Brickwork Lizards

Haneen

Brickwork Lizards is an 8-piece Turkabilly hip-hop band from Oxford, UK that bridges the divide between Arabic and Western music. The band took shape over a chance encounter at a party when Egyptian vocalist and oud-player Tarik Beshir met Oxford rap scene stalwart Tom O'Hawk. Discovering a mutual love of the 1930s harmony group The Ink Spots, they dreamed up an entirely new sound that would combine pre-war jazz with Arabic and Middle Eastern music, paying tribute along the way to countless other styles. Over the ten years since, Brickwork Lizards have refined their line-up, adding guitar, drums, trumpet, cello, violin and double-bass, while building up a dedicated fan base with hundreds of gigs and festival appearances across the UK. The band's eight members draw on a wide range of musical experiences, from critically-acclaimed Arabic classical ensembles (Oxford Maqam) to working with chart-topping pop groups (Saint Etienne). In Arabic, 'haneen' describes a feeling of nostalgic yearning, and bygone times and places haunt every song on this remarkable record. The band's radical re-imaginings of traditional material, from courtly dances of the Ottoman sultans to ancient English hanging songs, evoke centuries of history and showcase a band adept at crossing borders and taking bold musical risks. Brickwork Lizards are world music, redefined.

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Genre
Format
CD - 1 disk
Release date
05-01-2018
Label
Item-nr
510369
EAN
5065002136015
Availability
In stock
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. ALL THAT WE ARE
2. HIJAZ ZEYBEK
3. HIJAZ MANDIRA
4. TORO MATA
5. WE'RE THROUGH
6. THE HANGING TUNE
7. YA RAYAH
8. QUEEN OF BOHEMIA
9. COME ON HOME
10. OLD FASHIONED SONG