Thimar

Artist: Anouar Brahem , John Surman , and Dave Holland
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 731453988828
EAN: 0731453988828
ASIN: B000024ZYP

Release Date: 2000-01-25

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Tracks:

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Kashf
Houdouth
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Customer Reviews:

shear beauty.......2007-02-15

Thimar is musically complex enough to retain an ongoing facsination while the virtuosity supports the inspired artistry without ego.

Sublime recording. Transcendent........2006-02-16

So many beautiful and haunting passages throughout this recording and the deep source which this taps into is unmatched in any of Brahem's other works before or since.

The second piece "Kashf" is my personal favorite. "Kashf" the Arabic word meaning intuition, insight and discovery of unseen/unknown things, certainly transports one to a place they may never have visited before. And if this was all it would still be a worthwhile album, but there's so much more. The very next piece, deepens one's mood even further until the fourth where the Holland's double bass and Brahem's oud dance a musical duet. The lack of percussion is an important unifying thread through the tracks and allows the mind to fly and wander with the relaxed music.

This is music that can bring one to tears. No matter what you find in the reviews it's still indescribable and needs to be experienced. Unfortunately this trio of musicians hasn't recorded together again, which makes this even more special. A sublime recording of a very special synergy between the players and their instruments available for us to enjoy over and over.

Do yourself a favor, skip something else, and get this!

Enjoy.

un viaggio meraviglioso.......2004-08-30

In questo disco ogni musicista, preso singolarmente, non ha bisogno di particolari presentazioni...
Insieme, cosa non sempre scontata, hanno saputo costruire una deliziosa alchimia sonora che mi ha sospinto in un viaggio meraviglioso con lievissima brezza soave.
Qui "comandano" anima ed istinto, non ho dubbi: un capolavoro.

wonderful disk.......2004-05-21

This is one of my favorites disks. You'll really like it... for sure.

Beautiful..........2002-10-11

Thimar touches the soul and the mind as well. Not a single redundant node is played, but those that are there all have meaning. The whole music is airy (with a lot of reverb thanks to ECM :-) and lacks Rabih Abou-Khalil's agressivity but not his energy. John Surman and Dave Holland are both great.

I think I can't say anything about the beauties of this work... You have to listen.

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