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Hossam Ramzy Presents Azza- Music From Sudan (ARC) With its chantical vocals and distinctive accordion-based sound coupled with violins and driving percussion Sudanese music could certainly not be confused with anything else. Even though most of the material on "Hossan Ramzy Presents Azza- Music From Sudan" (ARC) which is performed by bongo-player Hassouna Bangladish and his group was composed in the 20s and 30s and features traditional instrumentation apart from the bass guitar, the consistently pumping beat and in the pocket call and response gives the whole record an ancient-yet-contemporary air. When you consider that the percussionist who plays with such finesse and timing in sympathy with the tabla and doballa of his father Magdy, was only 8 ½ years old at the time of recording, the accelerating, modulated beats seem even more impressive.
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