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The Babylon Arabic Band

The Babylon Arabic Band Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Roots Music

    Location Edinburgh and Somerset, Southwest, UK

    Profile Views: 32985

    Last Login: 9/1/2009

    Member Since 1/15/2007

    Website www.arabicdrum.co.uk

    Record Label Proper Music UK tel:0044(0)2086765141

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    FOR MORE INFO AND BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT MAREN:07727604212 ____________________________________________________________ .. .. .. .. .. .. ___________________________________________________________________ THE BABYLON ARABIC BAND ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR MORE INFO AND BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT MAREN:07727604212 __________________________________________________________________ THE BABYLON ARABIC BAND CD “SAMRA” IS NOW AVAILABLE IN ALL MAJOR UK RECORDE STORES AND ON AMAZON.CO.UK __________________________________________________________________ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samra-Babylon-Arabic-Band/dp/B000NTPE0E/ __________________________________________________________________ DISTRIBUTED THROUGH PROPER MUSIC LTD TEL:0044(0)2086765141 ___________________________________________________________________ This UK based band consists of Iraqi, Scottish, German and English musicians. Led by M. Nafee Mohammed, they present here a selection of Mohammed's favorite songs which he performed at parties and celebrations in Baghdad. Mohammed is now hosting parties and performing for new audiences around the UK with the talented musicians he has discovered here. The Babylon Arabic Band performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,The Hairth O'Knockrach Festival, Scottish National Museum, Middle Eastern Peace Festival Edinburgh, Mela Festival and Scottish Refugee Week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you were being perversely optimistic, you might argue that one positive result of the catastrophic situation in Iraq is that so many of its fine musicians are now living abroad and sharing their country's rich culture with the rest of us. The singer and Oud (lute) player M Nafee Mohammed has found his way to Edinburgh, from where he tours all over Scotland and leads The Babylon Arabic Band. The other members of the group are local performers who have studied Middle Eastern music, and their first recording features a good selection of Oriental traditional favourites. Mohammed has a fine voice and the other musicians especially percussionist Chas Whitaker play with a balanced sense of authentic style. At the same time the performances are pretty four-square and rarely venture beyond the basic rendition of the tune : though things do start to move more freely on Il Bulbul; when Maren Lueg's sax playing bounces around the melody. The relative simplicity of the performances would make this a good choice for learning your first bellydance steps to, or transcribing some well known Arab tunes to play along with ." - Bill Badley - SONGLINES World Music Magazine Issue 47 Nov. 2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR MORE INFO AND BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT MAREN:07727604212

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  • Influences

    Middle Eastern Music

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    THE BABYLON ARABIC BAND CD “SAMRA” IS NOW AVAILABLE IN ALL MAJOR UK RECORDE STORES AND ON AMAZON.CO.UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samra-Babylon-Arabic-Band/dp/B000NTPE0E/

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