Suggest music for an overnight train trip through Egypt

The Egyptian Lover - "On the Nile"

but seriously
I'd suggest Cocteau Twins, who are always good for travel.

maybe this would be a better answer for "overnight train trip through ethiopia".

OTM, actually. You'll be traveling in a truly mystical place. Who needs to augment it?

Police -- Tea in the Sahara

I'd probably listen to Tindersticks _Waiting for the Moon_ though, which is my favorite night-travelling album these days.

whenever i travel i always bring tried and true favorites and then a random assortment of stuff that i barely know.

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Oum Kalthoum: "Oulida Elhouda"
"Ghaneli Showaia Showaia"
"Roubaieyat El Khayam"
"Baid Anak" (first twenty minutes or so--after that it gets kind of tedious)
Either "Men Agle Aynaika" or "We Marret el Ayam"

Asmahan: "'aleek Salat Allah"
"Yalli Hawak"

Farid el Atrache: "Wehyat Eineri"
"Laktob Aawerak el Chagar"
"Fog Ghosnek Ya Lemona"
"Ich Enta" (Live)
"Enaya Btedhak"

Riad el Sounbatti:
taksim oud (oud solo) from "Ashwaq"

Any Qur'anic recitation by Sheikh Abdul Baset Abdul Samad

I'm not entirely sold on his singing (a bit nasal even for my taste), but the musicians accompanying him are really solid and there are a lot of rhythms and melodies that come in and out here that are very familiar to me--possibly really primal Upper Egyptian standards. (It says Sufi Songs, but I think some of the music is of secular origins. I've heard a lot of the melodies in secular contexts, but that doesn't mean the secular singers weren't alluding to religious song, but anyway, I think it's just pretty folkloric stuff.)

This is still my favorite starting point for Oum Kalthoum.

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And if anyone knows how to reolve (b), please keep it to themselves.

There's some discussion of Mac there.

http://www.musicmatic.de/G/Gratefu3a.jpg

I would, but the thread you've linked to I think has all necessary info. And David's a good egg when it comes to fi1e-sh4ring as we both well know. Hi there!

Asmahan: "'aleek Salat Allah"
Oum Kalthoum: "Oulida Elhouda"
Farid el Atrache: "Wehyat Eineri"
Riad el Sounbatti: taksim oud from "Ashwaq"
Sheikh Abdul Baset Abdul Samad: [a short Surat]
Oum Kalthoum: "Roubaieyat El Khayam"

http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~carolino/images/sphinx2.jpg

I did the sleeper train down the length of Egypt thing and I got the WORST night's sleep of my life. There were tellys, like in aircraft, showing a shonky quality (oof) video of the McHale's Navy film (oof oof oof) with the sound on loud and uncontrollable. oof AGANE

the trip was grebt cubed otherwise, so have a smashing time. Karnak (in Luxor) is the bizzle.

I don't suppose Pink Floyd's "Nile Song" or Michael Penn's "Like Egypt Was" would be at all appropriate, aside from title-wise.

Seriously, it's not Egyptian per se (or not solely Egyptian), but my favorite North African music is the Khaled/Taha/Faudel "1, 2, 3 soleils", which is basically a mixture of pop-rai and Taha's chaabi rock. Make certain to look for the double album, not the U.S. single disk version. Otherwise, as always, I recommend all of Rachid Taha's recent (last 10 years) work. Again, not exactly Egyptian, but really an attempt to be pan-Arabic (including Europe), and it's very accessible.

I'm also liking Souad Massi's folky stuff. Christgau really loves Hakim, which IS Egyptian, but it is party music and not really crossing-the-desert-by-night music.

But really, what you ought to do is take along an old Walkman (I think casettes are still the medium of choice there) and buy whatever tapes people are listening to.

Ahahahahahahaha. OTM!

Actually, if it's an overnight train, I'd keep your Walkman or iPod or whatever locked away, as couchette compartments are often robbed in the night, regardless of whether you're in them at the time or not. Travel safely.

You could also add Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" and Ronnie James Dio's "Egypt (The Chains Are On)" to the same mix tape.

Or if you want to go another way, you have a couple of options with bands named Isis or listen to the Osiris himself O.D.B.

aw fuck I forgot Powerslave! OTM

even better, make field recordings.

We did. And looked at the stars. Awesome.

Veteran pop star Mohamed Mounir has created a very stirring music video cut with images from the street protests. In a side note, Egyptian state television encouraged musicians to go to Liberation Square and tell the protestors to chill. Young pop star Tamer Hosny fell for it and got loudly booed from the stage when he trotted out the company line. Bad move.

From afropop worldwide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9TOi3EwRQw&feature=player_embedded

http://blog.afropop.org/2011/07/first-night-in-egypt-with-mohamed.html

The Afropop worldwide folks are in Egypt blogging and recording

Mounir had to organize his own security for the event, and given Mounir's massive popularity and the relatively few concerts he has been able to perform in Egypt this year, some 20,000 eager fans mobbed a zone already jammed with summer vacationers. For them, getting into the outdoor concert space was nothing short of traumatic.

We arrived stage-side just before midnight, and the show didn't start until after 1AM. Mounir had mixed feelings about performing during the ongoing revolution, which he wholeheartedly supports. Mounir has maintained a complex relationship with Egypt's government over the years. From the start of his career in the mid-70s, he raised eyebrows by performing in casual attire, singing about secular subjects, including social and political ones that led to the banning of some of his songs. He also won a large and loyal following for his brilliant voice, excellent songs, penetrating lyrics and overall showmanship--he's had a successful acting career as well during those years.

Nino Rota - nile journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT4Pn8eoaMs

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Trans-Egypt Express

https://soundcloud.com/future-nuggets/sets/raze-de-soare-albatros

Miley Osiris

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This is the egyptian kraftwerk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Lover