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Though a native of Belgium, Natacha Atlas is of Egyptian ancestry and has been bewitching Western listeners with her melismatic Arabic vocals since the early '90s as a solo artist and a member of the worldbeat dance band Transglobal Underground. All of her solo albums have been impressive, but this one is her best so far. As always, she's helped out in the beats department by her colleagues in Transglobal Underground, and as always their stylistic promiscuity stands her in good stead: her original songs, sung in Arabic as usual, are an entrancing fusion of snaky, modal melodies and gutbucket funk grooves -- "Ashwa," "Mish Fadilak," and her adaptation of Zebda's "Soleil D'Egypte" are all every bit as rhythmically irresistible as they are seductively lovely. And the cover versions are, if anything, even better; she turns the torching Jacques Brel classic "Ne Me Quitte Pas" into a slinky dancefloor come-on, and delivers the best version of "I Put a Spell on You" since the death of Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Is there anything she can't do?
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Alex Kasiek, ComposerLyricist - Larry Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, ComposerLyricist - Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Whelan, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, Programmer - Emi Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Mahmoud Osman, AssociatedPerformer - Taha Taha, AssociatedPerformer - Emad Taha, AssociatedPerformer - Hani Farahat, AssociatedPerformer - Tamer Ghoneim, AssociatedPerformer - Khaled Salah El Din, AssociatedPerformer - Yehia Abdallah, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - DJ Awe, DJ - Mehat Adsel Samie, AssociatedPerformer - Mohamed Kly, AssociatedPerformer - Taha Abdalla, AssociatedPerformer - The Mohandiseen Male Voice Choir, Choir
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Sabet, ComposerLyricist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Zebda, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Clotaire K, ComposerLyricist - Corida And La Tawa, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Jacques Brel, ComposerLyricist - Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Whelan, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Intersong Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - TUTTI SOC, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Heanafy Soliman, AssociatedPerformer
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Samir Zaki, Composer - Larry Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - Khaled Salah El Din, Composer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Sabet, ComposerLyricist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Larry Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Larry Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - Hamid Mantu, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Mahmoud Osman, AssociatedPerformer - Taha Taha, AssociatedPerformer - Emad Taha, AssociatedPerformer - Hani Farahat, AssociatedPerformer - Tamer Ghoneim, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Whelan, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Mehat Adsel Samie, AssociatedPerformer - Itouch, AssociatedPerformer - Khalad Rico, AssociatedPerformer - Mika Sabat, AssociatedPerformer
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Natacha Atlas, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rashad, ComposerLyricist - Essam Rashad, AssociatedPerformer - Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Ibrahim Kawala, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Khalad Rico, AssociatedPerformer
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2002 Mantra Recordings Ltd
Album review
Though a native of Belgium, Natacha Atlas is of Egyptian ancestry and has been bewitching Western listeners with her melismatic Arabic vocals since the early '90s as a solo artist and a member of the worldbeat dance band Transglobal Underground. All of her solo albums have been impressive, but this one is her best so far. As always, she's helped out in the beats department by her colleagues in Transglobal Underground, and as always their stylistic promiscuity stands her in good stead: her original songs, sung in Arabic as usual, are an entrancing fusion of snaky, modal melodies and gutbucket funk grooves -- "Ashwa," "Mish Fadilak," and her adaptation of Zebda's "Soleil D'Egypte" are all every bit as rhythmically irresistible as they are seductively lovely. And the cover versions are, if anything, even better; she turns the torching Jacques Brel classic "Ne Me Quitte Pas" into a slinky dancefloor come-on, and delivers the best version of "I Put a Spell on You" since the death of Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Is there anything she can't do?
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:22
- Main artists: Natacha Atlas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mantra
- Genre: World
2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd 2001 Mantra Recordings Ltd
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