Hamza El Din
Muwashshah
JVC

Muwashshah finds Hamza beginning to explore extensive collaboration, with several pieces featuring violin, bass and synthesizer, and vocal overdubbing. The result is a buoyant, exuberant disc. This CD also features the first recordings of Hamza's defining I Have No Address and Gala 2000,. The joy is infectious.

Hamza El Din - voice, oud, hanclaps and tar
Tohru Ueda - synthesizer, pianica
Hiromi Nishida - violin
Hitoshi Watanabe - bass
produced by Hamza El Din, Tohru Ueda and Soh Fujimoto
recorded by Tamaki Beck

Song Titles:
1. Gala 2000 (Letter of Apology to the Earth) - comp. Hamza El Din, lyrics Sulaiman Gharib, arr. Tohru Ueda
2. Muwashshah - melody and lyrics trad., arr. Hamza El Din, Tohru Ueda
3. Assaramessuga (Childhood) - comp. Hamza El Din, lyrics Mohi El Din Sherif
4. Malish Inwan (I Have No Address) - comp. Hamza El Din, lyrics Bishir Ayaad
5. Bint Baladna (Our Country's Daughter) - comp. Hamza El Din, lyrics Mohi El Din Sherif, arr. Tohru Ueda
6. Ez'zaman (Time is a Moment) - comp. Hamza El Din, lyrics Mostafa El Garhi
7. Agore (Forget) - comp. Hamza El Din, lyrics Mohi El Din Sherif
7. Yatra (You are Here) - comp. Hamza El Din, lyrics Mohi El Din Sherif, arr. Tohru Ueda