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بليغ حمدي
Instrumental Modal Pop Of 1970s Egypt
NEW & SEALED
Sublime Frequencies finally unleashes it’s ESSENTIAL compilation from 1970’s Egypt. 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 1960’s and throughout the 1970’s.
A1
Ghada
A2
Zabour
A3
The Wanderer
A4
Mawal
A5
Ennai
B1
Mawood
B2
Bambah
B3
Musical Introduction
B4
Gazairia
C1
Chaka Chiko
C2
Zai Elhawa
C3
Sahara
C4
Hanim
C5
Noussa
D1
Zamane
D2
Iskandarani
D3
Amira
D4
Salamat
D5
Love Story



