Modern traditional, dance & pop music from The Mediterranean, Middle East, North & East Africa & Asia (60s-70s-80s)

Tracklist:

Om Kalsoum - Hakam Aleena Al Hawa (intro) (Egypt)
Ahmed Wahbi - Matoual Dellil (Algeria)
Saloua - Kif Rayi Hamelni (Algeria)
Samira Taoufik - Ya Khouy (Lebanon)
Salama - يا أهل الهواء (Syria?)
Toni Frangieh & Setrak Sarkassian - Rakset El Kheyal (Lebanon)
Layla Nazmi - Ah Ya Leil (Egypt)
Huda Ruhana - Habibi Behebb Ettesh (Lebanon)
Abu Bakr Salem Belfaqih - Qul Li Mataa Qul Li (Yemenite Saudi-Arabia)
Manolis Barberakis - Kale Mana Den Boro (Greece)
Unknown Turkish session band - Romen Havasi (Turkey)
Nikos Kelesidis - Tulum (Greece)
Christos Rabidis - To Sarada Ena (Greece)
Giorgoulis Saskalidis - Organiko (Greece)
Athanasios Charos - To Pathiariko Tsifteteli (Greece)
Hany Mehanna - Ayam Al Marah (Egypt)
Orkes Melayu Purnama - Ke Salabinta (Indonesia)
Karim Shahab-Ud-Din - Lucky seven, unlucky thirteen (Pakistan)
V. Balsara - Pardesiyon Se Na (India)
Amar El Sheriyi - Ah! Mennak (Egypt)
Figen Han - Haydi Bastirrr (Turkey)
Kostas Soukas - Ta Merakia Mou (Greece)
Vassilis Soukas - Tsifteteli Me Klarino Nº 1 (part 4) (Greece)
Veseli Romi - Robot (Serbia)
Tony Scott & the Indonesian All-Stars - Djanger Bali (US - Indonesia)
Petro-Loukas Chalkias - Solo Pogonisio (Greece)
Pagona Athanisiou - I Borios Ipiros (Greece)
Habtamu Shiferaw - Deniew Deneba (Ethiopia)
Hirut Bekele - Yebakela Abeba (Ethiopia)
Ouiness - Chouaya Hob (Morocco)
Ismaeel Hasan Eldaen - Edini Redak (Sudan)
Boutaiba Sghir - Malgré Tout (Algeria)
Athanasios Charos - To Arapiko Tsifteteli (Greece)
Baligh Hamdy - Souma (Egypt)

Picture: Umm Kulthum having a small party with a traditional group of Moroccan singers and dancers (Morocco, 1967)

Souma Mix

The World of Souma

The Pumpkin Machine Folk Rave
Ich glaub' an die Musik
(T. Andrea Pancur, M. trad.)
Andrea Pancur - voc
Andrea Pancur, Miene Costa, Johann Bengen - backing vocals
Valentina Bellanova - flutes
Patty Farrell - acc, keys, brass
Katja Lachmann - b
Johann Bengen -drums & mix

Ich Glaub An Die Musik First Mix

Traveling

De vooruitgeschoven single is ‘Traveling’ is sinds vandaag te beluisteren op alle streamingplatformen. De song ontstond in Galway aan de westkust van Ierland. Hij gaat over de ongrijpbare anima. De muze die op de grens tussen twee werelden leeft. Tussen dag en nacht, zand en zee. De " andere ik" die steeds meereist, on a parallel shore.

Traveling

Sârba la caval

Live performance of 'Song of enchantment'
Composition for accordion, tape and bells
 © Barbara Eva Ardenois

Recorded at Stadschouwburg Brugge on 24 February 2024
Concertseries k'luister

Song of Enchantment Live version 24 feb 2024

Bad Times Are Good

Because Nobody Cares

Thank you for listening!

"The Sweetest Klezmer Orchestra" is the album that was recorded by the band Halva in May 2018. It mainly contains compositions by Nicolaas Cottenie, plus "Sher Nomer 0" and "Latviyska", composed by Ilja Schneiveiss.

The band is:
Nicolaas Cottenie - violin
Alina Bauer - violin
Georg Brinkmann - clarinet
Ilja Scheiveiss - piano, accordion & percussion
Eline Duerinck - cello

The Sweetest Klezmer Orchestra

Tsvey Strunen Terkish

‘DE GROTE VROUW’ (‘THE GRAND WOMAN’) bears witness to a profound love and respect for jazz music, whilst flirting with african traditional roots wrapped in filmic intimacy. Poetry on the bass wich sprouts in many different ways exploring it's countless facets. She opens up her soul and invites folk music and diverse cultures. Improvisation and true interaction, played with an intuitive groove, glides like a boat on a sunny river.

09 - Lara Rosseel Band - Wilson -

Adrian Receanu caval Chisinau, Moldova 2000

Tatal meu ce esti departe (Chisinau, 2000)

Sârba de concert (Chisinau 2000)

Doina (Chisinau, 2000)

Hi!

Thank you for visiting my page!

I am a violin player, and currently work as a researcher in the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp (Belgium) and perform with different projects.

For a long time, my main interest has been klezmer music, and how to combine the rich and fascinating Jewish musical tradition with other things musical that I like, mainly (extended) tonal harmony, contemporary classical music, and improvisation. And then also Balkan music, Greek music and a lot of other styles as well- it is a bit eclectic really.

The single most important thing that happened to me in my musical life is the fact that I had the honor and the opportunity to study with Alan Bern, my favorite musician and teacher and thinker. He developed a method for free improvisation called Present Time Composition that I learned to understand and teach through years of reading and practicing (which you can read more about on my website).

Another thing that is a big factor in who I am musically today is my study of classical tonality. Much more than the complex harmonic theory that I studied in my jazz conservatory education, it is what inspires me today as a composer. This would never have happened without the help of another great teacher, Lieven Strobbe. Listening to the music on this website, you will probably hear what I mean when I say that I got a lot out of studying some Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven compositions (although, just to be clear, I do not by a long shot consider myself a specialist).

My main projects at the moment are: a silent film project called No Words (Zonder Woorden in Dutch), a modern klezmer band called Halva, a traditional klezmer duo with my partner Alina Bauer called Azind, and then there is a project that is meanwhile discontinued but that is still so important to me that I cannot fail to mention it: Maggid.

To contact me, write to contact@nicolaascottenie.eu

Tsvey Strunen Terkish

Nicolaas Cottenie

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