Category: Documentary

Magdy El Hossainy – Music de Carnaval {1972}

Magdy El Hossainy ‘Music de Carnaval’ by pépite This is an extra to the article I posted today about Abdel Halim Hafez. Magdy El Hossainy was the keyboard player in Hafez’s Al Massiyah Orchestra, see...

Abdel Halim Hafez in 1971

Abdel Halim Hafez – Mawood {1971}

I haven’t been so touched by music for a long time. It is really strange how secluded the popularity of certain music sometimes is, how come I’ve never heard of Abdel Halim Hafez before? Just imagine: when...

Verckys et l´Orchestre Vévé – Oui Verckys {1970}

Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978 by Verckys et l´Orchestre Vévé There are strange coincidences in life sometimes. Yesterday I discovered another great release by the incredible German label Analog Africa. They released...

Yuri Morozov – Neizyasnimoe {1978}

Amazing instrumental electronic prog-rock from the “Russian beatnick” Yuri Morozov. The multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer and composer built his own home record studio where he produced around 60 of his own albums or as he...