Eternal Egypt
by Phil Thornton & Hossam Ramzy
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1996
- Label: New World Music
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 50:51
- Community rating: 3.62/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The first of three collaborations between the English synthesist and the Egyptian percussionist blends traditional Egyptian dance rhythms with contemporary electronics. Ramzy had come to wide attention playing on Peter Gabriel's 'Passion' music and with Page and Plant's 'No Quarter' project, and Thornton built the tracks around his tabla and duf playing.
Genres
Descriptors: percussive, rhythmic, atmospheric, melodic, instrumental
Tracklist
- Isis Unveiled (7:48)
- The Land of the Pharaohs (Zaar Rhythm) (9:18)
- Through the Ankh (Masmoudi Rhythm) (7:36)
- Shimmers in the Sand (11:26)
- Desert Rhythm (Fallahi Rhythm) (6:47)
- The Cobra's Dance (Fallahi Rhythm) (7:53)
Credits
- 賮丕乇賵賯 賲丨賲丿 丨爻賳 - accordion [egyptian quarter tone]
- Grant Young - brass [fretless brass]
- 廿亘乇丕賴賷賲 賰賵賱丞 - flute [kawala: egyptian trance bamboo flute]
- Geoff Holroyde - loops [drum kit loop (on temple loop)]
- 禺丕賱丿 賲丨爻亘 - engineer
- Robert Dowling - photography by