Iraqi Music Ud Taqsim and Pasta This is a compilation album, presenting two Iraqi musicians, Ahmed Nima Kamel (voice), and Safwat Mohammed Ali (ud). There is not much information about the musicians. This recording introduces "the ud, the beautiful instrument representative of western Asia, the improvisational music called taqsim, and the pasta, a king of song based on fixed rhtyhmical patterns called ika' and maqam." (information from CD's cover) "Ud Taqsim and Pasta" was released by King Records which is a label from Japan. They have a web-site, but it is mainly in Japanese. You can email them in English, if you would like to receive information. You can find this CD in some of the on-line distributors, we have links to these distributors on our "Oud CDs" page. Artists and their recordings in this category: Munir Bachir: Meditations Omar Bashir: Zykrayati Munir Bechir: Babylon Mood Naseer Shamma: Ishraq Munir Bashir: L'art du ud Iraqi Music: Ud Taqsim and Pasta Munir Bachir: En concert/live a Paris click on the names to see the CDs from that country: Armenia Lebanon Turkey Egypt Morocco Other Iran Palestinian Heritage Contemporary Iraq Sudan Israel Tunisia