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01. Baligh Hamdi - Ghada
02. Baligh Hamdi - Zabour
03. Baligh Hamdi - The Wanderer
04. Baligh Hamdi - Mawal
05. Baligh Hamdi - Ennai
06. Baligh Hamdi - Mawood the Beloved Date
07. Baligh Hamdi - Bambah
08. Baligh Hamdi - Musical Introduction
09. Baligh Hamdi - Gazairia
10. Baligh Hamdi - Chaka Chiko
11. Baligh Hamdi - Zai Elhawa
12. Baligh Hamdi - Sahara
13. Baligh Hamdi - Hanim
14. Baligh Hamdi - Noussa
15. Baligh Hamdi - Zamane
16. Baligh Hamdi - Iskandarani
17. Baligh Hamdi - Amira
18. Baligh Hamdi - Salamat
19. Baligh Hamdi - Love Story
ARTIST
TITLE
Modal Instrumental Pop of 1970s Egypt
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
SF 119CD SF 119CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/15/2021

Repressed. Sublime Frequencies finally unleashes its essential compilation from 1970s Egypt, produced and compiled by Hisham Mayet. Modal instrumental tracks from Baligh Hamdi -- one of the most important Arabic composers of the 20th Century (writing for legends Umm Kalthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Sabah, Warda, and many others). Features his legendary group the Diamond Orchestra with Omar Khorshid on guitar, Magdi al-Husseini on organ, Samir Sourour on saxophone, and Faruq Salama on accordion. All of these musicians were discovered and recruited by Hamdi to interpret his vision of a modernized, hybrid Arabic music. Under Hamdi's direction, this orchestra charted a new melodic direction and created a new musical language. This compilation is culled from a specific era of Hamdi's long career, a decade where he fully realized an international music which incorporated beat driven Eastern-tinged jazz, theremin draped orchestral noir, tracks that feature searing guitar solos from none other than Omar Khorshid, and a selection of buzzing, sitar driven, Indo-Arabic tracks establishing a meeting of mid-east and eastern psychedelic exotica, and a vision that created some of the hippest music coming out of the Middle East from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Includes extensive liner notes by Hisham Mayet with rare photographs. CD version comes in a digipak with 12-page booklet.