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Friends of Bamboute: 20th Anniversary Edition

by El Tanbura

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1.
My lover is like a delicate branch (Choral) And her fragrant blossom is carried by the wind My lover is like a delicate branch She is very pleasing to behold When the branch smiles on me My eyes don’t sleep When I caught sight of your beauty
2.
We are Bambutiyya and there’s no one else like us We are Bambutiyya and you’ll find no one else like us Marine merchants working on the Canal
3.
Noh el Hamam 05:00
The sad cry of the turtledove and pigeons On the branches On the branches, my lover The sad cry of the turtledove and pigeons on the branches On the branches, my lover The sad cry of the turtledove and pigeons filled my romantic heart with nostalgia Oh eye, Oh night The poor heart of the lover is consumed with much suffering
4.
Oh you who appeared from afar, Don’t worry, take it easy Oh you who appeared from afar Oh you who appeared from afar, Don’t worry, take it easy
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6.
Lally 04:33
Oh Lally, Lally, Lally How beautiful your black eyes are Oh Lally, Lally, Lally I don’t agree with what you are doing, but you always do as you like I love you too much – you are my eyes You have enchanted my soul - and I am your slave Oh father, Ah Ah Ah
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Heela Heela 03:39
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Afra 04:27
9.
Badr Arid 03:22
A full moon, I want A of glass of the finest wine Oh, my eye With the spiritual one, Oh, my eye, my exhausted heart needs tenderness
10.
El Madad 04:44
The spiritual Sheiks called me They called me I answered with my heart and soul I saw beauty and satisfaction Wherever I look Everywhere I look I see beauty and satisfaction

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Originally released in 2009, El Tanbura celebrate their 20th anniversary with "Friends of Bamboute" a collection of songs recounting tales of the 19th century Bambutiyya merchants who frequented the old-time cafes and hashish dens along the path of Suez Canal, along with devotional Sufi songs from the Egyptian Delta.

Press reviews:

“An institution, both in their native Egypt and abroad”
***** Songlines Top of the World Album

“One of Egypt's great bands”
**** The Guardian

“Buena Vista for Egyptian Music"
***** The Independent

“An all-night afterparty”
fRoots

“Rabble-rousing party songs”
*****London Evening Standard

“Love and religious devotion”
****Financial Times

“Home-made entertainment with global appeal”
*** The Daily Telegraph

“A lusty flavour of Suez life”
*** The Times

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released November 23, 2012

Produced by Michael Whitewood for 30IPS
Recorded and mixed by Major Mark Tucker

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El Tanbura بور فؤاد, Egypt

El Tanbura is a collective of veteran Egyptian master musicians, singers, fishermen and philosophers. For nearly twenty- five years they’ve been custodians to some of Egypt’s oldest folk melodies at their home in Port Said, the Mediterranean gateway to the Suez Canal. Their music is driven by the seductive call of the Simsimiyya - an ancient lyre dating back to the times of the Pharaohs. ... more

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