I honestly have no idea as to what sort of music this band delivers – I do know that a Musical Saw would blend in perfectly with these instruments:
Check that stringed instrument in the foreground!!
Image by SWARM Sounds
OK, what’s that instrument the guy is holding up in the back? – Whatever it is, the band members think enough of it to feature it.
Image by SWARM Sounds
Mahmoud Fadl: Nubian Master Drummer
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“A few years ago, at the Love Parade in Berlin, it took a very special form-a drum & DJ project called UNITED NUBIANS that spread the message of the “Black Pharaohs” to the club circuit. The project survived the occasion and today, on the dark stage, I sometimes travel home on a tribal house beat to the rhythms of my childhood. ”
Mahmoud Fadl
Mahmoud Fadl, the celebrated Nubian Master Drummer was born in 1955. He was raised in the cities of Assuan and Cairo in Egypt, and his Nubian background is rooted in the Griot culture of the “Battikol” people. Mahmoud started out as a musician at Nubian and Arabic wedding events as well as a limbo dancer. He soon became a much sought after commodity, playing with the likes of Ahmed Adawia and Nubian legend Ali Hassan Kuban. After a number of international tours, Mahmoud Fadl secured a place for his music in Europe and started to develop an international portfolio.
The Nubian people’s legacy extends far into antiquity, predating Egyptian civilization. Some recent finds by French archaeologists have suggested that Nubia pre-dated Egypt by as much as 3,000 years and is, in all likelihood, the source of Egyptian civilization. The flooding of the Aswan dam, forced Mahmoud Fadl and thousands of Nubians to leave their homeland in Nubia, which is located today in Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt and drowned old Nubia and countless Nubian monuments and historical sites.
As a musical director, Mahmoud Fadl contributed to a four album project called “Salamat”, released on Piranha records, which focussed on the music of the legendary and suppressed Nubian culture. He has four albums released under his own name and on one of them pays a Nubian homage to deceased pan-Arabian diva Umm Kalthoum, showcasing the voice of Salwa Abou Greisha from the famous Greisha family of Nubian musicians, with accompaniment from the Cairo Opera. Mahmoud’s album “Drummers of the Nile”, features ancient music from along the nile, and he collaborates with fellow drummers Gaafar Hargal and Hamdi Matoul, Nubian wedding diva Salma and many more musicians. He has also collaborated with The Klezmatics (New York), Orientalist piano player Maurice El Medioni (Marseille/Oran) and the famous gypsy saxophone player Ferus Mustafov (Skopje). Mahmoud also introduced western audiences to the distinguished grandmaster of oriental trumpet, Samy El Bably, on an alluring album called “Love Letters from King Tut-Ank Amen.”
Today, Mahmoud travels between Cairo and Berlin working on various projects. His current tribal house project entitled “United Nubians” has earned him much international acclaim in the vibrant Berlin club scene. In addition to his work as a musician, film actor and fashion designer, Mahmoud Fadl frequently performs with the West-African Griot Ensemble, “Saf-Sap” on oriental wedding and musical workshops.
You can listen to Mahmoud Fadl and many more African musicians at Kemet Music Radio.
Selected Discography:
Album: Drummers of The Nile In Town
Label: Piranha
Year: 2003
Album: Drummers of The Nile Go South
Label: Piranha
Year: 2001
Album: Umm Kalthoum 7000
Label: Piranha
Year: 2000
Album: Love Letters From King Tut-Ank Amen
Label: Piranha
Year: 1998
Album: Ezzayakoum
Label: Piranha
Year: 1998
Album: Drummers of the Nile
Label: Piranha
Year: 1997
Album: Nubiana
Label: Piranha
Year: 1996
Album: Salam Delta
Label: Piranha
Year: 1995
Album: Mambo El Soudani
Label: Piranha
Year: 1994
Learning Musical Saw Scales – 3 Tips To Accelerate Your Progress
Learning Musical Saw scales can be a very frustrating experience for many Musical Sawyers. It’s very easy to feel totally overwhelmed with just how much needs to be learnt. To learn and master every possible Musical Saw scale out there would take many lifetimes. Because of this, many Musical Saw Musicians find it hard even knowing where to start!
In this article I’ll reveal three powerful tips to help you in your quest for Musical Saw scale mastery. They are designed to help reduce any feelings of overwhelm that you may currently have. Let’s take a look at the tips now
This poor fellow is doing a splendid job when a cell phone goes off in the audience. Look how he handles it.
I’ve been to many a performance where the performer will glare out to the audience at the merest cough or paper rustle. – And actually, I support that… Sorry, but if If I’ve paid for a ticket I don’t want to spend the entire concert listening to someone unwrapping his chewing gum.
Caught a great performance by Mark Dvorak at a local (coffee house -style venue) Forest Park Nature Center in Peoria, IL.
These video links were passed on to me (Thanks Art Peterson / Hanquan Qiu !) from this year’s Musical Saw Festival in Japan this May.
Some pretty amazing Musical Saw performances plus a smattering of interesting cultural performances:
Ever get the urge to build a RainStick? Here is a video teacking you how to build a Rain Stick
Building a Rain Stick
Question by LordSeraph: What is the title of this old movie that has vaudeville in it?
This is an old movie, shown frequently in Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel. I forgot it’s title though. The movie features a character named Stanley who was from the dying industry of vaudeville. The setting is somewhat in a Hawaiian location, and involves romance between a soldier and a movie star. A part of the plot is that the soldier abducts her via plane into an island. In this island, the real life actress accidentally sprains her ankle while shooting a scene wherein her in-movie counterpart fell into a hole.
Best answer:
Answer by HoneyBunny
Could it be “On an Island with You” (1948)?
Esther Williams sprained her ankle during the shoot. Williams also blamed [the director] for an on-set injury. For a scene in which she falls into a hole hidden by jungle foliage, the crew forgot to put padding at the spot where she was to land. As a result, she sprained her ankle and had to finish the movie on crutches. In her memoirs, she asserts that it was his responsibility to check to make sure the stunt, which looked great on the first take, was safe.
The basic plot:
While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.
Give your answer to this question below!
I always like scanning through Yahoo questions to see what people are asking (and answering) – Here’s a Vaudeville related question I stumbled on:
Here is a Question by Missy: She is doing a project on the Vaudeville theater and wants to know: “What types of dances happened at the Vaudeville Theater?” What she is after is what types of dances were danced at the Vaudeville theater.
Here was what was judged the best answer:
Best answer:
Answer by A Yahoo! user
jazz
tap
burlesque acts…
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
Question by 46 x 16 !!!: why do you see so many cute indie girls playing musical saw?
Everywhere you go there are so many cute indie girls playing musical saw outside of hip cafe’s, busking in front of public markets, and haunting my dreams with sweet serenades. Why do all cute indie girls play musical saw?
Best answer:
Answer by ??????
they don’t. many of them play ukulele, concertina, theramin, or some other unconventional instrument for western music.
What do you think? Answer below!
