Music for Practice

Music for Practice

Music for Practice

Music for Slow Movement, Deep State Motion, Deep Quiet Dance

Western & new music artists:
Arvo Part; Ludovico Einaudi; Poppy Ackroyd; Stephen Micus; Aukai; Jami Siebert: ‘Lush Mechanique’; Klaus Wiese: ‘El Hadra’; Layne Redmond: ‘Being in Rhythm’; Sacha Silva: ‘Susurro’

India:
Kerala Dream’; ‘Putamayo Presents India’; Hari Prasad Chaudhuri & Maharishi Gandharva Veda

Middle Eastern artists:
Anour Brahim:
‘The Astounding Eyes of Rita’; ‘Astrakan Cafe’; Erkan Ogur: Hic’; Hamza el Din: ‘Eclipse’; ‘Waterwheel’; ‘A Wish’; Kudsi & Suleyman Erguner:  ‘Ney Taksims’; Driss El Maloumi: Maroc: ‘L’Ame Dansee’ ; Simon Shaheen: ‘Ancient Egypt’; Mohammad Reza Shadjarian: ‘Night Silence Desert’; Samir Siblini: ‘Zaman Al-Sami’

Music for Whirling:
‘Hamdulillah: Fez Festival of World Sacred Music Vol II’

Music for Rhythmic Breath Dances and Released Dancing

These are uptempo choices. If an entire album is good I have listed it here. The compilations have a variety of artists to explore.

Abdelli: New Moon
Amina: Wa Di Ye
Hossam Ramzy: Immortal Egpyt; Gamal Rohani; Source of Fire
Gypsy Kings
Joe Zeytoonian: Cafe Makam; Danse Oriental
Layne Redmond: Trance Union
Mercan Dede: Sufi Traveler; 800; Breath; Journey of a Dervish; Nar
Nusrat Fatih Ali Khan: Swan Song
Omar Faruk Tekbelik: Whirling; Mystical Garden
Poppy Ackroyd: Resolve
Composer Unknown: The Sultan’s Secret Door
CompilationsHotel Costes Quatre; Hotel Costes 5; Hotel Costes 6; Hotel Costes La Suite; The Rough Guide to Bellydance; Dub Qawaali; Desert GroovesSahara Lounge

Artists to Explore

Sushaala Rahman including ‘Ghost Gamelan’
Anoushka Shankar
Poppy Ackroyd
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Barbara
5 years ago

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