Title: re-ORIENT
When: 2013
Where: Brisbane AUS
About: A further development on 'Armour Down' track created for 'Remix/Reform' album (2010) by Brisbane band Ektoise. Utilising original sounds with samples provided by Ektoise.

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re-ORIENT (feat. Ektoise) - 2013

7. Shufi Shams (Look at the Sun) شوفﻑ اﺍلشمس
Composer: Hikmat Shaheen (Palestine, 1914/15-1993)

Genre: Oghnia (Contemporary Arabic Song)
Maqam (melodic mode): Bayati
Iqa’at (rhythmic mode): Maqsoum 4/4

Event: 'Shifa' Al Musiqa' (Healing Music) for BEMAC’s World Music Café concert series
Date: 28 August 2015 
Location: BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre), Kangaroo Point QLD

Description: Recording of Brisbane based Middle Eastern music ensemble Safar (meaning: travel, migration) performing a short program of classical and contemporary Middle Eastern vocal and instrumental maqam music.

Musicians: Amber Hansen (voice, percussion) Greta Kelly (violin, shah keman), Masoud Kamgar (kanun) Bill Anderson (Oud) Jordan Stamos (percussion)

06 Shufi Shams - Safar Live 28 Aug 2015

6. Samai Bayati سماعي بﯿﻴاتي
Composer: Ibrahim Al Aryan (Egypt, 1892-1953)

Genre: Samai (Classical Composition in 4 sections)
Maqam (melodic mode): Bayati
Iqa’at (rhythmic mode): Samai Thaqil 10/8

Event: 'Shifa' Al Musiqa' (Healing Music) for BEMAC’s World Music Café concert series
Date: 28 August 2015 
Location: BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre), Kangaroo Point QLD

Description: Recording of Brisbane based Middle Eastern music ensemble Safar (meaning: travel, migration) performing a short program of classical and contemporary Middle Eastern vocal and instrumental maqam music.

Musicians: Amber Hansen (voice, percussion) Greta Kelly (violin, shah keman), Masoud Kamgar (kanun) Bill Anderson (Oud) Jordan Stamos (percussion)

05 Samai Bayati - Safar Live 28 Aug 2015

4. Amed I Nesimi Subh Dem
Composer: Abdülkadir Meragî (Azerbaijan, 1353/60-1435)

Genre: Nakiş Beste (Ottoman Minature Composition)
Maqam (melodic mode): Rast
Iqa’at (rhythmic mode): Chiftatelli 4/4

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5. Ya Man La’ibat Bihi Shamoulou ﯾﻳا من لعبت بﮫﻪ شمولﻝ
Poet: Baha' al-din Zuhair (Hejaz, 1186-1258)

Genre: Muwashshah (Classical Arabic Poem set to music)
Maqam (melodic mode): Rast
Iqa’at (rhythmic mode): Samai Ta’er 3/8


Event: 'Shifa' Al Musiqa' (Healing Music) for BEMAC’s World Music Café concert series
Date: 28 August 2015 
Location: BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre), Kangaroo Point QLD

Description: Recording of Brisbane based Middle Eastern music ensemble Safar (meaning: travel, migration) performing a short program of classical and contemporary Middle Eastern vocal and instrumental maqam music.

Musicians: Amber Hansen (voice, percussion) Greta Kelly (violin, shah keman), Masoud Kamgar (kanun) Bill Anderson (Oud) Jordan Stamos (percussion)

04 Ames I Nesimi Subh Dem + Ya Man Laibat Bihi Shamoulou - Safar Live 28 Aug 2015

Laha Badruttim (The Full Moon Appeared) لاحﺡ بدرﺭ اﺍلتم
Composer: Shaykh Mahmoud Subh (Egypt, 1898-1941)

Genre: Muwashshah (Classical Arabic Poem set to music)
Maqam (melodic mode): Hijaz
Iqa’at (rhythmic mode): Samai Thaqil 10/8

Event: 'Shifa' Al Musiqa' (Healing Music) for BEMAC’s World Music Café concert series
Date: 28 August 2015 
Location: BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre), Kangaroo Point QLD

Description: Recording of Brisbane based Middle Eastern music ensemble Safar (meaning: travel, migration) performing a short program of classical and contemporary Middle Eastern vocal and instrumental maqam music.

Musicians: Amber Hansen (voice, percussion) Greta Kelly (violin, shah keman), Masoud Kamgar (kanun) Bill Anderson (Oud) Jordan Stamos (percussion)

03 Laha Badruttim - Safar Live 28 Aug 2015

Kiz Sen Geldin Çerkeşten
Composer: Faize Ergin (Turkey, 1894-1954)

Genre: Şarkı (Light Turkish Classical Song)
Maqam (melodic mode): Nahawand
Iqa’at (rhythmic mode): Karşlama 9/8

Event: 'Shifa' Al Musiqa' (Healing Music) for BEMAC’s World Music Café concert series
Date: 28 August 2015 
Location: BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre), Kangaroo Point QLD

Description: Recording of Brisbane based Middle Eastern music ensemble Safar (meaning: travel, migration) performing a short program of classical and contemporary Middle Eastern vocal and instrumental maqam music.

Musicians: Amber Hansen (voice, percussion) Greta Kelly (violin, shah keman), Masoud Kamgar (kanun) Bill Anderson (Oud) Jordan Stamos (percussion)

02 Kiz Sen Geldin Çerkesten - Safar Live 28 Aug 2015

Mounyati ‘Aza Istibari منﯿﻴتي عز اﺍصطبارﺭيﻱ 
Composer: Sayed Darwish (Egypt, 1892-1923)

Genre: Muwashshah (Classical Arabic Poem set to music)
Maqam (melodic mode): Nahawand
Iqa’at (rhythmic mode): Al Muhajjar 14/4

Event: 'Shifa' Al Musiqa' (Healing Music) for BEMAC’s World Music Café concert series
Date: 28 August 2015 
Location:	BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre), Kangaroo Point QLD 

Description: Recording of Brisbane based Middle Eastern music ensemble Safar (meaning: travel, migration) performing a short program of classical and contemporary Middle Eastern vocal and instrumental maqam music. 

Musicians: Amber Hansen (voice, percussion) Greta Kelly (violin, shah keman), Masoud Kamgar (kanun) Bill Anderson (Oud) Jordan Stamos (percussion)

01 Mounyati Aza Istibari - Safar Live 28 Aug 2015

Title: la grotta azzura (ambient mix)
Date: 2007, 2009 

Description: Ambient mix of 'la grotto azzura' (the blue grotto), originally created for AAIR Radio Ana Capri Remix competition hosted by the London School of Architecture in 2007. All samples utilised in the remix were recorded around the Island of Capri and provided by AAIR. Sound editing and composition/remix performed in Logic Pro.

​Competition judges included Brian Eno (UK) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (JAP/USA).  As there were too many good submissions, AAIR decided to not award only one winner. La grotto azzura was featured first amongst all international submissions published online. Remix Competition site now inactive.

IMAGE CREDIT: 'The Blue Grotto' by late Romantic Painter Heinrich Jakob Fried.

la grotto azzura (ambient mix) - 2009

Title: The Last Veil
Date: 2012

Description: A composition/remix created by layering and manipulating samples from recordings of Arabic music recitals I curated and presented during my Master of Music candidature (2010-2012)

The title allures to the mythology and exoticism behind 'Dance of the Seven Veils'. This story is also thought to have originated from the myth of Ishtar passing through the seven gates of the underworld. The soundscape itself shifts ambiguously between seven semi-distinct movements.

The Last Veil - 2012

Title: Váfa 
Date: 2020 

Description: Original soundscape composed between March-May 2020. Initial ideas were developed in preparation for a performance at Oscillo Scape 16, an event held at Alchemix studios, South Brisbane. Event postponed due to Covid-19 lock down. 

Title of track inspired by etymology of the word ‘wave'. Váfa is Old Norse / Icelandic word meaning: "(v) to fluctuate, waver, doubt; (n) ghost”.

Váfa - 2020

Multidisciplinary artist from Brisbane, Australia.

Electroacoustic music and sound.
Arabic traditional music recitals.

Amber Hansen

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