Omar Khorshid may not be a household name over here in North America, but in Egypt and parts of the Middle East he is famous!
And wait till you hear his deep exotically intoxicating and totally electrified Arabic belly dance infused music! Omar totally won me over with his innovative guitar, hand percussive beats and outer-space like synths and crazy effects.
"Guitar El Chark" (guitar of the Orient) is the title of this compilation and opening track by this Egyptian psych- belly dance artist who has been a hidden secret for far too long! This excellent compilation covers Omar's most prolific musical years from 1973 to 1977. The fine folks at Sublime Frequencies did a masterful job in remastering and compiling this collection spanning all 3 classic Belly Dance albums belly dance from lebanon"', "omar khorshid with love volume 1 and 2" and his "tribute to farid al atrache" albums.
Omar plays all the guitar bits, synthesizer and moog while the ever present percussive vibes are played by a number of top musicians with accordion accents by Hasan Aboussoud.
" Guitar El Chark" was carefully mastered by Mark Gergis who maintained the audiophile quality of these precious Arabic transfers. All songs were recorded by recording engineer Nabil Moumtaz at Polysound Studios Beirut Lebanon.
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