El Hob Kollo
Radio Martiko launches Souma & releases 2 immortal Egyptian Om Kalsoum recordings from the 70's

El Hob Kollo

Om Kalsoum

€ 21,95
  • LP
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Souma Records
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Radio Martiko presents: Souma Records, a new sublabel bringing both the immortal “Alf Leila we Leila” (parallel release SMR001) as well as “El Hob Kollo” - undeniably to be archived under the best recordings ever made in music history! 

Om Kalsoum is often been called ’The Rose of the Nile’, ‘The Queen of the Nile’, ‘The Daughter of the Nile’ or even ‘The 4th Pyramid of Egypt’ since she’s known as the greatest Egyptian singer of all times. Her mythical life story of a poor peasant girl who grew up to become the face of Egypt is a 20th-century fairytale. Almost half a decade after her death the power of her music and singing is still moving the hearts of millions of people worldwide.

At the end of her overwhelming career she was introduced to the young but brilliant composer Baligh Hamdy who wrote this 30 minutes lasting monument for her in 1969. In the footsteps of Mohamed Abdel Wahab, the godfather of Egyptian modern music, Baligh Hamdy refreshed the classical Egyptian orchestra sound with the addition of stylish instruments like electric guitar (Omar Khorshid), organ (Hany Mehanna), accordeon and horns that were adapted to the eastern tonal system. The studio version of this immortal “Alf Leila we Leila” must undeniably be archived under the best recordings ever made in music history!

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