Customer Reviews

Immortal Egypt

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Il est vrai que ce CD n'est pas mauvais. Le style est très recherché et il y a beaucoup de remixage (non apparent toutefois). Il s'agit d'un regroupement d'artiste populaires, chacun ayant un instrument différent, jouant un "jam", le tout agrémenté de la belle sonorité de Phil Thornton, qui évoque la tranquilité et la paix, et accompagné des rythmes de Ramzy.

Le disque est agréable à écouter, certaines chansons même à danser. C'est un style rêveur qui se prête bien au voile et à la méditation. Je ne peux pas dire pourquoi ce CD ne m'a pas accroché, je ne lui trouve pas vraiment de défaut. C'est une impression générale; peut-être y a-t-il trop d'accordéon ou de sonorité stridente à mon goût?

Si vous pouvez écouter les extraits musicaux, n'hésitez pas. Ils sont très représentatifs.

This is a great CD... invokes so many different and opposite feelings! Its great for any setting.... erotica... loungeing... party.... or just relaxing. Definetely one of my favorites!!!!!!

PHIL THORNTON AND HOSSAM RAMZY HAVE DONE IT AGAIN! ALL OF THE MAGICAL, SEDUCTIVE MYSTICISM OF "IMMORTAL EGYPT" IS BACK IN FULL-FORCE. TRACKS LIKE "ISIS UNVEILED," "SHIMMERS IN THE SAND" AND "THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS" ARE THROBBINGLY HYPNOTIC AND CAPTIVATING, LURING ONE INTO ANCIENT EGYPT'S DEEPEST, DARKEST MYSTERIES WITH THEIR FLUTES, DRUMS, VOCODER AND TIBETAN SINGING BOWELS.

OTHER SONGS LIKE "THE COBRA'S DANCE" AND "DESERT RHYTHM" ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON TRADITIONAL EGYPTIAN MUSICAL SOUNDS/RYTHMS. MY GUESS IS THAT THE REST OF THE SONGS ARE AS WELL.

THE BEST THREE WORDS FOR THIS CD ARE: HYPNOTIC, EXOTIC AND VISIONARY.

Immortal Egypt has some really amazing musical creations. A wonderful marriage of East and West. In my opinion, the electronics get in the way sometimes, overpowering everything else, but not so much as to spoil the CD. This is such an amazing blend of traditional and modern, it has to be heard to be appreciated!

I think it's fun to listen to, and some songs have great potential as dancing music. The music is an amazing marriage of East and West, producing fascinating results that really require more than one listening to appreciate. I am trying to think who would best appreciate this... anyone who can listen to any kind of music open-mindedly will likely love this. It doesn't lend itself to any category well; "new age" isn't quite right, Mid Eastern is certainly not. It's got some jazz-fusion elements to it, but I wouldn't keep it there, either. It really defies description!

The skill of the musicians and the editing is apparent in every song. So even if you can't figure out where in your collection it belongs, it does belong there!

All I have to say is, this album rocks the casbah baby! I love every single track and listen to it on the way to and from work every day. The classic instruments fused together with the modern instruments make such a great marriage, its hard to just sit and Listen quietly instead of dancing! Listening to this actually gave me a greater appreciation for Hossam's music. I have quite a few of Hossam's albums, but this one tops the chart. It also has the songs used for warm up in my class which was a really nice bonus. I think some of the songs might be used for peformance for an intermede/advanced student. Heck, even if I didnt dance, and just liked middle eastern music, Id definatly buy Immortal Egypt.

Immortal Egypt is absolutely wonderful! I haven't stopped listening to it since I got hold of it 5 months ago. The pure wind instruments, solo flute in a desert in some faraway mystical time...eternal. Then the drums come in, beating out an irresistable rhythm as more flutes flicker and twitter like exotic night birds on the Nile. Absolutely mezmerizing and splendid. I can't imagine anyone disliking this beautiful composition.

I've been a fan of Phil Thornton since picking up a few of his 'didgeridoo' accented albums several years back. This album was recorded, added to in Egypt, and then re-recorded and mixed, it appears the extra time was worth it - instead of what usually happens with this type of studio work, we have an inspiring and incredible selection of 10 fairly long (5, 6, 7 and 8 minute) pieces that are as much a tribute to the recording/studio mixing as they are to the world class musicians that are featured. I had never heard of Hossam Ramzy before, but now I'm going to look for his other recordings. Somehow Phil Thornton even manages to throw a little didgeridoo into this CD, along with the Egyptian instruments such as Nay, Aud, Mizmar, and Rebaba. Also check out Initiation, Tibetan Horn, and Shaman (also by Thornton) - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

I've been a fan of Phil Thornton since picking up a few of his 'didgeridoo' accented albums several years back. This album was recorded, added to in Egypt, and then re-recorded and mixed, it appears the extra time was worth it - instead of what usually happens with this type of studio work, we have an inspiring and incredible selection of 10 fairly long (5, 6, 7 and 8 minute) pieces that are as much a tribute to the recording/studio mixing as they are to the world class musicians that are featured. I had never heard of Hossam Ramzy before, but now I'm going to look for his other recordings. Somehow Phil Thornton even manages to throw a little didgeridoo into this CD, along with the Egyptian instruments such as Nay, Aud, Mizmar, and Rebaba. Also check out Initiation, Tibetan Horn, and Shaman (also by Thornton) - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

This is the second (not third) collaboration of the UK's Phil Thornton and Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy, and is an inspired collaboration. On this recording the duo enlisted the assistance of many more other Egyptian musicians than they had on their first outing.

In addition to Thornton's keyboards and guitar and Ramzy's percussion, here can also be heard ney, quarter tone accordion, violin, oud, and didgeridoo, played by Egyptian and British musicians. Also present are the Egyptian rebab (two-string violin), the kawala (ceremonial flute), and mizmar (type of oboe). The result is a more fully realized work than their first, Eternal Egypt, with all the flavors and textures of Middle Eastern music captured beautifully. The combination of traditional instruments and modern studio technology is handled better here than on any other recording of Middle Eastern world fusion.

Highly recommended.

My highest compliments and heartfelt thanks to the artists for composing such a masterpiece.