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3-4 Weeks
01. Souad Hussein Ensemble - Oh Mother, The Handsome Man Tortures Me
02. Diyaa Hussein - Al Hecha (The Hecha)
03. Amal Khodeir - Yal Ghali (Precious One)
04. Souad Abdullah - Ahl Al Aqil (Oh, People of Reason)
05. VA - Bezikh Introduction
06. Souad Abdullah - Yumma Al Helou (Mother, He's Beautiful)
07. Mohammed Al Madloul - Qa Choubi (On the Choubi)
08. Bawin - Ya Binaya Goumi (Oh Girl, Stand Up
09. Sadoun Jabir - Ashad Bianak Helou (I Admit, You Are Beautiful)
10. Samira Al-Amir - Al Ghetra Wa Al Zabon (The Khafiyah & the Cloak)
01. Unknown Artist - Ya Yumma (Oh, Mother)
02. Salah Abdel Ghafour - Wallah (By God)
03. Ahmad Al Indibat - Guitar Choubi
04. Souad Abdullah - Choubi Choubi (aka: Seya Seya)
05. Sajida Obeid - Ala Honak (Take it Easy)
06. Souad Abdullah - Ayna
07. Ja'afar Hassan - They Taught Me
08. Ja'afar Hassan - Once a Day
09. Ja'afar Hassan - Palestinian
10. Ja'afar Hassan - Front My Hope
ARTIST
TITLE
Choubi Choubi! Folk & Pop Sounds from Iraq Vol. 1
FORMAT
2CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
SF 1025CD SF 1025CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/5/2014

Originally released in 2005, while the U.S.-led war against Iraq was tearing the country to pieces, Choubi Choubi Vol. 1 brought a collection of incredible Iraqi music and styles that had rarely showcased abroad. This 2014 deluxe-edition 2CD reissue is a must-have. It features re-mastered, and in some cases, completely restored audio, revised and updated liner notes with new artist and track information, plus four additional tracks not featured in the first CD issue. Meticulously compiled by Mark Gergis from his archives of Iraqi cassettes and LPs found in Syria, Europe and the Iraqi neighborhoods of Detroit, Michigan and elsewhere within the diaspora, this unique collection of folk and pop styles displays a wealth of outstanding music that is exclusive to Iraq. Choubi is Iraq's version of Middle Eastern dabke music, and can be found throughout the country. It's performed at weddings and parties nationally by its melting pot of Arabs, Kurds, Christians, and Rom gypsies -- known as Kawlia. The Kawlia have been some of the most active recorded choubi artists in Iraq since the 1980s, and many tracks featured in this volume feature their outstanding performances. There are many reasons why Iraqi music stands alone in the dynamic world of Arabic music: one example is the unbelievable rapid-fire machine-gun rhythms fluttering atop the main tempo. This is the work of a unique nomadic hand drum called the Khishba -- also known as the Zanbour (Arabic for wasp). A style prominently featured here is the infamous Iraqi Choubi -- a driving, rhythmic style that can include fiddles, double reeded instruments, percussion, bass, keyboards and oud over its signature beat. Other styles featured are the Basta (an urban Baghdadi sound), Iraq's legendary brand of Mawal -- an ornamental vocal improvisation that sets the tone of a song, regardless of the style, and the outstanding Iraqi Hecha -- with its lumbering and determined rhythm pulsing beneath sad, antagonized vocals. Most of the music in this collection was produced during the Saddam period -- between the 1980s and 2002. Since the 2003 invasion and the wholesale disassembly of the country, classic tracks like these have already become part of a disappeared past. This 2CD package comes in a beautifully redesigned digipak and features 70 minutes of classic original recordings compiled by Mark Gergis with extensive liner notes.