Pop music from arabophonic countries is often so amazingly insane - I recall being transfixed in the back of a Moroccan cab, delirious from tainted couscous, zooming around hairpin curves in the Rif Mountains at 70 miles an hour and wondering, “what the fuck IS this?” I became enamored for life. The instrumentals remind me of the backings behind the late great Oum Kalthoum.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Who is this? What’s this record called?
Side A
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Side B
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Arabic-reading friends, can you help us identify this tape? Thanks again to Haab for these sick cassettes from Egypt. (see also: here and here)
Lovers of circus-y melodic maneuvers go directly to Track 6. My girlfriend asked if I was listening to Arabian Fiddler on the Roof. Sounds like fancy party music to me. The dueling male and female vocal choruses on Track 2 are worth checking out, as is the general virtuosity of the instrumental accompaniment throughout. |
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