Songs
CD1 Latin Europe: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Malta.
- 1 Etnika - Qamar kwinta (Malta)
- 2 Balkan Beat Box - Gypsy Queens (Balkans/USA)
- 3 Istanbul Oriental Ensemble - Elden ele (From hand to hand) (Turkey)
- 4 Oriental Angels - Jammin' with the snake (North Africa/France)
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- artist:Various Artists
- featured artist:Various Artists
- region:Mediterranean
- release year:2007
- formats:Audio File / Digital, Book, CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:Difference Entertainment
- label:Difference Entertainment
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A full colour, hardbound book with photos and the history, geography, culture and leisure to be found in the Mediterranean. The project also includes a 4 CD set with carefully selected music from 23 countries, culminating in 73 traditional & modern songs from all of the cultures in the region.
Along the centuries, Mediterranean has been prolific in music. Its diversity in languages, cultures, music and instruments makes this region original and unique in the world.
In the music from Mediterraneo, predominantly we can listen to vocals, strings, percussion and wind instruments. The music featured in these albums is mostly song oriented, going towards the now-a-days ethnic fusions and doesn’t relapse only in the traditions. A mixture of sonorities where the
roots are present but it wins new outlines that the modernity imposes, in a continuous renewal process.
We define this work as contemporary world music, sometimes in the threshold of the pop universe, we can experience different moods as ballads, lullabies, cinematic themes, world pop, world beat, traditional dances, folk songs and more.
We are about to discover some of the greatest artists of the last 2 decades of the region. Having many of them world class quality, for several reasons their careers are based in their own regions or/and countries, only a few get hardly known outside their home land. Here’s a good chance to discover them.
The 4 albums gathers music from 23 countries, this is literally a geographical journey through the Mediterranean Arch, from west to east, north to south and east to west.
CD1 Latin Europe: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Malta. CD2 Balkans: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania, and Greece.
CD3 Near East: Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.
CD4 North Africa: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco
In this marathon of more than 5 hours of music, one can experience this amazing historical region through its colourful and enlightening music.
We want to elevate the efforts and contribution of all the artists, publishers and labels that participated in this project (even the lazy ones).
After a long period of research and production, we are truly happy to have the chance to present this project to you and we really hope that you enjoy your discoveries here as much as we did.
This work is dedicated to World Peace