Sardy Fardy, an album composed by Ayman Asfour, grew out of a single idea: to write melodies inspired by Egyptian musical heritage, set inside a rhythmic framework built on odd meters - rhythms whose basic count is an odd number - so that a familiar melody is molded into an unfamiliar rhythmic shape. These Egyptian melodic phrases share a distinct quality: the ability to tell a story, giving voice to feelings like joy, sorrow, longing, and love. The tension in this unfamiliar combination of melody and rhythm reflects an older sensibility, one heard in some of Sayed Darwish's muwashahat and in the instrumental preludes of Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Baligh Hamdi. Asfour’s compositions explore how that tension creates a new potential for experimentation in the current moment of his musical journey.
The album's six compositions were written and recorded in Alexandria, Egypt, and Brooklyn, New York.
Supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)
تم تأليف وتسجيل مؤلفات الألبوم الست في مدينة الإسكندرية بمصر وبروكلين بنيويورك.
تم إنتاج الألبوم بدعم من الصندوق العربي للثقافة والفنون (آفاق)