Flamenco Arabe

This exhilarating CD fuses pulsating Arab rhythms and percussion with fiery Andalusian flamenco. The result is a captivating, fiery, romantic, funky Spanish/Arabian album.

 

Musicians

Rafa El Tachuela – guitar, oud (guitar by Conde Hermanos, Madrid; oud by Wadie Nassier, London)

Hossam Ramzy – Egyptian & world percussion

Said Kamal – Egyptian violin

Mohamed Naiem – nay, kawala (Egyptian bamboo flutes)

Danny Thompson – bass (tracks 3, 9)

Dudley Phillips – bass (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10c, d,)

Osama El Hendy – bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10b)

Maged Serour – qanun (track 2)

Adel Eskander – violin (track 10b)

La Moraima – palmas (clapping on tracks 1 & 3)

Sarvar Sabri – Indian tabla, (track 10a, d)

Kamal Sabri – sarangi, vocals (track 10a, d)

Sonia Sabri – vocals (track 10a)

Recorded on Steinberg’s Cubase, mixed on Mackie Digital 8 bus console
Recorded in Berlin, Germany (Jacob David Pampuch)

Drumzy Studio, Giza, Egypt (Hossam Ramzy)
Drumzy Studio, East Grinstead, UK (Hossam Ramzy, Jimmy Waldo)

Mixing: Jimmy Waldo, assisted by Hossam Ramzy

All tracks composed and arranged by Rafa El Tachuela and Hossam Ramzy