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King Of Keyboard

by Rizan Said

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Electric Mawwal I 04:49
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High Tension Zamer 04:06
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The Impossible Arab Kurd 08:38
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When Vans Turn Into Clubs 04:01
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Cosmopolitan Hacha 06:14
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The Man Who Toured The World 06:48
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From Mandal To Mandal 05:52
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Electric Mawwal II 02:21
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about

[From an article by 'Fragmented Frequencies']

"In recent years Syrian wedding singer Omar Souleyman has captured the imagination of the west via incendiary live performances, albums released on Ribbon music, Sublime Frequencies and Monkeytown, production by Four Tet and collaborations with Bjork. His high-energy electronic dabke music is like nothing you’ve heard before, exotic, frantic and infectious, distinctively Arabic flavoured techno music over which Souleyman weaves his tales of love and revs up the crowd. Yet Souleyman has a secret weapon, the man responsible for these incredible sounds, synth player and fellow Syrian Rizan Said. If you’ve ever seen Souleyman live then you’ve marvelled at Said’s remarkable ability to organise chaos, within his synth is an entire Middle Eastern orchestra, and he is a maestro, his electronic percussion in particular is jaw dropping.

Last year Said released a solo album; King of Keyboard on the Beirut based Annihaya records. Annihaya is a fascinating label that specializes in the displacement, deconstruction and ‘recycling’ of popular or folkloric musical cultures. They’ve recently released the near hysterical psychedelic Shaabi of incredible Swiss/ Lebanese duo Praed, as well as albums from Sun City Girls, and Lebanese electronic artist Rabih Beani (Morphosis).

Said however is a whole other level, it’s synthetic Arabic music on amphetamines, a hyperactive frenzy of artificial reeds, triple time beats and intricate exotic melody lines. Said ran a studio in Syria before the war and wrote Korg synth patches that he sold across the region. His music meanwhile is centuries old, traditional music gone digital -and it’s remarkable."

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released June 22, 2015

Rizan Said: keyboards

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Beirut, Lebanon

Design by Studio Safar

CD version produced in Lebanon by Annihaya
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Created in 2009 by Lebanese musicians and producers Raed Yassin and Sharif Sehnaoui and visual artist Hatem Imam, Annihaya is a conceptual music label that specializes in the displacement, deconstruction and 'recycling' of popular or folkloric musical cultures. ... more

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