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I've gone mad over Geiom ft. Khalid - Zalim Maar Daala, most specifically the arabic overall feeling of the song and mostly the male vocal, really breathtaking in my case. I'd like to know if there is possibly anyting similar to this kind of sub-style. (Be it with a vocalist or the vocalist alone, the latter might be even better actually).
Cheers.
Also, what do you guys think?

where is the track? me wanna check it

Not Arabic - the vocalist is Pakistani. http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=40263

But yeah it's an amazing record, possibly my favourite by Geiom. There's another track, Pheli Nazir on the album... http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=64423

yeah thats my fave on the album

exactly-- the vocals in "Zaalim Maar Daala" and "Pehli Nazar" are in hindi/urdu... NOT arabic.

arabic vocals.... hmmm... i believe "praise dub" on 23hz & Numaestro's IBR001 is moroccan. i've got a tune called 'insha'llah' that's been on a few mixes. that's got an arabic vocal.

as far as other mid-eastern/north african textures, peep shackleton.

check blackdown also

JASON BURNS

SCIMITAR hands down

al andalus and praise dub by 23hz and numaestro...dunno what it would be considered but its got some cool vocal stuff in that kind of vein.

Westernsynthetics - New Fuse

last tune in the player, scroll down

New Fuse

no, please, dont let it happen. not more novelty ethnic dance music shit.

nothing worse than hearing some fucking electronic producer that grew up in guildford or somewhere thinkin they can rock some 'mystical' and 'exotic' ethnic styles when the sum total of their knowledge of other musical forms is some rai they once heard down the kebab shop

tho 2b clear, i aint dissing on eclectic crossovers from people who know what they doing and r trying 2 push boundaries...but these r few and far between, mostly its just some tool with a 'mystic flute' preset on fruity

one of my favorite Geiom tunes. one of my favorite tunes, period.

Battle Gong wrote:no, please, dont let it happen. not more novelty ethnic dance music shit.

nothing worse than hearing some fucking electronic producer that grew up in guildford or somewhere thinkin they can rock some 'mystical' and 'exotic' ethnic styles when the sum total of their knowledge of other musical forms is some rai they once heard down the kebab shop

tho 2b clear, i aint dissing on eclectic crossovers from people who know what they doing and r trying 2 push boundaries...but these r few and far between, mostly its just some tool with a 'mystic flute' preset on fruity

this is the exact opposite of what geiom is doing.
do a little reasearch and you would realize this.

Marsyas wrote:

Battle Gong wrote:no, please, dont let it happen. not more novelty ethnic dance music shit.

nothing worse than hearing some fucking electronic producer that grew up in guildford or somewhere thinkin they can rock some 'mystical' and 'exotic' ethnic styles when the sum total of their knowledge of other musical forms is some rai they once heard down the kebab shop

tho 2b clear, i aint dissing on eclectic crossovers from people who know what they doing and r trying 2 push boundaries...but these r few and far between, mostly its just some tool with a 'mystic flute' preset on fruity

this is the exact opposite of what geiom is doing.
do a little reasearch and you would realize this.

thanks for the patronising advice. not been a huge fan of the geiom stuf ive heard in the past but i dont doubt the track in question is more serious than the fruityflute shit i mentioned above. but my concern is with the idea of a load of other producers getting on some arabstep bandwagon and just repeating some cheesy stereotypes of what middleastern music is

But like anything in music, a certain amount of substandard material must exist to show the true quality of the really good stuff. Personally I think (from reading interviews and listening to his music) that Geioms stuff is from the heart, original and of the highest quality.

In my opinion its a fine example of one of the best things about Dubstep, the diversity it willingly embraces and encourages.

Big up Geiom and all of the mystical flute crew everytime!

(not intended as a diss either, Battle Gong, just my view )

Suprised no one has mentioned Shackleton yet..also Pinch - Qawwali

Some of Cyrus/Random Trio like Indian Dub

Sorry to be dull but people need to be a little careful with what "Arabic" means. India is not the same as Pakistan is not the same as Iran, China, Palestine, Morocco etc etc

Blackdown wrote:Sorry to be dull but people need to be a little careful with what "Arabic" means. India is not the same as Pakistan is not the same as Iran, China, Palestine, Morocco etc etc

I thought "Arabic" meant "this sound ain't from round these parts, and we don't take kindly to strange musics round here"

Oh if anyone is interested in this sort of sound there's plenty of bellydancing mp3's around the net for free if you fancy getting some cool percussion loops.