The second album of Arabic Fusion guitarist, joined by Afif brothers, Ada Rovatti, Mounir Troudi, is influenced from Middle Eastern sounds as well as Flamenco, Indian, Chinese, and Jazz sounds.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (56:55) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz Fusion, WORLD: Middle East Traditional

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The new CD, Out Of My City, is, he says, âa continuation of my first album from five years ago, which also had a fusion sound. Iâve always been trying to lay Arabic music over jazz, funk and jazz-rock sounds.â However, this musical melange, while distinctive and catchy, has given Kamal no end of headaches when people ask him to describe his music. âThis question of genre is always hard to answer because genres have been signposted by media people and not by musicians themselves. Some people call it Arabic jazz, some call it fusion or modern Eastern music. Itâs probably best to call it Arabic jazz,â he concludes, noting that âjazz is the free world of music and if we apply its principles here then you have Arabic jazz. It has a deep beats in it like jazz-rock, but it has a lot of Arabic style.

âEver since I was a teenager I have been listening to Western pop, rock and jazz, and also Arabic music, so I try to fuse those things together,â he continues. It seems appropriate, then, that Kamal should have made his home in Dubai, an area of the Middle East that is almost unique in its wide mix of races, cultures and nationalities. In fact, he says, the city has actually shaped his music in the six years heâs been living in it: âSince I moved here,â Kamal explains, âI have been exposed to a lot of other influences â especially a lot of Indian music â and I have brought all of this together in one box to create a reflection of my experiences and my years in Dubai.â Not that his music should merely be considered a pastiche: âIt is like I have learned some words and phrases from all these different people, but I am still constructing my own grammar,â the musician says. âThe elements are borrowed, but the sound is my own.â