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song: Stopover at Djibouti
artist: Anouar Brahem
album: The Astounding Eyes of Rita
released: 2009-09-25length: 6:27
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Anouar Brahem

Anouar Brahem (Arabic: أنور براهم أنور براهم; born on 20 October 1957) is a Tunisian oud player and composer. He is widely acclaimed as an innovator in his field. Performing primarily for a jazz audience, he combines Arabic classical music, folk music and jazz and has been recording since at least 1991, after becoming prominent in his own country in the late 1980s.

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Comments ( 160 )
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities:
jcorry wrote:
Despite scales in key, jazz is noise made on musical instruments.
 
All music is "noise made on musical instruments".  
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Posted 9 years ago by jimtyrrell:
passsion8 wrote:
After the playing of this song I purchased the album. Un-be-LIEV-able. Best music I've heard in years. Do so yourself. Highly recommended.

 
Thanks for the heads up.
And Thanks goes to RP for playing artists most of us couldn't hear anywhere else.
 
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Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj:
 Proclivities wrote:

All music is "noise made on musical instruments".  


Cannons going off are noise. Cannons going off at the finale of the 1812
Overture are not...

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
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Posted 9 months ago by brosen:
 Starfish57 wrote:


Indeed, Djibouti by night is far more vibrant than Djibouti by day.


Explains why most Djibouti calls happen at night.
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Posted 5 years ago by aspicer:
This has become a "staple" album for me when it's time to unplug and unwind but still  be engaged and entertained.  Definitely worth picking up if you like this track.
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Posted 2 years ago by joejennings:
EXCELLENT!  Thanx RP!
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Posted 4 years ago by Akazungu:
In April of 1993 I had a Stopover at Djibouti while traveling between Nairobi and Haargeisa (Somaliland). I spent a day there. It was soooooooo hot from 10:00 am into the evening, and the town was empty. Then, starting ~7pm the night markets started up and the place was crowded. Food vendors, other vendors, shoppers, eaters, it was amazing! 

It kept up until after midnight then we all went to bed. Fantastic place.
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Posted 15 years ago by fuh2:


Makes me want to visit.

Djibouti (Arabic: جيؚوتي ‎ JÄ«bÅ«tÄ«, Somali: Jabuuti), officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

On the other side of the Red Sea, on the Arabian Peninsula, 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) from the coast of Djibouti, is Yemen. Djibouti's size is just over 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi) with an estimated population of over 500,000. Its capital city is Djibouti. About a fifth of the population of the country live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.<5>


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On second thought maybe not: This from a Hungarian who has been to 120 countries:
Pros:"None that I can think of ..."
Cons:"Unbearable heat, poverty, dirt, lack of sights & some of the highest prices anywhere"
In A Nutshell:"The worst place I have ever been to!"



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Posted 5 months ago by Carrizito:
Still remains one of my favorites, which I still listen to often including the whole album. Thanks RP for bringing this music to me (us).
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Posted 7 months ago by Devaplan:
 brosen wrote:


Explains why most Djibouti calls happen at night.


Well I got it!
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Posted 1 year ago by ratjadi:
RP never ceases to surprise! Lovely piece.
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Posted 4 years ago by itsme_bygolly:
Proclivities wrote:

All music is "noise made on musical instruments".  
 

It is also the silence between noise.
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Posted 12 years ago by drewd:
 gvan wrote:
Sheik Djibouti!
 



Ha! Nice one. Sheik Sheik Sheik....great song to chill out with tonight.

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Posted 1 week ago by joejennings:
 Akazungu wrote:

In April of 1993 I had a Stopover at Djibouti while traveling between Nairobi and Haargeisa (Somaliland). I spent a day there. It was soooooooo hot from 10:00 am into the evening, and the town was empty. Then, starting ~7pm the night markets started up and the place was crowded. Food vendors, other vendors, shoppers, eaters, it was amazing! 

It kept up until after midnight then we all went to bed. Fantastic place.


Cool story. Thank You for sharing it.
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Posted 2 weeks ago by joejennings:
 ratjadi wrote:

RP never ceases to surprise! Lovely piece.


I  Agree.  I love the sound of the "oud".  Thanx RP!
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Posted 1 month ago by Jayesea:
I close my eyes and instantly become transfixed for the next six minutes.  Just love Anouar's vocalization in the beginning. Oh, and that bass clarinet.  Breathtaking music for me.  Thanks RP.
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Posted 1 year ago by uksminas:
very something
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Posted 1 year ago by Starfish57:
This song definitely resonates, as I have been to Djibouti.  Funny little place.
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Posted 2 years ago by ROXYGOMAR:
Great stuff!  Almost uncanny hearing this tonight as earlier today I listened to a podcast about the oud. 

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live...
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Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66:
The deepest bass bits makes this sort of mysterious to listen to...they're there, but just...
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