Azam Ali(vas) - Mandara

Here's a version of 'Wait by the Water' recently recorded at the theatre de l'Athenee in Paris with my friend, the amazing singer Piers Faccini.

Piers Faccini & Jasser Haj Youssef - Wait By The Water (Live)

"Oh Sun! Do rise so the atoms dance!
The One who causes the earth and the heavens to dance

Joyful souls, in ecstasy, they dance 
I whisper into your ears where the dance is leading them 

Inside the cell or out in the space
In the wilderness and in the air 
Adore every atom that exists 
Cause they, too, like us 
Are befuddled and amazed

Whether in the state of keen pleasure
Or in the state of deep sorrow
Each atom,
By the ineffable Sun,
Is mystified and perplexed"

Poem Of The Atoms - Armand Amar (Bab'Aziz Soundtrack)

Taken from 'Real World 25' a 48-track compilation and celebration of Peter Gabriel's Real World Records, on their 25th Anniversary. 

Ayub Ogada is considered one of the greatest Kenyan musicians of all time and 'Kothbiro' is his contribution to the compilation. Taken from his 1993 album 'En Mana Kuoyo', is disarmingly simple - just Ogada and and the nyati, an East African lyre.

More info at STW: http://www.stampthewax.com/2014/09/30/soundcloud-premiere-ayub-ogada-kothbiro/
Real World 25 is out now: https://realworldrecords.com/release/634/real-world-25/

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