Some good belly dance music?

Question:For the following styles:

Tribal fusion

Cabaret

Modern Egyptian

Gothic Tribal

Thanks!!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: For the following styles:

Tribal fusion

Cabaret

Modern Egyptian

Gothic Tribal

Thanks!!

Whew, those are a lot of different styles!

For Tribal Fusion, a lot of dancers like to use music by Pentaphobe. Other industrial music is popular, too. The band Solace is good, especially their earlier CD's such as The Gathering Season and Shawazi (which I've probably misspelled). Also good is stuff that is slow, moody, and sinuous sounding.

I'm not sure what you mean by "cabaret". Most people use that term to mean "dancers who wear beads and sequins", and there's an enormous range of music that's suitable for dancers who wear beads and sequins. I personally avoid using the term "cabaret" because I find it very meaningless.

If you're thinking of the "American classic" style when you say "cabaret" (ie, the style that arose in the U.S. in the 1960's and 1970's), then generally I'd say go for folk songs played on traditional instruments (nay/flute, oud, kanoun, mizmar/oboe). Some artists who fit this style very well include John Bilezikjian (in Los Angeles, California), Sirocco (in Capitola, California), Brothers of the Baladi (in Oregon), Eddie Kochak, and George Abdo. Most of these are NOT on Amazon.com, but you should be able to find them with some googling. Sites that sell their music might include maqam.com or dahlal.com .

"Modern Egyptian" is another one of those terms that different people use in different ways. Some people use it to mean "anything in the style that was popular in Egypt in the 1980's and more recently", while others use it to mean "the dance style that's been popular in Egypt during the last 5 years". Either way, you'd be looking for a big-orchestra sound with violins, accordions, etc. Look for the Jalilah Raks Sharki series (available on Amazon), the band Cairo Orchestra, Mokhtar al Said, etc.

For Gothic belly dance, use your favorite Gothic club music, something that puts you into a Gothy sort of mood. Goth belly dance is really just belly dancing to Goth music with a Goth aesthetic applied to your costuming and the way you interpret/express the music.

I hope this helps!

you wanna go for something upbeat like hips don't lie something fast but easy to move to

Hmm, well my mom does belly dancing, and I've seen a few Gothic Tribal fusion performers. You might want to try such music as:
Amr Diab
Switchblade Symphony
Doula (hard to find their music, but it's pretty good, and I think some would be good to dance to)
Velvet Acid Christ
Loreena McKennit (she has some very middle eastern sounding songs)