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Mounqaliba (Arabic: منقلبة; English: In a State of Reversal) is a 2010 album by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas. Co-produced by Samy Bishai, it was inspired by the poems of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.[1] In addition to original works, it also contains covers of Françoise Hardy and Nick Drake songs.[2] The album also features composers Zoe Rahman and Jocelyn Pook.

The album features audio clips from non-commercial film director, activist and conspiracy proponent Peter Joseph and self-educated industrial engineer and futurist Jacque Fresco through multiple tracks, as well as references to Zeitgeist: Addendum and a resource-based economy.[3]

Derek Beres named Mounqaliba on his list of the Top 12 Records of 2010.[4] Contrary to the view of Beres, The Guardian music reviewer Robin Denselow gave the album 2.5 stars in his review; citing purposeful limitation of her vocal range, reliance upon "an easygoing swirl of Arabic-tinged strings and jazz-edged piano" and "[being] annoyingly interspersed with spoken 'interludes' [by Joseph and others]" as the reason for the rating.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Intro"
  2. "Makkan"
  3. "Matrah Interlude"
  4. "Bada Al Fajir"
  5. "Muwashah Ozkourini"
  6. "River Man"
  7. "Batkallim"
  8. "Mounqaliba"
  9. "Le Cor, Le Vent"
  10. "Direct Solutions Interlude"
  11. "Lahazat Nashwa"
  12. "La Nuit Est Sur La Ville"
  13. "Fresco's Interlude"
  14. "Ghoroub"
  15. "Evening Interlude"
  16. "Taalet"
  17. "Egypt Interlude"
  18. "Nafourat El Anwar"

References

  1. ^ Franck Meslin (18 May 2010). "Singer Natacha Atlas moves to Condom". Sud-Ouest. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  2. ^ Franck Meslin (16 July 2010). "Atlas brings Arabic groove to folk fest". North Shore News. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  3. ^ Natacha Atlas (24 January 2009). "Zeitgeist addendum". Official Natacha Atlas blog. MySpace. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  4. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-beres/global-beat-fusion-top-do_b_792567.html
  5. ^ Robin Denselow (Thursday 23 September 2010). "Natcha Atlas Mounqaliba CD Review". The Guardian (Music). Retrieved 2 Jan, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
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