#arabic-pop — Public Fediverse posts
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Today's music:
Dana Salah - Bent Bladak
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Self-Titled Summer | Abdel Aziz El Mubarak (1987, Sudan)
Next in our new Self-Titled Summer series is number 372 on The List, submitted by platenworm. Here are the deets, as they say:
- Point(s) of origin: Abdel Aziz El Mubarak was born into a family of musicians in 1951 in Wad Madani, where he went on to study music at university and, by the mid-70s, had become a popular Sudanese singer (with a focus on love songs) and bandleader. His discographies on Discogs and Wikipedia do not match (and I’ve seen about three different release dates for this album), but this does not appear to be his first studio album. I believe he had already been touring internationally for around a decade by the time this album was released. Most if not all of the band members are also Sudanese.
- Tasting notes: Sudanese and Arabic pop with an almost jazz-/swing band base – lovely tenor vocals backed by a tight 10-piece band that includes accordion, saxophone, tabla, and 4 violins.
- Standout track: “Tarig Ash-shoag”, a 9.5-minute-long banger where both the vocals and saxophone really shine.
- RIP: Abdel Aziz El Mubarak left us in 2019.
- Websites: Wikipedia
Happy listening!
- Songlink: Abdel Aziz El Mubarak – Abdel Aziz El Mubarak
- Discogs: Abdel Aziz El Mubarak – Abdel Aziz El Mubarak
#1980s #AbdelAzizElMubarak #ArabicMusic #ArabicPop #music #musicDiscovery #selftitled #Sudan #SudanesePop
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Noel Kharman (نويل خرمان) – Mouthakerti (مذكرتي) (2023, Palestine/Jordan)
Our next spotlight is on number 500 on The List, submitted by ado.
If you’re cooler than me, you may have already heard of Palestinian singer and songwriter Noel Kharman (نويل خرمان) from her popular mash-up videos (some going back to almost 10 years ago) where she blends a Western song (in English, Spanish, or French) with an Eastern song (in Arabic or Turkish), as her cover of Adele’s “Hello” mixed with Lebanese star Fairouz’s “Keefak Enta” and Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” with Syrian musician Ahmad Al Maslawi’s “Akherran Galaha” have each gotten double-digit millions of views. Or, perhaps you caught wind of her via the music video for her first original track, “Ann Alawan“, sung from the perspective of her mother after they lost Kharman’s father; in the 3 years since the video was released, it has gotten 30 million views. As for me, putting on Kharman’s debut EP in order to write this spotlight was the very first I had ever heard of her. And I’m completely enchanted.
All the songs on Mouthakerti were co-written by Kharman, and are in Arabic. I haven’t been able to find English translations but thankfully each track has a video (either a lyric video or full music video), so it’s easy to pick up that these gorgeous songs are very personal, about life, love, and – as in the above-mentioned “Ann Alawan” – loss (…and, also, possibly falconry?). The tracklist below links to each respective video.
- “Wayyak” (وياك)
- “Ann Alawan” (آن الأوان)
- “Ya Lali” (يا لالي)
- “Makanak Khali” (مكانك خالي)
- “Enta Eli” (انت الي) (featuring Palestinian rapper BiGSaM)
- “Mamnounlak” (ممنونلك)
- “Ma Ktafa” (ما اكتفى)
- “Al Forga” (ألفرقه)
Kharman was born and raised in Haifa, but is now based out of Amman, Jordan. She just dropped a new single and video (with English subtitles) a couple months ago, “HAIFA” (حيفا), about her love and longing for her homeland. I believe it features her own grandmother singing at the end and, well, let’s just say tears have been shed.
Give this one a listen and keep an eye out for Kharman’s next release. She’s definitely one to watch.
#ArabicMusic #ArabicPop #BigSam #music #musicDiscovery #NoelKharman #Palestine #PalestinianMusic #pop
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Attention, this is nothing but an announcement of…
RADIO IRRTUM!
↓↓↓ German version far below the English one ↓↓↓
Yes, the upcoming issue of #RadioIrrtum! will happen this Saturday, 2025/01/18, 8:00pm UTC+1/Berlin time. At Alex Berlin FM at 91MHz or DAB+ K7D around #Berlin and worldwide at https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio-livestream .
#Radio Irrtum! is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastness of the #underground. Emitted transmissions may raise your attention for new unheard #music all over the genre spectrum all over the planet. Also it's totally fine to ignore that German language aspect - 'cuz it's all about the #music!
This issue felt strange to produce, as it happened abroad, with only my microphone and my laptop: Because of a difficult to handle issue with my parents (still going on). On the other hand, doing that helped me to stay sane… and that's partially because there is:
- #ArabicPop
- #Beatmaker tracks
- #Triphop
- krauty #Shoegaze
- Dubby #Acid
- #IDM with various flavors
- Dubby #Postpunk
- #60sBeat (are The Kings back?)
- fierce #Punk
- #ElectricCello music
There are #fediverseArtists featured, like @[email protected] (with a track not yet available!) or @[email protected] with her unbelievable energetic work. There will be #CreativeCommons Tracks (one once again by Xylander), and lots of music not (yet?) available at Spotify.
If at least a bit interested in kewl new unusual #music, tune in! 📻
I'll post playlist + manuscript later here (provided I’m home, else it will come up the day after). And if you have questions? I'll gladly answer! Just ask!
CU all on Saturday! :)
↑↑↑ English version above, the German one below ↓↓↓
Radio Irrtum! kündigt sich an → für Samstag (18.01.), 20:00 über Alex Berlin auf FM 91MHz/DAB+ K.7D (Stream URL oben).
Die seltsam funkelnde Radiosendung, in der wir die planetenumfassenden Weiten des musikalischen Untergrunds erforschen.
Es fühlte sich übrigens komisch an, diese Sendung unterwegs zu produzieren, nur mit Laptop und Mikro – aufgrund eines (andauernden) heftigen Krankheitsfalls bei meinen Eltern. Aber irgendwie hat es mir mental geholfen, das durchzuziehen; vielleicht auch, weil folgende Genres dabei waren
- Arabisch-sprachiger Pop
- Triphop
- krauty Shoegaze
- Dubby Acid
- IDM verschiedener Richtungen
- Dubby Postpunk
- 60s Beat als wären The Kings zurück
- krassen Punk
- Electric Cello Musik
Fediverse Künstler:innen sind dabei (u.a. @[email protected] mit einem bislang unveröffentlichtem Track oder @[email protected] mit ihrer wahnsinnig energetischen Musik), Creative Commons Musik ist dabei und jede Menge Tunes, die Ihr (derzeit?) nicht auf Spotify (und ähnlichen Services) finden werdet.
Playlist + Manuskript nach der Show (spätestens Sonntag) hier drunter. Fragen einfach stellen – ich antworte (spätestens Sonntag)!
Bis zur Sendung… vielleicht? :)
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