Mounqaliba

Mounqaliba
Studio album by Natacha Atlas
Released	20 September 2010 (2010-09-20)
Genre	World music
Label	World Village, Six Degrees Records
Producer	Samy Bishai
Natacha Atlas chronology
Ana Hina (2008) Mounqaliba (2010) Mounqaliba - Rising: The Remixes (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[1]

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.^[2] In addition to original works, it also contains covers of Françoise Hardy and Nick Drake songs.^[3] The album also features composers Zoe Rahman and Jocelyn Pook.

The album features audio clips from non-commercial film director, and activist 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.^[4]

Derek Beres named Mounqaliba on his list of the Top 12 Records of 2010 and Siddhartha Mitter listed it as one of his top 10 world music CDs of 2010.^[5][6] Contrary to these views, 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.^[1]

In February 2011 Atlas and Basha Beats issued a remix of "Makaan" and "Batkallim" called "Egypt: Rise to Freedom" to commemorate the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.^[7][8] A download only album of "River Man" remixes was released by Six Degrees Records in 2010. The album features 4 remixes of "River Man" by 310, Jef Stot and Makyo as well as Atlas' original version that appeared on Mounqaliba. Mounqaliba - Rising: The Remixes, an album of remixes from Mounqaliba, (including "Egypt: Rise to Freedom") was released by Six Degrees Records on 27 September 2011.^[9]

Track listing

All songs composed by Natacha Atlas and Samy Bishai except where noted.

1. "Intro" - 0:56
2. "Makaan" - 4:26
3. "Matrah Interlude" - (Atlas, Bishai and Louai Alhenawi)
4. "Bada Al Fajir" - 2:01 (Atlas, Bishai and Alcyona Mick)
5. "Muwashah Ozkourini" - 3:42 (Traditional)
6. "River Man" - 5:37 (Nick Drake)
7. "Batkallim" - 5:57
8. "Mounqaliba" - 3:36
9. "Le Cor, Le Vent" - 3:43 (Atlas, Bishai and Khaled Mouzanar)
10. "Direct Solutions Interlude" - 1:38 (Atlas, Bishai and Andy Hamil)
11. "Lahazat Nashwa" - 3:03
12. "La Nuit Est Sur La Ville" - 3:34 (Françoise Hardy)
13. "Fresco's Interlude" - 2:08
14. "Ghoroub" - 2:24
15. "Evening Interlude" - 1:08 (Atlas, Bishai and Eser Ebcin)
16. "Taalet" - 3:11 (Atlas, Bishai and Tim Whelan)
17. "Egypt Interlude" - 2:13
18. "Nafourat El Anwar" - 2:58

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Denselow, Robin (23 September 2010). "Natacha Atlas: Mounqaliba". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/23/natacha-atlas-mounqaliba-cd-review. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
2. ^ Franck Meslin (18 May 2010). "Singer Natacha Atlas moves to Condom". Sud-Ouest. http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/05/18/la-chanteuse-natacha-atlas-s-installe-a-condom-94614-2362.php. Retrieved 18 July 2010. 
3. ^ Franck Meslin (16 July 2010). "Atlas brings Arabic groove to folk fest". North Shore News. http://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/Atlas+brings+Arabic+groove+folk+fest/3286339/story.html. Retrieved 18 May 2010. 
4. ^ Natacha Atlas (24 January 2009). "Zeitgeist addendum". Official Natacha Atlas blog. MySpace. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=191609951&blogId=466152391#ixzz0thwHBI8B. Retrieved 26 July 2010. 
5. ^ Mitter, Siddhartha (19 December 2010). "Siddhartha Mitter's top 10 world music CDs of 2010". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/12/19/mitter/?rss_id=Top+Stories. 
6. ^ Beres, Derek (10 July 2010). "Derek Beres Derek Beres Words | Beats". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-beres/global-beat-fusion-top-do_b_792567.html. Retrieved 7 October 2011. 
7. ^ "Natacha Atlas and Basha Beats Release Video Titled Egypt Rise To Freedom Mix". World Music Central. 11 February 2011. http://worldmusiccentral.org/2011/02/11/natacha-atlas-and-basha-beats-release-video-titled-egypt-rise-to-freedom-mix/. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
8. ^ "Natacha Atlas adapts ‘Egypt: Rise to Freedom’". PRI. 14 February 2011. http://www.theworld.org/2011/02/natacha-atlas-egypt-rise-to-freedom/. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
9. ^ "Mounqaliba - Rising: The Remixes". Six Degrees Records. http://sixdegreesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mounqaliba-rising-the-remixes. Retrieved 19 September 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• NPR review