Toufic Farroukh - Tootya
ARTIST.....: Toufic Farroukh
TITLE......: Tootya
LABEL......: o+
URL........: http://www.myspace.com/touficfarroukh1
RIP DATE...: Jun-01-2007
STORE DATE.: Mar-05-2007
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 87,1 MB
Track Listing:
01 - systole, diastole 05:30
02 - hanina 04:43
03 - radio city 06:23
04 - ya nassim alrouh 04:40
05 - destins et desirs 05:16
06 - the girl from gypsy moon 05:39
07 - elhob ?! 05:01
08 - cendres 04:26
09 - scarecrow and peacock 05:02
10 - ya habibi 04:16
11 - long distance call (ldc) 05:23
12 - only lonely 06:27
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62:46 min
Release Notes:
Review by Chris Nickson
You don't find a lot of Arab jazz-funk knocking around, which
means that Toufic Farroukh is pretty much standing in a class of
one. His particular style, mixing up Arab strings and melodies
with jazz instrumentalists and some low-key dance beats is
successful enough, as far as it goes. But in trying to mix so
much, he almost inevitably loses the spiciest part of each
flavour. It starts of hopefully enough with "Systole, Diastole,"
but quickly loses ground until "Destins Et Desirs" seems a mere
exercise in Arab-inflected R&B. "The Girl From The Gypsy Moon" has
some excellent soling from both guitar and accordion, but no
passion, and there's equally little heart to the rap on "Only
Lonely." There's a good idea behind this, but for the moment it's
too content to steer a middle course, and settle for compromise,
which makes for something full of technical skill, but without the
fire and passion that sets an album apart.