The realization of that special idea is the history of the encounter of two music formations. Michael Popp, musical director of the group Estampie, well-known in the medieval music-scene for their innovation and quality, has never ceased to criticize publicly insubstantial academical parading of supposedly authentic performance or medieval ballyhoo and commerce. After one Estampie concert a visitor presented Michael with a recording and said: This will probably find favour in your critical ears…. It was a record of the band L”Ham de Foc from Valencia (Spain) who have put a name on the map of world music with their typical mixture of mediterranean, oriental and medieval music. With a smaller by-project focussing on sephardic music, Amán Amán, the band was to guest just a few weeks later in Munich, Estampie”s homebase. Enthusiastic about the record, Michael Popp took the chance and proposed a mutual project to the Spanish musicians. It didn”t take long to find out that they were birds of a feather, like-minded in musical as well as in human views, and the project made quick progress during several visits to Valencia and Munich.

Track Listing

• Morena (sefardí, trad.)
• A Virgen mui groriosa (Cantiga de Santa María)
• Nassam Alaina Lhawa (árabo-andalusí, trad.)
• Pandero (M. Aranda / E. López)
• De Santa María (Cantiga de Santa María, 13th century)
• Chamsse Lachia (nuba kudam al-maya)
• La galana y el mar (sefardí, trad.)
• Gran dereit (Cantiga de Santa María)
• Atiny naya – Solo Iman (árabo-andalusí, trad.)
• Lluna (instr., E. López)
• Arracha Lfatan (nuba garnati)
• Las suegras de ahora (sefardí, trad.)

Additional Details

Label: Galileo MC

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 2.5340 mins

Release Date: 10/26/07

UPC: 4250095800269