Mounqaliba Explained

Mounqaliba
Type:Studio album
Artist:Natacha Atlas
Cover:Mounqaliba.jpg
Genre:World music
Label:World Village, Six Degrees Records
Producer:Samy Bishai
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Mounqaliba (Arabic: منقلبة; English: In a State of Reversal) is a 2010 album by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas. Co-produced by Samy Bishai, it was inspired by the poems of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.[1] In addition to original works, it also contains covers of Françoise Hardy and Nick Drake songs.[2] The album also features composers Zoe Rahman and Jocelyn Pook.

The album features audio clips from non-commercial film director, and activist Peter Joseph and self-educated industrial engineer and futurist Jacque Fresco through multiple tracks, as well as references to and a resource-based economy.[3]

Derek Beres named Mounqaliba on his list of the Top 12 Records of 2010 and Siddhartha Mitter listed it as one of his top 10 world music CDs of 2010.[4] [5] Contrary to these views, The Guardian music reviewer Robin Denselow gave the album 2.5 stars in his review; citing purposeful limitation of her vocal range, reliance upon "an easygoing swirl of Arabic-tinged strings and jazz-edged piano" and "[being] annoyingly interspersed with spoken 'interludes' [by Joseph and others]" as the reason for the rating.[6]

In February 2011 Atlas and Basha Beats issued a remix of "Makaan" and "Batkallim" called "Egypt: Rise to Freedom" to commemorate the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.[7] [8] A download only album of "River Man" remixes was released by Six Degrees Records in 2010. The album features 4 remixes of "River Man" by 310, Jef Stot and Makyo as well as Atlas' original version that appeared on Mounqaliba. Mounqaliba - Rising: The Remixes, an album of remixes from Mounqaliba, (including "Egypt: Rise to Freedom") was released by Six Degrees Records on 27 September 2011.[9]

Track listing

All songs composed by Natacha Atlas and Samy Bishai; except where noted.

  1. "Intro" - 0:56
  2. "Makaan" - 4:26
  3. "Matrah Interlude" - (Atlas, Bishai, Louai Alhenawi)
  4. "Bada Al Fajir" - 2:01 (Atlas, Bishai, Alcyona Mick)
  5. "Muwashah Ozkourini" - 3:42 (Traditional)
  6. "River Man" - 5:37 (Nick Drake)
  7. "Batkallim" - 5:57
  8. "Mounqaliba" - 3:36
  9. "Le Cor, Le Vent" - 3:43 (Atlas, Bishai, Khaled Mouzanar)
  10. "Direct Solutions Interlude" - 1:38 (Atlas, Bishai, Andy Hamil)
  11. "Lahazat Nashwa" - 3:03
  12. "La Nuit Est Sur La Ville" - 3:34 (Françoise Hardy)
  13. "Fresco's Interlude" - 2:08
  14. "Ghoroub" - 2:24
  15. "Evening Interlude" - 1:08 (Atlas, Bishai, Eser Ebcin)
  16. "Taalet" - 3:11 (Atlas, Bishai, Tim Whelan)
  17. "Egypt Interlude" - 2:13
  18. "Nafourat El Anwar" - 2:58

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Singer Natacha Atlas moves to Condom. Franck Meslin . 18 May 2010 . Sud-Ouest. 18 July 2010.
  2. Web site: Atlas brings Arabic groove to folk fest . Franck Meslin . 16 July 2010 . North Shore News . 18 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100718050032/http://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/Atlas+brings+Arabic+groove+folk+fest/3286339/story.html . 18 July 2010 .
  3. Web site: Zeitgeist addendum . Natacha Atlas. 24 January 2009. Official Natacha Atlas blog . MySpace . 26 July 2010.
  4. News: Siddhartha Mitter's top 10 world music CDs of 2010 . The Boston Globe . Siddhartha . Mitter . 19 December 2010.
  5. News: Beres. Derek. Postures GET UPDATES FROM Derek Beres Like 48 Global Beat Fusion: Top Dozen Records of 2010. 7 October 2011. Huffington Post. 10 July 2010.
  6. News: Denselow. Robin. Natacha Atlas: Mounqaliba. 6 October 2011. The Guardian. 23 September 2010.
  7. News: Natacha Atlas and Basha Beats Release Video Titled Egypt Rise To Freedom Mix . 11 February 2011 . World Music Central. 6 October 2011.
  8. News: Natacha Atlas adapts ‘Egypt: Rise to Freedom’. 14 February 2011 . PRI. 6 October 2011.
  9. Web site: Mounqaliba - Rising: The Remixes. Six Degrees Records. 19 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111026101653/http://sixdegreesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mounqaliba-rising-the-remixes. 26 October 2011. dead.

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