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Arco Iris (Amina Alaoui album)

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Released
  
June 20, 2011

Artist
  
Amina Alaoui

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Length
  
67:13

Release date
  
20 June 2011

Label
  
ECM Records

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Recorded
  
April 2010 Auditorio Radiotelevisione Svizzera Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

Genres
  
World music, Folk music, Vocal music

Similar
  
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Arco Iris is an album by singer Amina Alaoui. The album, Alaoui's first work for ECM, is focused on singing and features light string accompaniment along with sparse percussion. It was recorded in April 2010 in Lugano and released in 2011. The New York Times termed the recording as a fusion of different traditions to form her own Iberian Peninsula. It cited her incorporating musical traditions of Portuguese fado, Spanish flamenco, and Persian and Arab-Andalusian classical music.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hado" - 1:50
  2. "Búscate En Mí" - 6:31
  3. "Fado Al-Mu'tamid" - 5:30
  4. "Flor De Nieve" - 4:07
  5. "Oh Andaluces" - 6:55
  6. "Ya Laylo Layl" - 9:18
  7. "Fado Menor" - 5:26
  8. "Búscate En Mí, Var." - 5:32
  9. "Moradía" - 3:59
  10. "Las Morillas De Jaén" - 7:05
  11. "Que Faré" - 4:26
  12. "Arco Iris" - 6:34

Personnel

  • Amina Alaoui - vocals, daf
  • Saïf Alah Ben Abderrazak - violin
  • Eduardo Miranda - mandolin
  • José Luis Montón - flamenco guitar
  • Sofiane Negra - oud
  • Idriss Agnel - percussion

    • Songs

    1Hado1:51
    2Búscate en Mí6:31
    3Fado Al-Mu'tamid5:31

    References

    Arco Iris (Amina Alaoui album) Wikipedia
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