alexia's music recommendations

Music Resources

Rashid Sales
Dahlal International	Dahlal has a section on her music page called "15 Songs You Should Know." It is broken down into entrance pieces, middle section and finale of a routine.

Music

These are recordings I can recommend because I've purchased them and like them. There are many more wonderful recordings out there. My list grows as I purchase more music and feel that I can recommend it.

Hossam Ramzy	Eternal Egypt Baladi Plus Immortal Egypt Rhythms of the Nile (Rhythm instructional) Sabla Tolo Tribute to Farid El Atrash Ahlamy
George Abdo	Joy of Belly Dancing Art of Belly Dancing Magic of Belly Dancing Belly Dancing
Suhaila Salimpour	Arabian Musicals Vol. 1,2 & 3 Rhythm Identification
Suhaila Salimpour & Susu Pampanin	Fate
Jamila Salimpour	Bal Anat Finger Cymbal Instruction
Fat Chance Belly Dance	Tribal Rhythms
Eddie Kochak	Strictly Belly Dance Vol. 1-6
Uncle Mafufo	Basic Rhythms 1 & 2 (Rhythm instructional)
Sirocco	Drumsongs
Solace	The Gathering Season Shawaza
Dalia Carella	Shuvani
Omar Faruk Tekbilek	Fire Dance Beyond the Sky One Truth
Peter Gabriel	Passion Sources Passion - Soundtrack for The Last Temptation of Christ
Susu Pampanin	Live at the Giza Club Hands of Time
Reda Darwish	Reda's Flower Ya Salaam Ya Reda
Nourhan Sharif	Raqs Sharqi Vol. 1
Abdel Fadl	Drummers of the Nile
Basil Moubayed	Belly Dance with Violin
Asena
Sayed Balaha	The Dancer and the Devil
Noura and Bassem	Oriental Belly Dance
Ya Salam Ya Fahtiem	Distributed by George Fadel
Arabic Groove	Distributed by Putumayo
Arabian Travels	Distributed by Six Degrees Records
Alabina	Shahara
Said Mrad	Two Thousand and One Nights: The Orient Beats Back
Natasha Atlas	Gedida
Ziryab Trio	Mashreq Classics
Gypsy Soul	Distributed by Narada
Gypsies of Turkey	Distributed by ARC
Sulukule: Rom Music of Istanbul	Kemani Cemal
Turku	Alleys of Istanbul
Selim Sesler	Road to Kesan Karsilima
Various Artists	Spectacular Rhythms (Traditional Arabic dance Princess of Cairo (Traditional Arabic dance Routines) Star Dance #1

Asharah has compiled a great list of music for dance. Check it out at Asharah's Website..

To learn more about music and the instuments used to play music for Oriental dance check out Shira's Website.

To read reviews of some of these recordings check out Aszmara's Playlist.

Videos - Instructional and Performances

Shamira Shahinian	Sensuous Workout
Suhaila Salimpour	All of her videos are great
Aszmara	Great series of technique videos