Take a trip back to Egypt in the swingin' 60s with Zamaan Ya Sukkar

The excellent Zamaan Ya Sukkar archival compilation of Egyptian gems was released by Radio Martiko in 2018... have a listen.

Various Artists - Zamaan Ya Sukkar (Radio Martiko)

A1 Salim El Baroudi – Fatouma   00:00

A2 Sayed Salamah – Mambo Ard El Marrah   03:16

A3 Abd Al Fattah Mansi – Leyla   06:06

A4 Soad Mohamed – Ahallefak Washkeek Lellah   09:40

B1 Al Thoulathy Al Mareh – Asmar Ya Sokkar   15:43

B2 Taha Al-Ugayl – Musiqaa Nahr El Hob   18:45

B3 Mohamed Fawzy – Musiqaa Dhahab Ellayl   20:40

B4 Magda Ali – Nafourak Ya Ghazal   24:17

B5 Sayed Salamah – Bolero Zahrat El Hob   27:06

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Whaddya mean you don't know Egypt's Aida El-Shaer

Here's Egyptian singer Aida El-Shaer عايدة الشاعر performing her 1972 swinger "Ah Ah Min Habiba" and more. 

Whaddya mean you don't know Samir Koukou (سمير كوكو)

Fans of Egyptian sha'abi music should check out the cassette An Evening With Samir Koukou digitally archived here. 

Keep an eye out for the "منلوج البلدي" single above. 

Entrancing 70s Egyptian recordings of Baligh Hamdi resurface

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.