Resources: Music List

The sample music list is color coded into four basic sections to support different parts of Dancemeditation™.

• Green: Slow Movement, Sufi Deep State Motion, quiet dancing, interior focused work; primarily classical Middle Eastern acoustic titles
• Lavender: Slow Movement, somatic exploration, relaxation
• Orange: Dance and Breath Dances; mixed genre music but heavily Middle Eastern.
• Blue: Dance and Breath Dances; mixed genre music & tempi, good for various explorations, exercises and the unforseen.

 

Green

Slow Movement, Sufi Deep State Motion, quiet dancing, interior focused work; primarily classical Middle Eastern acoustic titles

Anour Brahim: The Astounding Eyes of Rita; Astrakan Cafe ( w. L. Hosni & B. Erkse)
Erkan Ogur: Hic
Farid el Atrache: King of the Oud
Latif Bolat: Gul: The Rose
Hamza el Din: Eclipse; Waterwheel; A Wish
Kudsi & Suleyman Erguner:  Ney Taksims
Driss El Maloumi: Maroc: L’Ame Dansee
Jihad Racy/Simon Shaheen: Taqasim: The Art of Improvisation In Arabic Music
Mohammad Reza Shadjarian: Night Silence Desert
Sacha Silva: Susurro
Samir Siblini: Zaman Al-Sami
Taksim Trio

Compilations:
Hamdulillah: Fez Festival of World Sacred Music Vol II

 

Lavender

Slow Movement, somatic exploration, relaxation

Stephan Micus: Garden of Mirrors; Ocean
Najma: Pukar
Shiva Ray: Yoga Trance Dance
Rasa: Crossing the Liquid Mirror
Layne Redmond: Being in Rhythm
Suzanne Teng–Enchanted Wind
Klaus Weiss: El Hadra

Compilations:
Rasa: Mello
Rasa: Mello II
Buddha Bar VI

 

Orange

Dance and Breath Dances; mixed genre music but heavily Middle Eastern.Blue:

Abdelli: New Moon
Amina: Wa Di Ye
Hossam Ramzy: Immortal Egpyt; Gamal Rohani; Source of Fire
Joe Zeytoonian: Cafe Makam; Danse Oriental
Layne Redmond: Trance Union; Being in Rhythm
Mercan Dede: Sufi Traveler; 800; Breath; Journey of a Dervish
Natacha Atlas: Ayeshteni
Nusrat Fatih Ali Khan: Swan Song
Omar Faruk Tekbelik: Whirling; Mystical Garden
Composer Unknown: The Sultan’s Secret Door

Compilations:
The Rough Guide to Bellydance
Dub Qawaali
Desert Grooves
Sahara Lounge
Chill Out Bombay (tracks mixed for seamless sound)
Arabesque Zoudge

 

Blue

Dance and Breath Dances; mixed genre music & tempi, good for various explorations, exercises and the unforseen.

Mile Davis – In A Silent Way
Nusrat Fatih Ali Khan – Swan Song
Bebel Gilberto – Tanto Tempo
Steve Shehan & Baly Othmani – Assarouf  

Compilations:
Hotel Costes Quatre
Hotel Costes 5
Hotel Costes 6
Hotel Costes La Suite