OMAR KHORSHID -With Love ELECTRIC GUITAR Arabic SOUL Rare 1978 VINYL Greece LP
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ORIGINAL 1978 VINYL L.P. released on Voice of Lebanon records, cat #VLMX 87, stereo, made in Greece
OMAR KHORSHID WITH LOVE
Khorshid was ahead of his time. When the major Egyptian artists Oum Khoulsoum and Abdel Halim Hafez decided to incorporate electric guitar into their orchestras, Khorshid was summoned and asked to join both legends of Egyptian music. He was a visionary guitarist and composer, trapped in a culture that had few outlets for his forward thinking music. By the early 1970’s Khorshid relocated to Beirut where the music industry was more progressive, westernminded, and supportive of his experimental ideas of composition. He managed to bridge traditional Arabic styles with the western sounds he was fascinated with, taking advantage of the Belly Dance Music craze that swept the time. His career was much too short due to his untimely death at 36 and the opportunities for him to control major elements of his career were few.”
Khorshid’s guitar music is awash with elements of electronics, reverb and delay. The objective is mind-bending melodies using not only the instrumentation but the form of Arabic dance music. The sound is purposefully exotic drawing on traditional folk music to serve his progressive values. What was once revolutionary is now banal. Let’s hope Egypt’s future generations will experience this in their politics.
Vinyl and jacket are in VERY GOOD condition with light surface crackle during playback, occasional tic. No scratches, skips or repeats. Jacket with minor staining. No significant wear.
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