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Les Abranis - "Ikhaq Wul" - Album No 1 (Id Ed Was) [Wewantsounds is delighted to continue its Algerian music reissue program with the release of Les Abranis' coveted 1983 LP, Album No. 1. Originally recorded in Paris and privately pressed by the group, the album is now being reissued for the first time. Curated by Cheb Gero, who recently compiled the Sweet Rebels Rai set for Wewantsounds, Album No. 1 is a masterful blend of Kabyle grooves, funk, and hints of reggae. Also known as Id Ed Was, the album is reissued with its original artwork and audio remastered by Colorsound Studio in Paris. - bandcamp] [0:00:00] Choban Elektrik - "Beratche From Prespa" - Choban Elektrik [GIG: Next Saturday night at the Brooklyn International Music Fest, Tavern Stage at Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 9 to midnight.] [0:05:29] Ihsan Al Munzer - "A Night At The Station" - Various Artists: egypt & lebanon: Cosmic arabic disco & searing dance floor bangers 1974-1985 [0:11:53] Turbo Tabla - "Telegrafin Telleri" - Arabic Music Re-Imagined [In 2001 I performed my first show as TURBO TABLA. The name was born from my love of alliteration. "Tabla/Tublah/طبلة" is what we Egyptians call the goblet drum, a.k.a. Darabuka/Derbeke/Dumbek, yet different from the Tabla/Baya 2-drum instrument found in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh. "Turbo" represents the big, overdriven, electrified and amplified sound I love, like a car with an extra powerful and voluminous engine. In these first performances, I performed to my favorite classic Arab songs, adding my raucous amped drumming over the top, while dancing and remonstrating emphatically. - Karim Nagi on bandcamp] [0:13:17] Najat Aâtabou - "Ândak Tkoun Boudina" - Ândak Tkoun Boudina [As a song writer and singer of the Moroccan Chanson, she told the story of the modern Moroccan woman and tried to improve feminism within Morocco. In 1992, she scored her biggest hit, “Hedi Kedba Bayna” which was extremely popular throughout the whole Arab world, Spain and France. Hedi Kedba Bayna is about a woman whose husband is cheating on her. The title literally means “This lie is obvious”. Another song “Shoufi Ghirou”, is about women who are in a relationship with married men, while in Morocco it is illegal to have such a relationship. Her songs have evoked social and political discussion in Morocco and improved a lot on the area of feminism. - wiki] [0:21:18] Bedouin Burger - "Bedouin Too" - Ma Li Beit [Two words, two worlds! First, that of the nomads of the deserts of the world, these men and women on the move who have patiently developed a frugal but tasty way of life. Then, that of the great powers of today, with cultural productions so appetizing that they ultimately impose standardized, globalized food on the rest of the planet. Right between the two, there is a duo who refuses to choose, who seizes everything they can play with. Lynn Adib found a partner of choice in Zeid Hamdan. For Bedouin Burger, Zeid invents new rhythms, crunchy and crackling, tending towards trance, above which Lynn's diaphanous voice hovers. Their playing field is endless, and everything is only just beginning… - PR] [0:26:00] Al Andaluz Project - "Quen a omagen da Virgen" - The Songs of Iman Kandoussi - Traditional Arabic Andalusian [The Al Andaluz Project group was formed in 2005 after the musicians of Estampie attended a concert by the Spanish band Aman Aman as part of the Jewish Culture Days in Munich. With the aim of reviving the music of the Jewish-Sephardic, Christian and Arabo-Andalusian cultures, as they were in Moorish-ruled Spain in peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence, the band recorded four studio and one live album between 2006 and 2013 and played numerous concerts and festivals throughout Europe. The three singers Sigrid Hausen, Mara Aranda and Iman Kandoussi, each representing one of the three cultures, were always at the centre of the music. ‘The Songs of Iman Kandoussi’ is now the first thematic...