Ethnically and Culturally Inspired Music
About "Sahara Mon Amour"
An ethnofusion piece in a genre I'm calling Sinulog Son, a tune with elements of the Sinulog subgenre in Maguindanaoan (southern Philippines) music placed within the rhythmic framework of a Cuban son, while a ‘desert nomad’ melody floats above it all. This piece was inspired by my ongoing fascination with the desert nomads of the Sahara-Tuaregs, Bedouins, etc- and I thought the Berberesque melody played on the Saronay gong instrument might sit well inside a Son Cubano rhythmic structure.