I just picked out my Natasha atlas cd Ana Hina from the shelf to import it on my computer and...
It has another version of this song and a teeny bit of info in the booklet.
Here is what it says:
Hayati Inta Reprise (Hayatak Ana)
"You are my life and I am your life"
Natacha Atlas- Marc Eagleton -Harvey Brough
A song originally written for Natacha's Mishmaoul CD as a North African Berber flavoured number, here reinvented by Harvey Brough as the Doors meets Mingus meets Miss Atlas...
Just thought you'd like to know
Yes, keep in mind that within the Beledi beat is a Saidi beat.
Dum Dum Teka Tek Dum Teka Tek (Beledi)
Dum Dum . . . . . . . Dum . . . . . . . (Saidi)
Sorry to cherrypick, but what you describe as the Saidi rhythm here is, to my knowledge, just a basic beledi (just the dums on the beledi). I've always learned the basic Saidi rhythm as
Dum Tek Dum Dum Tek
They are in the same family of rhythms, so they are very similar, but not in the way you described. I usually differ them by thinking of the beledi as having two dums on the first half and one on the second half, and Saidi as having one dum on the first half and (at least) two dums on the second.
(facepalm!) you're right, you're right! can I plead a lack of coffee on that one? ray:
Thank you Yame! I'll let you know how it goes!