محمد قدري دلال - تقاسيم عود

Naseer shamma

Anouar Brahem (barzakh)

Dekalog IX - You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbour's Wife

With No Borders 
Composed & performed by Mohamed Abozekry
Recorded, and mixed by : Nicolas Houssin 
MAY 2010 

With No Borders / Aucune Frontière (Oud solo - May 2010)

Maria,Nabil. Hijaz

Armand - Amar - La - Terre - Vue - Du - Ciel - 10

Original Music by: Giuliano Taviani & Carmelo Travia

Caesar Must Die (2012) - OST

The name Furud derives from the Arabic ألفرود al-furūd "the solitary ones". This was an appellation early Arab poets used for a number of anonymous stars.

Madar (literally an ‘Orbit’) is a group of five musicians from the Netherlands, Palestine, Jordan and Tunisia. With genuine curiosity for and understanding of each other’s musical language, they have come together with the purpose of creating something new, built on a deeply shared respect for the qualities of their various musical worlds.

Acamar, from the Arabic Ākhir an-nahr meaning "the end of the river", is a star located in the constellation Eridanus, variously associated by ancient astronomers with rivers across the Mediterranean and Middle East, including the Nile, Po and Euphrates. The music in this album is inspired by the classical civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean which relied in daily life on an understanding of the cosmos.

Jasser Haj Youssef - viola d’amore 
Maarten Ornstein - clarinet 
Nizar Rohana - ud 
Tony Overwater - upright bass, violone 
Nasser Salameh - percussion

1. Madar Bayati (Nizar Rohana) 4:26
2. Sofia (Maarten Ornstein) 3:06
3. Acamar (Nizar Rohana) 4:58
4. Silence (Jasser Haj Youssef) 5:11
5. Abakua (Tony Overwater) 2:26
6. Furud (Rohana, Overwater, Haj Youssef, Ornstein) 4:59
7. Not the rain (Maarten Ornstein) 5:03
8. Gemini (Tony Overwater) 3:19
9. Doulab (Jasser Haj Youssef) 6:10
10. Hills of Delphi (Tony Overwater) 4:57

Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum; 26 and 27 september 2018
Recorded and mixed by Fieke van den Hurk
Mastering: Frans de Rond

Pictures: Floris Scheplitz
Design: Ruud Overwater

Produced by Kepera Records

This album was supported by The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)

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Madar Ensemble - Furud | مجموعة مدار - فُرود

This bright uptempo 7/8 tune is in the Maqam ‘Ajam, which is similar to the Western major key. Meaning, more or less, non-Arab or foriegn, it was written by Prunka when a former bandmate said he wanted to have some more contrast in the repertoire. Just to keep things interesting, the tune modulates to the stereotypical Arabic maqam Hijaz for Herrera's saxophone solo.

Brian Prunka: oud, composition
Kenny Warren: trumpet
Nathan Herrera: alto sax
Apostolos Sideris: bass
George Mel: cajon, ride cymbal ,snare drum

Simon Shaheen & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Ghazal (Saltanah)

Claralucida