Arabian tribal bellydance?

[Lady L]

Greetings,
I am looking for some tribal bellydance music. I was looking around and wondered if anyone has heard Mezdeke Misur Danslari Arabic? I found a few on YouTube. I was looking for just instrumental, though.
Any other suggestions? TIA.  

[Poldugarian Warrior]

This is way out there, but check yer dollar store, i just happened to be in one the other day checking the cd's , and lo and behold belly dance music, and native american flute, and some Celtic, but I have so much Celtic I let I go, but now I'm thinkin I may go back and get the Celtic one too. Well, happy hunting.

[Lady L]

Thanks for the reply. I haven't seen any CDs at our small dollar store.

But, I did order "Caravanserai" by Burhan Ocal from Amazon. It has several flavors to the different songs, some are more Arabian, some more Jewish, some lean toward gypsy and Turkish. They also have "Gipsy Rum" and "Sultan's Secret Door" that I may order in the future. I wanted something with a strong drum beat, but not just percussion. I listened to many samples by other musicians, but some were too modern/jazzy or too slow/contemplative for what I wanted. I also wanted something that sounded tribal/ethnic. So, I guess I am asking for a lot. 

[Lady L]

My CD arrived today and I really like it. 

[Poldugarian Warrior]

Good, I know exactly what you mean. I don't dance to it, but I love the sound and some are too modern, or don't include enough from various ethnicities. I know people on the outside would say to us that it all sounds the same, but you are absolutely right, you can tell a Jewish tune from a Turkish tune, or gypsy/Roma tune from an Arabic tune. They have different drum modes and some have bigger strung instrument parts than others. And unfortunately you and I asked too much, but if we look real hard we'll find what we're lookign for. Happy hunting, I'll go through my collection and try to assemble a list, most are from performers here at MiRF.

[Lady L]

Thanks for understanding, Poldugarian Warrior! 

[Poldugarian Warrior]

No problem, I just wish more people were passionate about the purity of their music as we are.

[Lady L]

Do you have your list made yet? I was curious about it.
Thanks.

[Poldugarian Warrior]

No, I just got back up on this site, and thanks for asking since you requested I will definitely get it on here. Not tonight because I got to get to bed and go to work by 2:00pm. But, tomorrow night.

[Lady L]

No rush, I was just interested. Thanks.

[Poldugarian Warrior]

We'll here's the list, most of these are from bands that play at Michigan Renfest, but o on-line and search them out you maybe able to purchase them there.

1.) Tribal Bazaar- by Carnivale Mignoon

2.) Oracle- by djilia phralengo

3.) Eleven Lives- by Circa Paleo

4.) E Muzeki- by E Muzeki

5.) Agrafa- by E Muzeki

6.) Sindh- by E Muzeki

7.) MavraMatia- by E Muzeki

8.) Samsara- by Wine and Alchemy

9.) Turning of the Seasons- by Wine and Alchemy

10.) Magic of BellyDance- by various artists, no names given.

[Lady L]

Thank you! I will look them up. 

[Rhiannon]

Another place that you might want to try is the Borders bookstore. We don't have one here in SC, but when I was living in TN I used to shop there all the time. Their music section always had a lot of belly dance music and I got to listen to tracks before I bought them. I love all belly dance music, but I'm a bigger fan of the tribal, folkloric music, more so than the Egyptian cabaret style.

A place to listen to music online is Radio Bastet:  http://www.radiobastet.com/ She plays vintage belly dance music.

[Lady Nicolette]

You could also try Joseph Pusey with Kevin Hylton and Bob Rice "Spice of Life,"  available at CD Baby...

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jpkhbr

And anything by Sirocco is wonderful...available through this link....

http://www.unclemafufo.com/SIROCCOmusic/bellydance_music.html

[Lady L]

Thanks for the info, I will check that out!