Have you tried The Upper Egypt Ensemble? I LOVE their stuff. And of course Helm. I especially like their CD F'il Waha - At the Oasis.

Take a look and listen around here: www.fcbd.com/html/music.html

Plus, Helm/FCBD just came out with a new cd called Spice Box. I don't see it on the website yet, but I'm sure you could request it.

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Turku and Gypsy Caravan are both great too.

My new favorite is Ruben van Rompaey. Found him on CD Baby. It's scrummy! Solace just came out with a new one called "Moon Moth Mixes". It's a bellydance practice companion with bpm listed. It's not boring at all. I think you could use it for performance. Might have to do some slight editing (each speed grouping is 12-15 minutes long with 4 "segments"), but totally doable.

We've been using Digital Bled's album "Caravana" lately (I'm trying to find lyrics for it right now, not having much luck).

I think most of my stuff has already been mentioned... Thanks Andrea for mentioning Ruben van Rompaey, I'm downloading him on Ruckus now, love it! Here's the artists in my bellydance playlist, not all of this would be good for performance but it's inspiring to me :)

Abdel Hazim: Tribal Bellydance, Tribal beats with Hatshepsut
Arabesque: Belly Dance
Belly Dance Superstars 1 and 2
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane: Fire Dance
Carmine Guida: ShakeEmUp Bellydance Drum Solos
Children of Paradise: Children of Paradise
Gypsy Caravan: Awakening, Migration, Caravan Rhythms, Quest
Helm: Tribal Dance Tribal Drums, Itneen, F'il Waha
Light Rain: Dark Fire, Dream Dancer, Dream Suite, Valentine to Eden
Jim Karagozian: Eastern Gatherings
Middle-Earth Ensemble: Lavender
Maduro: Shimmer Sustain
Mizna: Mizna
Raquy & the Cavemen: Dust, Naked
Musicians of the Nile: Charcoal Gypsies, Luxor to Isna
the soundtrack to "Kama Sutra" (LOVE "Examining, Examining")
Tony Chamoun: Drum Attack Bellydance Drum Solos
Richard Hagopian: Gypsy Fire
Solace: Ahsas, Gathering Season, Iman, Nagari, Satya, Shawaza
Suleyman the Magnificent soundtrack
Turbo Tabla: Bellydance Overdrives
Turku: Alleys of Istanbul, Nomads of the Silk Road, Ozlem
World Tribe: Bellydance Workout
Mohammad Al Hasan Abo Abid: Master of Egyptian Bellydance
Vas: Feast of Silence, In the Garden of Souls, Offerings, Sunyata

Oddballs:
Loreena McKennitt "Marco Polo", "Gates of Istanbul", "Caravanserai"
Tori Amos "Cruel". "iieee"
Charlotte Martin "Veins"

I have well over 500 songs in my belly dance playlist LOL. I haven't gotten a hold of Nyaz yet.

I made a bunch of iMixes (on iTunes) for ATS & tribal fusion belly dance. Everything on the mixes can be purchased online so you don't have to get a whole cd if you only like one song. I figured it would also be a nice to use as a springboard for finding new groups. You can listen before you buy.

Here's where you can find them:

tribes.tribe.net/tribaltracks

I'll be putting more in there in a few days. Feel free to make & post your own iMixes!

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I love Solace and Helm! Also check out Djinn and their "The Middle East Side" cd. You can get it on CDBaby. So many great songs to dance to.