In STEALTH by Sonallah Ibrahim, the narrator, a boy living in Cairo sneaks around the city spying on its citzens. By taking in its sights, sounds, and smells, the boy creates a portraint of 1950s Cairo. In a previous post, we explored those sights with an animation by Nathaniel Whitcomb who created a motion collage from the mid-century Cairo photographs of Don Church. Now, we present to you a mix of popular 1950s Egytian music compiled by Brian Shimkovitz of Awesome Tapes From Africa. 

1. Samia Gamal “Ay Ya Zein” [Oh Beautiful] (from the film Valley of the Kings) 
2. Um Kalthoum “Howa Sahih El-Hawa Ghallab” [Is It True That Love Is Irresistible?]
3. Laila Murad “Men Al Qalb Lel-Qalb Rasool” [Heart to Heart] (from the film Heart to Heart)
4. Fareed al-Atrash “Hebeena Hebeena” [Love Us, Love Us] (from the film Nagham Fi Hayati)
5. Mohamed Abdel Wahab “El Sudan”
6. Laila Mourad “Abgad Hawaz”
7. Mohamed Abdel Wahab “Ahebo Mahma Ashof Meno”
8. Farid Shawqi & Yehia Chahine with dancer Naemat Mokhtar [title unknown] (from the film The Black Knight)
9. Um Kalthoum “Ya Hobena Al Kabir” [Oh Great Love] 
10. Mohamed Fawzi “Ta'ab el-Hawa Albi” [Oh the Sweetness of Love] (from the film Banat Hawaa) 
11.  Laila Murad “Aahd El Hawa” (from the film Flirtation of Girls)

More info on the novel STEALTH and a Q&A with ATFA: http://ndbooks.com/blog/article/stealth-mix-awesome-tapes-from-africa-for-nd

STEALTH Mix: Awesome Tapes From Africa for New Directions

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first beat.  <3

out on spotify now!!!! https://open.spotify.com/track/01NKsiRIuQcgbXVZ4htZjT?si=zhOU7MGSSqCXYXKQtPDJ9g

sample: wmd - ficus

school rooftop

AURORA covering Massive Attacks' "Teardrop" on Triple J with Magnus on drums and Freddy on guitar.

AURORA - "Teardrop" (Cover)

HURRICANE

A litling composition by my guruji, my baba Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan a.k.a Rasanpiya in Raag Ragesri describing the beauty of a woman

Live

Ragesri/ Aiso Sundar

Intro - From "Meal Ticket 2.0"

夢浮橋 -Yume no ukihashi-

Last song from our second album, Í annan heim, 2010.

Svanur

a song my mom, N.Visalakshi taught me. She learnt it from the composer Smt.Meenakshi Subramaniam's daughter Neelayathakshi. 

this song is on the goddess of knowledge , Saraswati set in Mayamalavagowla.

Smt.. Meenakshi Subramaniam is the mother of the famous dancer Dr.Padma Subramaniam

Vandeham Vani

demo & TVC singer; concert backing vocalist & flute player; songwriter; voice talent

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