HAMZA EL DIN OUD AUDIOPHILE LTD. ED. NUBIA
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Description
LILY OF THE NILE
HAMZA EL DIN
OUD, VOCALS, TAR
THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION, AUDIOPHILE RECORDING ON THE WATER LILY ACOUSTICS LABEL.
PRODUCED IN 1990, THIS RECORD IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP WITH A POLY LINED AUDIOPHILE INNER SLEEVE.
MINT CONDITION
Hamza El Din, the celebrated Nubian musician whose rich fusion of Arabic and Nubian sounds entranced audiences worldwide and inspired colleagues like the Grateful Dead and Kronos Quartet,
. El Din was a subtle master of the oud, the Arabic precursor of the lute, and the tar, the single-skinned drum that originated in Nubia, the ancient upper Nile land that was largely submerged after the Aswan Dam was built in the 1960s. Mr. El Din sought to preserve his native culture, singing Nubian songs and stories in a warm, reedy voice that merged with his instrumental overtones to create music of quiet intensity and beauty.
"It was mesmerizing. Hypnotic and trancelike,'' said Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. "Hamza taught me about the romancing of the drum. His music was very subtle and multilayered.
Mr. El Din, who created music for "The Black Stallion" and other films, first played with the Dead in '78 at Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza and joined the band a few months later at San Francisco's Winterland with a group of Sufi drummers.
Joan Jeanrenaud, the cellist who first met Mr. El Din in the 1980s when she was a member of the Kronos Quartet. It was in Tokyo, where he was living and teaching at the time. He played his signature composition "Escalay: The Water Wheel'' for the group. "It was a heart-touching experience,'' said Jeanrenaud, who played with Mr. El Din many times, as a member of Kronos -- which featured "Escalay'' on its hit 1992 recording "Pieces of Africa'' -- on Mr. El Din's discs and on her own.
"He put himself into the music so completely that when he played, it would take you away to another place. You went on a journey to this very peaceful, emotional, beautiful place. He was a mentor to many of us.''
Statement of Condition VINYL AND JACKET, NEAR MINT (inked name on black slick, SEE PHOTO)
All pictures are the actual item.
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