Baligh Hamdi & Magid Khan – Indo-Arabic Variations (Vinyl LP)

Label: Altercat Records

Cat No: ALT016

Sitar and Sistrum tessellate wildly on this fusion album from Baligh Hamdi, the prolific composer and hitmaker behind many Arabic chart-topping songs. 'Indo-Arabic Variations' hears him break from his focus on pop music for an instrumental album that consciously blends the musical traditions of India and Egypt, bringing together Indian sitar player Magid Khan and Abdel Halim Hafez's orchestra in re-reading some of the former's compositions - overall, sitar and tabla dance together with arghoul, ney and other Arabic instruments to produce a strikingly beautiful pandemonium.

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A1    Gazairïa    5:35
A2    Sahara    4:50
A3    Achark    7:45
B1    Lahore    7:00
B2    Ennaï    5:25
B3    Magnouna    5:10