Direttamente dall’11° arrondissement di Parigi, sin dal nome gli Acid Arab incarnano a perfezione quella commistione tra elettronica e sonorità arabe che da alcuni anni sta invadendo le scene musicali e di cui Omar Souleyman è certamente l’emblema incontrastato. Dopo anni da dj, un mese fa il duo composto da Guido Minisky e Hervé Carvalho ha finalmente pubblicato il proprio album d’esordio, provocatoriamente intitolato Musique de France. Il 4 novembre il combo francese torna in Italia al Ridotto del Teatro Regio di Parma, nell’ambito di Barezzi Festival. Per l’occasione, li abbiamo invitati a scegliere per DLSO dieci album ‘esotici’ fondamentali per il loro métissage musicale. In alcuni casi, vista la rarità dell’opera, abbiamo inserito il link della traccia principale del disco.
Brian Eno & David Byrne – My life in the bush of ghosts
Amazing fusion record #1. Samples from Music in the world of Islam and Samira Tewfik, crazy beautiful music.
Zazou Bikaye/Cy1 – Noir et blanc
Amazing fusion record #2, from an african point of view. Featuring a French guy, a singer from Congo, an artist born in Algeria, and synths.
Ziad Rahbani – Abu ali
Amazing fusion record #3: Fairuz’ son experiments a translation of Lebanese music into jazz-funk.
Oriental Wind / Karnataka College Of Percussion – Sankirna
Amazing fusion record #4, where a Turkish jazz band and an Indian folkloric group meets for the best.
Omar Souleyman – Leh jani
First time we ever heard of him was on this double LP which still remains as his best release to this day.
VV. AA. – Dabke: Sounds Of The Syrian Houran
And then we discovered that Souleyman was only one amongst many fantastic musicians in Syria.
Arik Rudich –Sattalla
With its old electronic sounds and influences from Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis or Queen, this Israeli 70s album is a must.
Laxmikant Pyarelal – Khalnayak (Original motion picture soundtrack)
Every record from Bollywood is great. This 90s soundtrack features the song by Alka Yagnik that we’ve played maybe a hundred times.
Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effects – El Buya
Maximum respect to the Basel-based label Barraka El Farnatshi, and its artists (Amïra Saqati, Sapho, Bill Laswell…).
VV. AA. – Acid Arab Collections CD
This is not an album but a collection of tracks from I:Cube, Crackboy, Pilooski, Etienne Jaumet, Gilb’r, Renart…
