Interesting take on the original. It's certainly more organic sounding, since the first one had a lot of other strange instruments in the mix. I kind of miss the parts where it goes out of tune though, might just be me lol.
Yeah, traditional Arabic music uses microtones (the out-of-tune stuff). You can actually hear some of that in the oud playing, especially the improv solo in the last 30 seconds of the track. But by and large the composition sticks to the western system of 12 semitones. Thanks for listening!