Walk like a Nubian

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Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 64:58

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Great Singer

afnugal

Late Hassan Ali Kuban was a great singer, his style of music is unique, the first I hear was Mubruk from BBC I take me while to find who is the singer, even understand Arabic, come from thousand mile south of Nubia, I feel I am Nubian too. Allah yarhamak Hassan.

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From the first note, I knew this was a winner. Kuban immediately brings to mind Abdel Aziz el-Mubarak – the tones and melodies are very similar, but Kuban has sped up the Nubian traditional rhythms and given them a raucous party feel anchored by a perfect electric bass. He has also incorporated James Brown’s “jerk” dance into the beat in a way that’s hard to notice it’s so seamless. The instruments are tar, winds, accordion and percussion. If your friends won’t dance to this, get new friends. – Carl Hoyt