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You couldn't get more topical than this, the soundtrack to the Arab Spring.

The glue was the internet: the Tunisian brothers Amine and Hamza composed, arranged and recorded their oud and zither song "N'seyem Tounes" ("Breezes from Tunisia") in one day, uploaded it and hours later Ben Ali left the country. Arabic rap and freedom chants sit side by side with more intricate things: one song is accompanied by sounds made by blowing across the tops of bottles.

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