Download & Stream: https://kud.li/alt016 Subscribe: https://sb.kud.li/UC_msb3ENrvh_FsPP3MpQVkw Official stream from Altercat. Distributed by Kudos Records. More music playlists: https://pl.kud.li/UC_msb3ENrvh_FsPP3MpQVkw #Altercat #WorldReggae #MiddleEast Album: Indo-Arabic Variations [ALBUM] Track: 6 of 6 Title: Magnouna Artist: Baligh Hamdi Label: Altercat Cat#: ALT016 Formats: Vinyl LP/Digital Digital Release: 20th May 2022 Physical Release: 27th May 2022 About This Release: Unique fusion of the Indian and Egyptian music cultures devised by Baligh Hamdi, the most prominent of all modern composers in the Arab-speaking world. Hamdi, who penned dozens of hit compositions for Umm Kulthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Warda and Sabah amongst others, also shaped the future of Arabic music in a way that's difficult to overestimate. Directed by Hamdi, the renowned Indian sitar player Magid Khan joins the Egyptian musicians of Abdel Halim Hafez's orchestra in re-reading some of Hamdi's compositions from a new perspective – here sitar and tabla dance together with arghoul, ney and other Arabic instruments. An east-meets-east masterpiece in which Hamdi once again pushed the boundaries of Arabic music in his tireless quest for a broader, more global reach.