Remember those old LPs in your parents' (or
your!)record collection - the ones promising
"exotic adventures in far-off lands" and
featuring sexy harem girls in skimpy costumes
entertaining smiling, hooka-smoking sultans?
Perhaps you were never able to get past those
harem girls (for one reason or another!)...
If not, you may be surprised to learn that you
missed out on some pretty great music! Of
course,if you did get around to actually
listening to the ecords, you already know
how great they were! The late 1950's through
the early 1980's were the heyday of popular
recordings of Middle Eastern/Oriental dance
(that's "belly dance") music.
My name is Marisa, and I'm a belly dance fan
and sometime student (American Tribal Style and Tribal Fusion are my favorites) living
in Portland, Oregon, USA. Radio Bastet was born in the
spring of 2002 at Live365.com, and now has its own home here on the World Wide Web.
Here you will find podcasts of my favorite
cuts from my ever-growing collection of
"old school" belly dance vinyl LPs in a radio-
show format, compiled for your listening and
dancing enjoyment. I hope you will find Radio
Bastet informative and entertaining! Thank you
so much for joining me in this celebration of vintage belly dance music! Now - Let's dance! Yalla!
If you don't have an iPod or other mobile .mp3
player, please don't panic! You can still stream
the programs. Just left-click the gray "POD"
graphic at the top of the playlist, or the
"Direct Download" link at the bottom of the
playlist, and the program will play directly
from your browser. You may also use the
"Direct Download" link to download the
programs directly onto your hard drive;
from there you may burn them onto a CD
(but please don't sell them!!).
Each program is approximately one hour 10
minutes in length. All tracks, with the
occasional rare exception, are created
from the original vinyl; some surface
noise is inevitable. I do think a little snapcracklepop just adds to the
overall retro charm, don't you? Please
forgive my rather lame spoken intros
and closings; I am not by any stretch
of the imagination a professional broadcaster!
RADIO BASTET IS PRODUCED IN PORTLAND, OREGON BY
ZOLAC MEDIA!
Email me! webmaven@radiobastet dot com
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Since August 6, 2002,
seekers have voyaged through cyberspace in search of romance and intrigue in exotic locales, and landed here instead. The WebCounter Oracle has spoken...
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