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Lars H.U.G.
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Reviews (2)
The guardian
d. 23. May 2013
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Robin Denselow
d. 23. May 2013
"Yasmine Hamdan deserves to be the next female celebrity from the Arab-speaking world. She's a Lebanese singer who began her career in Beirut but now lives in Paris, where she has collaborated with producer, keyboard player and programmer Marc Collin, of Nouvelle Vague fame, to create an album that veers between acoustic folk and electropop, while including echoes of mid-20th-century popular music from Lebanon and Egypt. She has a sultry, seductive voice and gift for melody that is reminiscent of Souad Massi, and her best songs rely on acoustic guitar rather than the swirling synths".
fRoots
2013 June
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Liam Thompson
2013 June
"In places a haunting, boldly cinematographic and achingly pretty record. Yasmine Hamdan seamlessly blends influences from her native Lebanon and her adopted France. Thus, in places, as on the dramatic La Mouch, the record reminds of Serge Gainsbourg and elsewhere, as on opening track Deny, contemporary French pop-folksters like Rose come to mind. Elsewhere though, as on Hal, the record is far more traditionally Middle Eastern in sound ... When it works, the cinematic vibes and loungy pop balance well with the delicate vocals and acoustic guitar ... Sometimes, though, the songs are forgettable ... The Twin Peaks-style melancholia, however, and the echanting folk pop elements, mean that Yasmine Hamdan is definitely one to watch".