A few months ago, I got to go to Cairo, Egypt, for work. Needless to say, I was recording stuff everywhere I went with a small Sony PCM-D50 recorder.
One of the things that really struck me in Cairo were the Call to Prayers. I know a lot of us have heard them in television shows or movies before, but they're always carefully placed in so that they're really the only thing you hear. That doesn't really give you a sense of how ingrained it is in the daily life over there. Not that everyone stops what they're doing right then and there and disappears. To the contrary, much of what's going on continues without pause. Hearing it mixed in with the rest of the sounds of the city was a strange counter-point and really unique experience for me though; and that context made the sound more beautiful than it already is.
I haven't bothered editing it down yet, so you'll hear some handling noise right at the beginning. Enjoy.
Evening call to prayer by spfarley
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