe: scratches
- Ahmed Beder: percussion
- Reda Beder: ney
- Mohamed Beher: mizmar
- Adam Blake: bass
- Rachel Bolt: viola
- John Bradbury: violin leader
- Joe Cairo: rap
- Keith Clouston: oud, bouzouki
- Quentin Crida: violin
- Ben Cruft: violin
- Antonia Fuchs: violin
- Roger Garland: violin leader of 2nds
- Tim Garsaiddi: percussion
- Mohamed Abdel Gawad: cello
- Wilf Gibson: violin
- Mark Goodchild: double bass
- Howard Gott: strings
- Ruth Gottlieb: strings
- Aymen El Hambouli: cello
- Farouk Mohamed Hassan: accordion
- Peter Lale: viola
- Julian Leaper: violin
- Pauline Lowbury: violin
- Ihab Mahboub: strings
- Hamid Mantu: drums, analogue keyboards, organ
- Mike McMenemy: violin
- Don McVay: viola
- Yehia El Mougi: violin
- Mahmoud Osman: violin
- Peter Oxer: violin
- Keith Pascoe: violin
- Essam Rashad: strings
- Samir Rashad: violin
- Fouad Rohayem: violin
- Mohamed Samak: violin
- Mike de Saulles: violin
- Matthew Scrivener: violin
- Ali Slimani: backing vocals
- Maged Sourour: zither qanun
- Elizabeth Watson: viola
- Ivo van der Werff: viola
- Larry Whelan: ney, strings, saxophone
- Tim Whelan: keyboards, guitar, strings, organ
- Bruce White: viola
- David White: convoluted skelectric, mutator
- Lucy Wilkins: strings
- Sarah Willson: strings