Egypt & Lebanon: Cosmic Arab Disco & Searing Dance Floor Bangers 1974-1985 [LP]

Va - Egypt & Lebanon: Cosmic Arab Disco & Searing Dance Floor Bangers 1974-1985 [LP]

2025 restock. Egypt & Lebanon: Cosmic Arab Disco & Searing Dance Floor Bangers 1974-1985 is a monumental introduction to some of the hippest proto-electronic music from the Middle East in the 1970s and 1980s. These are some of the prime cuts that electrified dance clubs throughout the Middle East, from Cairo to Beirut, featuring psychedelic synths and organs, break-neck percussion, and mind-bending beats. The music is a flowering of experimentation with synthesizers, complex electronic flourishes, hard-disco funk, and swirling innovative melodies based on traditional forms. This LP compilation proves some of the most forward-thinking music being made in Arab world was conjured by absorbing everything that radiated from European and American discos and then furthering the dialogue, with sublime results. Features twelve, secret weapon tracks to set ablaze any dancefloor. Features Joseph Nemnom, Iman El Bahr Darwish, Isahn Al Munzer, Mohammed Jamal, Assa'd Khoury With His Oriental Electronic Organ & Band, Ammar El Shariyi, and Farid Atrache. A1. Joseph Nemnom - Rasputin (Excerpt)_x000D_ A2. Iman El Bahr Darwish - Mahsobko Endas_x000D_ A3. Isahn Al Munzer - A Night At The Station_x000D_ A4. Mohammed Jamal - Hallilah Instrumental_x000D_ A5. Assa'd Khoury With His Oriental Electronic Organ & Band - Al Ghaba_x000D_ A6. Ammar El Shariyi - Funk Excerpt_x000D_ B1. Ammar El Shariyi - Souk Al Abeed_x000D_ B2. Farid Atrache - Cairo_x000D_ B3. Mohammed Jamal - Doroup El Hawa (Instrumental)_x000D_ B4. Isahn Al Munzer - Jamileh_x000D_ B5. Ammar El Shariyi - Enta Omri