Water Lily Acoustics WLA AS 11 HAMZA EL DIN Lily Of The Nile AUDIOPHILE SEALED

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HAMZA EL DIN Lily Of The Nile
New & Sealed Audiophile Vinyl Record

Record label/brand: Water Lily Acoustics WLA AS 11

Lily Of The Nile, recorded in 1990, was an album coveted by audiophiles due to its phenomenal sound quality which was the result of the meticulous recording process. Pure Analogue Recording Made Exclusively With Custom Tube Electronics Made By Tim De Paravicini of Esoteric Audio Research (UK). Pressed on premium vinyl by R.T.I No noise reduction, limiting or compression of any sort was was used in the making of this record.

"In the beginning there was sound"

Record is new and sealed in it's original plastic sleeve. Perforation is completely intact. No flaws or blemishes... 100% mint.

Side 1
1. Bint Baladna        6:24
2. Annun Sira        12:47
3. Shortunga        4:14

Side 2
4. Allah Hu Akbar       25:16
5. Hamayala        7:36

Review: One of the first African musicians to gain widespread international recognition, Hamza El Din is a Nubian master of the oud, or the fretless lute. Western listeners are as likely as not to have been exposed to his work via the Grateful Dead, who played with him on-stage occasionally. (El Din also helped arrange the Dead's tour of Egypt.) He played an integral role in modernizing Nubian music, using his work to both evoke and tell stories of Nubian life.

Dedicated to the Daughters of Nubia, Lily of the Nile captures Hamza just as he would sit and play, with no overdubs of any kind. The spareness and warmth of the recording brings the sound of Hamza's oud and his voice into new focus.

It should be no surprise that this album possesses state of the art sound quality. First, the vinyl is incredibly silent. Second, Hamza El Din's music is subtle, direct and unfettered with recording artifacts. If you're looking for a recording that provides the illusion of a musician performing in your listening room, this is it. When El Din's fingers fly across his fretless oud, you can hear and even feel the percussive contact of his fingers on the strings and almost tell where his arms are in relationship to his instrument (you can hear his sleeves rustling every once in a while).

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