Malayeen - Malayeen

Discrepant

£22.48

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: CREP10
Barcode: 5065004291507
Release Date: 22 Sep 2023
Genre: Psych Rock / Oriental / Avant garde / Arabesque

Discrepant proudly re-presents the Vinyl edition of Lebanese trio Malayeen.
Malayeen is the project of Lebanese musicians Raed Yassin (Keyboards, Turntables & Electronics), Charbel Haber (Electric Guitar & Electronics) and Khaled Yassine (Darbouka, Percussion).

Born from Yassin and Haber's love for the music of quintessential Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, Malayeen disassembles and re-configures the work and style of the iconic guitarist innovative take on Arabic music.
The final result makes for an original and unique update of Khorshid & belly dancing inspired songs from the past. Over the course of 7 compositions, appropriately named after Khorshid and famous belly dancers from the Arabic diaspora, the three musicians' varied backgrounds and techniques collide and coalesce in an experimental yet magical fashion, not actually playing Khorshid's music, but inspiring themselves from the cult guitarist's genius to create something completely new, modern and unexpected.

A unique LP featuring the combined talents by key players of the Lebanese avant-garde.

Design by Studio Safar S.A.L.
Pressed in Germany

TRACKLIST:
A1 OMAR
A2 SAMIA
A3 NADIA
B1 NAJWA
B2 FIFI
B3 DINA
B4 MATAR

Originally released by Discrepant © 2014 CAT: CREP10

PRESS:
‘’Malayeen are a Lebanese trio - free Improvisor Raed Yassin (keyboards turntables, electronics) Charbel Haber (electric guitar, electronics) from a rock background, and Khaled Yassine (Darbouka or dumbec, percussion), best known as a member of oud player Anouar Brahem's ensemble. Their selttitled album de- and reconstructs the music of Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, an icon of the Arab world. who in the 1960’s formed Egyptian beat group Les Petit Chats. This album displaces popular and folk forms into more contemporar idioms, destabilizing mostly melodic, beat-driven pieces through sonic manipulations and appliqué textures.The seven compositions are named after Khorshid - the brief, plangent opening track - and belly dancers from the Arabic diaspora. The haunting, driving 17 minute ‘’Samia’’ is the highpoint, climaxing in a hall of mirrors standoff between Yassine’s darbouka (goblet drum) and Yassin’s recording of another darbouka. It’s a sublime album that makes most previous efforts at bringing together East and West look crass’’ Andy Hamilton in The Wire