Guest Hanratty Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Sublime Frequencies is honored to present Omar Souleyman's third Western collection on disc. This retrospective features live recordings spanning 15 years of Omar's tireless repertoire, and is rife with frenzied Syrian Dabke (a regional folkloric dance and party music), Iraqi Choubi and a host of Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish styles, among others - an amalgamation that exemplifies the musical essence of Northeastern Syria. Culled from cassettes recorded between 1995 and 2009, this collection offers a further rare glimpse into Syrian street-level Dabke folk-pop – a phenomena seldom heard in the West, not previously deemed serious enough for export by the Syrians and rarely, if ever, included on the import agenda of worldwide academic musical committees. Over the years, Souleyman's popularity has risen steadily and the group tirelessly performs concerts throughout Syria and has accepted invitations to perform abroad in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. In 2006, Sublime Frequencies partnered with Omar to release "Highway to Hassake", the first compilation of his works to be issued in the West. The success of this release and the video for the song "Leh Jani" helped see Souleyman and his group invited for their first Western tour in 2009 alongside label-mates Group Doueh from the Western Sahara. This successful tour quickly elevated Souleyman to the status of an international legend – and deservedly so. This release coincides with the beginning of Omar’s 2010 international tour in May which will take him to the UK, the European mainland, and hopefully the US and Canada. CD features a full color 8-page booklet with great photos, a general overview of the lyrics translated into English and liner notes by compiler Mark Gergis. this stuff is pretty nuts. anyone else like this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spike Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Omar is the mana!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesomeperson Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Only listened to Omar Souleyman - Highway To Hassake, liked it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 there's this 10 minute jam on this new album that i heard on wfmu yesterday. was very impressed. i would like to hear the other ones. also just listened to Group Doueh on sublime frequencies, also really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Renivatio Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Leh Jani owns all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spike Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRUHIeaKOk ++++ he'll be doing select dates in the USA !!! June 19, 2010 Cleveland, OH The Cleveland Museum of Art June 20, 2010 Dearborn, MI Arab International Festival (Warren Avenue) -OUTSIDE- June 24, 2010 Chicago IL Grant Park, Chicago Summer Dance June 25, 2010 Ottawa, Canada TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival June 26, 2010 New York, NY City Parks Foundation (Central Park Summer Stage City Parks Concerts) June 27, 2010 Brooklyn, NY Issue Project Room June 28, 2010 Montreal, Canada Montreal Jazz Festival June 29, 2919 Vancouver, Canada Vancouver International Jazz Festival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesomeperson Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Really dig the drum-programming on Omar's tracks, Rizan Sa'id seems to be the one in charge of all the programming and sampling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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