"Amulet" is an
electronic–
world music song performed by
Belgian singer
Natacha Atlas and Moroccan-French band
Sawt el Atlas. The song was written by
Natacha Atlas,
Count Dubulah,
Hamid ManTu and
Alex Kasiek and produced by
Transglobal Underground for Atlas' second album ''
Halim
Halim or Haleem ( ar, حليم ) is an Arabic masculine given name which means gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger.Golziher, Ignaz, ''Muslim Studies'', ed. S.M. Stern (Albany: State University of New York Pre ...
'' (1997).
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Amulet".
CD single
(NAT86CD)
# "Amulet" (Edit) - 3:59
# "Amulet" (16B Productions) - 8:31
# "Amulet" (Aywah remix) - 5:32
# "Andeel"
(Atlas) - 5:55
Vinyl single
(NAT86T)
# "Amulet" (Edit) - 3:59
# "Amulet" (16B Productions) - 8:31
# "Amulet" (Aywah remix) - 5:32
# "Andeel" - 5:55
Personnel
The following people contributed to "Amulet":
"Halim (CD, Album)"
Discogs.com. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
*Natacha Atlas - lead vocals
* Sawt el Atlas - vocals
*Ahmed Mansour, Wa'el Abubakr - violin
*Simon Walker - violin, viola
* Keith Clouston - oud
* Lazarus Whelan - keyboards
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, clarinet
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Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
, ney
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, saxophone
* Alex Kasiek - backing vocals, keyboards, programming, lute
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More specifically, the term "lute" can ref ...
, strings
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arrangements
* Tim Garsaayid - goblet drum, riq
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, drum
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s, ney, mizmar
* Hamid Mantu - drums, programming, dulcimer
* Count Dubulah - guitar, bass guitar, programming, string arrangements
*David White - engineering
References
External links
Official website
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1997 singles
Electronic songs
Natacha Atlas songs
1997 songs
Songs written by Natacha Atlas
Beggars Banquet Records singles