Friday, October 21, 2022

Dream Weapons present: DESERT CARAVAN C90


 
It was only a couple of days ago I stumbled upon this dense, 19th century Orientalist painting by Charles-Théodore Frère. It affected me. I felt the intense heat and tasted the sand in my mouth. This is a soundtrack for the cover art and sonically a follow-up to my «east meets west» 2016-mix Orient-Tneiro. Back then I wrote «Oriental jazz-vibes and slow 'n sensuous bellydance grooves. Unlike an Exotica-album your inner imagined landscapes won't be of the sea or the jungle, but the desert and the savannah». I wouldn’t last for a day in a habitat like that, but I can listen to this kind of music all day every day. -Moahaha
 

1 Gus Vali - The Speechless Animal
2 Uakti - Arabesque
3 The Sheiks - Ya-Habibi
4 Attila Engin Group - Zultan
5 Omar Metioui - Twisya de la San´a
6 Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sarqi‎ - Haso-Eliniko
7 Amer-Abic Orchestra - Jazz in Port Said
8 Train - Arabesque
9 Esin Engin & His Orchestra - Kolbastı
10 Clivage - Tabarkha
11 Umberto Santucci - Museo orientale (Vers. arpa)
12 Artie Barsamian - Little Boy (Pokrig Dughah)

13 Archimedes Badkar - Desert Band
14 Bros. In Co-op - Listen Heah
15 Anestos Athounasiou & His Ensemble - Stavrodromi
16 Baligh Hamdi - The Beloved Date
17 Roman Bunka - M. in T.
18 Hossam Shaker - Tamra Henna, Pt. 2
19 Sonorch - Plaine Du Tal
20 Said Slam - Inta Inta
21 David Carroll - Shish-Kebab
22 Arkadaş - Boyle Ikrar Ilen
23 Light Rain - City of Dreams
24 Tarik Bulut - Arabic Fantasy 


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Btw: here's the full painting (thanks to pete.m I now know it's by Charles-Théodore Frère)

12 comments:

  1. You're right - that's a very resonant and evocative image. I noticed a possible signature in the lower left-hand corner and, from that, I think that it was painted by Charles-Théodore Frère. I couldn't find this precise image in a brief Google search, but it looks very much in his style. Looking forward to exploring the music. Thanks for posting it.

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  2. It is indeed Charles-Théodore Frère! Thank you pete.m. I don't know why I didn't think of looking for -or noticed the signature. Maybe it's because it's signed on the left. I don't know. Strangely this specific painting looks more "modern" than the rest of his works. Almost J.M.W. Turner-like in it's less realistic, more atmospheric approach. -Moahaha

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    1. Yes, I agree with you about it looking modern - like Turner definitely did, as you say (and also some of John Martin's work, from a similar time). I guess they were ahead of the game, heading towards abstraction and pure colour, and therefore towards the inner world rather than just being figurative.

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    2. Yes, but regarding Frère and this painting in particular (although signed), I'm beginning to suspect it's a smaller sketch or a study for a larger work. Which could also explain why there's 0 matches in my TinEye search.

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    1. You're welcome, Crab Devil. Hope you're enjoying it:)

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    2. Thank you
      Looks to be wonderful

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    3. Hope it sounds wonderful too:) -Moahaha

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  4. Looks like this one has run into the same issue described in your recent Reuploads post. Would you please re-up it too?

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