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Experimental Composers: Shaabi Chic, The Arab Synth (Audio)
Mar 17, 2016
Produced by Clocktower Radio.
Produced in Beirut by host Joe Namy, his program dives into the electrified shape-shifting history of the synthesizer in contemporary music from the Middle East, from the mid-60s to the present. We'll hear some of the earliest examples of keyboard music and work our way up to the gritty amplified modern shaabi instrumentals of today.
With tracks by Abdallah Chahine, Abdel Halim Hafez, Kakino de Paz, Baligh Hamdi, Omar Korshid, Damascus Musical Group, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Ahmed Fakhroun, Les Freres Megri, and a Shaabi M'shekal