Anoq of the Sun - Creative Instrumental Electronic Music

EGYPT TECHNO PARTS 1 AND 2 BY ANOQ OF THE SUN

Egypt Techno Part 2 is available on Ánoq Maxi Single 1: Buy Anoq Maxi Single 1 CD
Egypt Techno Part 1 is not yet publicly available

Released on Ánoq Maxi Single 1 on 2007-12-21
Submitted on 2007-11-06 to George V Records in France, for consideration on their next Buddha-Bar CD
Produced and performed 2006, 2007
Composed 2003, 2006, 2007

Musical scales: D Phrygian dominant, D Arabic (i.e. Phrygian dominant with raised 7th) and C natural minor
Tempo: 130 BPM, with the intro for Part 1 starting at 110 BPM
Despite the title, this music has nothing to do with techno music!
The title refers to "music as the Egyptian folk musicians would have made it, if they were trying to make techno music" :-)
The first ideas for this piece of music came when I discovered Natacha Atlas' music, in particular the pieces Amulet and Mish Fadilak, even though none of the musical themes of Egypt Techno are related to these pieces of music
Most of the main themes were composed around Christmas in 2002/2003, when I lived in Greece and was also generally quite inspired by Greek music, mostly pop music composed by Phoebus (pronounced "Feevos"), e.g. the double album To Kati with Keti Garbi and the double album Geia + Ante Geia with Despina Vandi

Computer: 1.8Ghz PC with Windows XP sp2
Music software: ProTools 7.1 with Factory plugins and the Music Production Toolkit
Audio and MIDI hardware: Digi 002 Rack, two SE1 A microphones
Audio sampling software: ProTools 7.1, Sample Tank XXL 2.1
Software synthesizers: Hybrid, Sample Tank XXL 2.1
Hardware synthesizers: Alesis Quadrasynth Plus Piano, Roland JV90
Mastering by: Lars Asp Christensen at Dicentia in their studio and by Ánoq of the Sun