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| This long overdue 19-track anthology of Baligh Hamdi's intriguing Egyptian gems features celebrated guitarist Omar Khorshid. |
Here's the scoop from Sublime Frequencies...
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, having written music for legends Oum Kalthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Sabah, Warda, and many others.
Features Hamdi's 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. The vinyl version of the release comes housed in a beautiful full-color tip-on gatefold jacket with extensive liner notes by Hisham Mayet.
Digital version of Baligh Hamdi's Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970's Egypt now available directly from Sublime Frequencies right here.
CD Release available mid-September.
2LP Release available mid-November (TBD) pre-order on this format will be forthcoming.
Listen to a few tracks below.
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