Halim (album) explained

Halim
Type:	Album
Artist:	Natacha Atlas
Cover:	Halim atlas.jpg
Genre:	Electronic, world music
Label:	Nation Records
Producer:	John Reynolds, Transglobal Underground, Jaz Coleman, Essam Rashad, Natacha Atlas, Aki Nawaz
Prev Title:	Diaspora
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Gedida
Next Year:	1999

Halim (Arabic: حليم) is the second solo album by the Belgian world music singer Natacha Atlas.^[1] It was released by Nation Records in 1997.^[2] The album was primarily produced by Transglobal Underground and John Reynolds.

The album is dedicated to Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez, whose "music meant everything" to her.^[3]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that Atlas "continues in her vein of excellent Arabic singing combined with a wide variety of musical traditions, modern and ancient."

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Natacha Atlas, Count Dubulah, Hamid ManTu and Alex Kasiek, except where stated.

1. "Marifnaash" (Atlas, John Reynolds, Justin Adams) – 4:49
2. "Moustahil" – 3:33
3. "Amulet" – 4:59
4. "Leyli" – 3:42
5. "Kidda" (Atlas, Reynolds, Adams) – 5:10
6. "Sweeter Than Any Sweets" – 6:00
7. "Ya Weledi" – 7:10
8. "Enogoom Wil, Amar" (Atlas) – 6:45
9. "Andeel" (Atlas) – 5:56
10. "Gafsa" (Atlas, Reynolds, Adams) – 6:37
11. "Ya Albi Ehda" (Atlas, Essam Rashad) – 9:00
12. "Agib" (Atlas, Reynolds, Adams) – 7:34

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on the special edition Halim.

13. "L'Égyptienne" featuring Les Négresses Vertes (Atlas, Matthias Canavese, Stéfane Mellino, Michel Ochowiak) – 3:28
14. "Duden" (Spooky remix) (Atlas, Dubulah, ManTu, Ahlan) – 6:59

Personnel

The following people contributed to Halim:^[4]

• Natacha Atlas – vocals
• Sawt El Atlas – backing vocals
• Carol Isaacs – accordion
• Count Dubulah – bass, guitar, programming, string arrangements
• John Reynolds – drums, bass, keyboards
• Hamid Mantu – drums, dulcimer, programming
• Tim Garsaayid – dharabuka, riq, ney
• Jaz Coleman – keyboards
• Nick Walker – programming

• Caroline Dale – cello, string arrangements
• Rony Barak – dharabuka, riqq, daf
• Justin Adams – guitar
• Alex Kasiek – keyboards, lute, backing vocals, programming, string arrangements
• Lazarus Whelan – keyboards, saxophone, ney, clarinet
• Keith Clouston – oud
• Simon Walker – violin, viola
• Ahmed Mansour, Nawazish Khan, Wa'el Abubakr, Aboud Abdel Al – violin
• Arabella Rodriquez, David White, Ott, Zakaria, Konstantine – engineering

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Natacha Atlas Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Global Music Pulse. Billboard. June 7, 1997. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
3. Goodman, John. "Atlas brings Arabic groove to folk fest" . North Shore News. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
4. Halim (CD liner notes). Nation Records. May 1997.
5. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM "UK Chart Long: 1994–2006: A – Azzido Da Bass"