Live fusion ethnic music at Makan Centre, Cairo, Egypt

This video was recorded on May, 26th 2009 at Makan Cultural Centre. It's an absolutely worthy experience!!!! Video can show too little of the atmosphere and the energy of the place and the musicians. The name of the string instrument is tamboura.
Some picture of the same concert at flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35562225@N04/sets/72157618859470610/

The centre is located at 1, Saad Zaghloul str., just one minute walking from the Saad Zaghloul metro station. I copy from the website of the centre (http://www.egyptmusic.org/ Visit it!!) about the group:

N ass Makan the latest project of ECCA Makan, Nass Makan (? The people of Makan ?) brings together the greatest musicians of Egypt and Sudan on stage in a new sound. Famous custodians of the legacy of musical tradition, such as Zar performers Om Sameh and Om Hassan join Sudanese Singer Asia, singer Sayed Imam and Sayed Rekabi together with many unique instrumentalists.
Gypsy Music from the Delta joins hands with Zar songs and Sudanese music styles, traditional instruments join contemporary ones. In the thoughtful and exhilarating arrangements, each singer and each music style is presented on a platform that respects the diverse musical tradition and brings out its in a new way.
Musical director Ahmed el Maghraby describes the process:
Since the beginning of my work in the field of traditional music some years ago, I always ask myself the following question: What happens after? What happens after we have located the last living resources of certain musical traditions? What happens after we record and preserve this music with the means of modern technology? What happens after we present it the way it is, without additions or alterations? What happens after we present the same music for many times? The answer I found is based on the words of Sheikh Amin Elkhouly: "The first step in a renewal is to contain and totally assimilate the old".
With "Nass Makan" I tried to find this road to renewal by analyzing Our music, by building on techniques, shapes and sounds of traditional music in a way that will produce a new creative experience.
The project was premiered with great success in October 2007 Concert Series in Cairo and is available for touring.

Performers:
Sayed Imam - Vocal
Sayed Rekaby - Vocal
Asia - Vocal
Ibrahim Abdel Bary - Saxophone
Ibrahim Kawala - Kawala
Amin Shahin - Arghoul
Hassan Hamido - Violin
Abdel Wahab - Saxophone
Seif El Dawla - Drums
Adel El Ser - Base Guitar
Sayed Ghoneim - Kawala
Om Sameh - Vocal
Om Hassan - Dholla &Vocal
Nour El Sabah - Sagat, Doff & Vocal
Hassan Mersal - tambura & Vocal
Raafat Farag - Doff & Vocal

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• Makan Centre
• fusion ethnic music
• Sudanese music
• Cairo
• Egypt
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