New CD "Unregulated" by TURBO TABLA (Karim Nagi)

Turbo Tabla "Unregulated" Available at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/TurboTabla
and on iTunes and Amazon

NREGULATED (2010): The long-awaited sequel to "Belly and the Beat", and "Overdrive" is finally here. The Drumming Mixmaster returns with the first Turbo Tabla CD since 2006. Egyptian rhythms, ethnotronica, belly dance and trance unite. Together they yield an Arabized hybrid of Bedouin Dabke, Saidi Hip Hop, Punjabi fusion and Italian Overture.

Turbo Tabla has the unregulated muse to fuse. This album, like the predecessors, still boasts the power and lyricism of Nagi's signature Arab hand percussion style. He sings with the drums, going beyond the fads of athleticism and flashery, and focussing on articulate phraseology and addictive rhythms. Renewed Folklore finds its way into most pieces, including the Upper Egyptian funk of Aminti Billah Turbo, the Lebanese line dance mosh of Fayyah Mandilik Turbo, and the tribal Iraqi hoedown of I Raq Yee. The passion for India continues with the Bhangra-meets-Bedoiun layers of Dark Coal Eyes and reprEyes, and the Bouzuq crossover of Nour iZen. But the most exciting and globe shifting tracks come "Arabized". An elevating reversal of Westernization takes place in Mozart Tabla Arabiyya (watch video) and Spring Arabized, where the melodies of Mozart and Vivaldi get very sandy, eastern, and 'cymbalic.' And the TAKalicious Drums give a fresh and clever version of the perpetually needed Raqs Sharqi drum solo. "Ah Ya Salam" !!

www.turbotabla.com

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[raqsgothique]

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