Bleeding_Heart1 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Hey everyone. I was looking for some of the artists that lounges use while smokeing hookah. On my recent vacation, i visited a lounge and the music set the mood. It was almost dance arabic.[img]http://www.hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif[/img] I dont know. DOes anyone know of any online radio stations or artists look look for? Thanks a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Excellent question!!! Hopefully somebody knows because I like that music too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
web250 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Relaxing music is nice...light acoustical stuff.Maybe some Sufjan Stevens, or Rocky Votolato? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40 Thieves Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 [quote name='Bleeding_Heart1']Hey everyone. I was looking for some of the artists that lounges use while smokeing hookah. On my recent vacation, i visited a lounge and the music set the mood. It was almost dance arabic.[img]http://www.hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif[/img] I dont know. DOes anyone know of any online radio stations or artists look look for? Thanks a bunch.[/quote] We play a lot of Karsh Kale - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff_T Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 wow, very amazing suggestion with Rocky Votolato. More people should listen to him. There is a radio station here in tucson, 92.9 "the mountain", and between 8-11 they have an "acoustic sunset" and 11-1 "the chill side of the mountain". THis is what i normally listen to when smoking and relaxing, its a great chill feeling. if interested, i think you can stream their station from anywhere over the web. [url="http://www.929themountain.com/pages/listenlive.html"]http://www.929themountain.com/pages/listenlive.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombiedepot Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Thievery Corporation is pretty popular as far as lounge music goes. It's good to chill out to almost at any time of the day, and some tracks have the 'arabic dance' style you're looking for.[url="http://www.soma.fm"]http://www.soma.fm[/url] Has some good chillout tracks, and I suggest their following stations: beat blender, drone zone, or groove salad. I'm pretty sure they play Thievery Corporation too. No ads really either, it's all listener supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain Soph Aur Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 The only problem with middle easter/arabic music is its too upbeat. And hard to chill to. So you have to go with bands like Explosions In The Sky, Red Sparrows, Mogwai or Godspeed You Black Emperor. any post rock band really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Depending on your likes/dislikes, check out di.fm. They have some good ambient stuff on there.I usually either listen to DI.fm, some classical, or watch a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
web250 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 [quote name='Ain Soph Aur']The only problem with middle easter/arabic music is its too upbeat. And hard to chill to. So you have to go with bands like Explosions In The Sky, Red Sparrows, Mogwai or Godspeed You Black Emperor. any post rock band really.[/quote]EITS and Godspeed You! are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombiedepot Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 I can see Mogwai as being good to listen to during smoking. Thievery Corporation uses a good mix of electronic and ethnic elements, and most of their music is downtempo with very little lyrics. I'd like to point out that they're out of Washington D.C. so the music won't be a culture shock to anyone. If you like more upbeat or lyrics I suggest Zero 7 or Groove Armada.Since musical taste is all subjective I find that these chillout or lounge groups are excellent neutral ground because no one has heard a lot of them. I also find they encourage more conversation too because not everyone is focused on the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafedelmar Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 www.last.fm is great for finding new types of music. just click on the artists you like and it lists similar ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding_Heart1 Posted July 26, 2006 Author Share Posted July 26, 2006 not to diss anyones suggestions but i was looking for middle eastern/ arabic artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Plastikman, Deep Dish, some Moby and Chemical Brothers. Darude is more upbeat, but works well too. I have a 400 disc CD changer and just put it on shuffle...getting the right balance of hip-hop to electronica vs. older music is the key. There's so much Arabic music...Nancy is good Al Wabi (Sp?) good, too. My mind's a blank on Arabic. Go to an Arab store and ask what they recommend in modern style Arabic dance music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alqoshnia Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 if your looking for some arabic there are some nice songs by; Amr Diab, Nawal Al Zoughbi, Nancy Ajram, Haifa Wahbi, Ehab Touwfik, and Mustafa Qhamar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Dlhar Mindi! DA DA DA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 i dont knoe what they are saying but some arabic music really puts me in the mood when smokin shisha...i even sing along to some of them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novicafe Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Since most of the people that come to NO.VI cafe are teenagers, we play newer stuff. At night the place basically turns into a club when the DJ comes in and plays rap music, but during the day I play coldplay, jack johnson, or paul van dyk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 [quote name='Ain Soph Aur']The only problem with middle easter/arabic music is its too upbeat. And hard to chill to. So you have to go with bands like Explosions In The Sky, Red Sparrows, Mogwai or Godspeed You Black Emperor. any post rock band really.[/quote] For certain people, listening to good upbeat music is relaxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellamobunny Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 [url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000A1WK2/104-4354989-2388744?v=glance&n=5174"]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000A1WK...v=glance&n=5174[/url] this isn't the one i was thinking of, but it might be good. if you're near a bigger record store, you should check out their electronica section. look for the buddha bar series and you should find some other compilations with them.you also may want to check out rai. it's a type of moroccon music that a lot of people are fusing with electronic beats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anpu Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 [quote name='DizzyGuy'] For certain people, listening to good upbeat music is relaxing. [/quote] As it is for me... as for Arabic music when smoking hookah, I like Nancy and throw in a lil Haifa... music vids help because they're both pretty hot lol (even if they're plastic)... Ana and Yara aren't bad either... as for American music... anything you like... doesn't have to be slow be be relaxing... at least not for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontmanpb101 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 i really enjoyed thom yorke's (radiohead's lead singer) new solo cd called "the eraser" while smoking the other night. obviously it's not arabic, but if anyone is looking for something new to try that's not arabic i'd give it a spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessai Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 All those mid eastern singers sound like shisha manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsboy Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 [quote name='Ain Soph Aur']The only problem with middle easter/arabic music is its too upbeat. And hard to chill to. So you have to go with bands like Explosions In The Sky, Red Sparrows, Mogwai or Godspeed You Black Emperor. any post rock band really.[/quote] Not all of it is upbeat, alot of hookah lounges back home never put dance music or new music on. They put all those old school love/drama songs for people like "Um Kalthoum". Very relaxing and some of those songs go fo hours with no interruptions, so it puts you in the mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsboy Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 [quote name='Tessai']All those mid eastern singers sound like shisha manufacturers.[/quote] Hey, They are shisha manufacturers ... what do you think they should call shishas, "John shisha", " Bruce shisha", "Billy Bob Mi3assil", or "McMaster tobacco" ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetuo Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 If you dig the electronic stuff i would highly suggest you pick out any of the mushroom jazz vol. 1-5 by Mark farina. Also if you like the disco house style Dimitri from paris is a must, check out either A night at the playboy mansion or After the playboy mansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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