Syriana 1325 Ibn Battutah, by Syriana

Syriana 1325 Ibn Battutah

by Syriana

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blowngasket Long awaited 2nd Syriana album is beautiful, haunting & evocative. A few plays in & it’s burned itself into my head & I can’t stop playing it, or hearing it when I’m not playing it. I had wondered how Bernard O’Neil & Nick Dubulah Page could follow the iconic 1st Syriana album (The Road to Damascus), given the horror that the country has suffered since & the sad passing of Nick in 2021. But like all true artists, they have created something new – along with an incredible ensemble of musicians

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1.	Feast at Antaliyah 04:56	info	buy track
2.	Como Tu 06:00	info	buy track
3.	Dimashq al Sham 06:00	info	buy track
4.	The Greek Women of Ladhiq 07:11	info	buy track
5.	Al Karak, Kole Kizin Sarkisi 07:27	info	buy track
6.	The Amir of Khwarism 03:22	info	buy track
7.	Las Puntas 03:41	info	buy track
8.	From Dihli to Kinbaya 04:30	info	buy track
9.	Como Fantasmas 06:32	info	buy track
10.	Between Zafir & Zabid 06:24	info	buy track
11.	Qasr Al Za'afiyah 04:51	info	buy track
12.	Gharnatah, Fountain of Tears 03:35	info	buy track
13.	A Gift to Those who Contemplate 03:04	info	buy track
14.	Law inta kunt hina 05:46	info	buy track

about

In February of the year 1325, the Moroccan lawyer, Battuta sent his 21 year-old son from
their home in Tangier to complete the Haj in Mecca and study law in Damascus. He hoped
the young man would become a judge, a mediator, and peacemaker, a good Muslim. He
wouldn’t see him for another 24 years.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta, or Ibn Battuta for short, would become one of the
greatest celebrities in the Islamic world. His 73,000-mile journey was twice the distance of
Admiral Zheng Hi and almost five times that of Marco Polo. The memoir he dictated late in
life, The Rihla, is one of the greatest travel stories ever written and remains in print to this
day.
His stories, and those he quoted of the many wives, concubines and slave women who
travelled with him and bore his children are the inspiration for the second Syriana album,
conceived by Bernard O’Neill and Nick ‘Dubulah’ Page.
The album, and the additional music they crafted and captured, is itself a record of a life’s
journey, that of Nick. Recorded in Morocco and Andalusia, London and theTarn, it
encapsulates a period of intense creativity between O’Neill and Page, sadly Nick Page
passed away in May 2021.
With the voices of the women echoed in seven songs by Esbe , Maria Joao Branco,
Mouna Eddrou , Olcay Bayir and Natacha Atlas and Ibn Battuta’s elderly voice portrayed
by Umit Ceyhan, O’Neill and Dubulah have woven a dazzling musical tapestry,
embroidered with the virtuosity of Mazin Abu Sayf, Ashley Slater, Kalia Lyraki, Eliza
Marshall, Raphael Sibertin Blanc, Imed Alibi, Simon Webster, Nick Van Gelder, Pip Eastop,
Neil Stacey, Harutyun Chkolyan, Maren Lueg, Dave Molloy , Amelie Ceyhan, Andrew
McPherson,Andy Brodie, Richard Bolton,Matthaois Tsahouridis and Anouar Dekkaki and
The Sufi Musicians of Meknes.
It is an album borne of wonder and respect, a 21st Century tribute to a 14th Century band
of travellers, who travelled from Morocco to India, from Spain to Mali, sharing what they
knew and learning what they didn’t.
Nick Page’s journey ended tragically before the project was complete, but his own life’s
journey, that influenced and inspired so many, is embedded in every beat of every track.
As he said on many occasions “You're only as good as the people you work with”
As Bernard O’Neill said, ‘This is the story of two great men and the extraordinary men and
women who love them, separated by 700 years and united by curiosity, fearlessness and
wonder.’

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released February 2, 2024

Syriana 1325
1. Feast at Antaliyah
2. Como Tu
3. Dimashq al Sham
4. The Greek Women of Ladhiq
5. Kole Kizin Sarkisi
6. The Amir of Khwarism
7. Las Puntas
8. Dihli to Kinbaya
9. Como Fantasmas10.Between Zafir & Zabid
10.Between Zafir & Zabid
11. Qasr al Zafiyah
12. Gharnatah, Fountain of Tears
13. A gift to those who contemplate
14. Law inta Kont hina
Esbe esbe...... voice & guitar 2 & 7
Maria joao..... voice 4 & 9
mouna eddrou.... voice 11
natacha atlas.....voice 14
olcay bayir...... voice 5
umit ceyhan.....voice 13, saz 12 & 13
amelie ceyhan....guitar 13
harutyun chkolyan...duduk 2 & 5
pip eastop....trumpet & flugel 4,11 & 12
mazin abu sayf...accordion, ney,strings 3&10, bvs 13
eliza marshall.... flute, alto & bass flutes 2,5,14
kalia lyraki....ney 1, 5&8
matthaois tsahouridis.. pontic lyra 1& 14
raphael sibertin blanc.. kemencha & violin 6&8
maren lueg... soprano sax 11
neil stacey....guitar 4
imed alibi...percussion 3
dave molloy...guitar 8
ashley slater … trombone 9
andrew mcpherson...guitar 11
andy brodie...guitar 14
nick van gelder...drums 9
simon webster...darbuka, congos, bongos, riq, bendir,
kakaba, drum samples 2,4,6,9,10,11,12,13
nick dubulah page.. guitars, samples 1,2,7,9,11
bernard o'neill... double bass, cello, bass guitar,
baritone guitar, organ, piano, samples, accordion &
perc
preface to track 1 ...anouar dekkaki, abderzak
lamzouz, brahim el fakir, nordic lamrani, said
benmoum, az el arab taki ( the sufi musicians of meknes)
produced by bernard o'neill & dubulah

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