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V.A. Choubi Choubi Volume 2 - Folk And Pop Sounds Of Iraq

Sublime Frequencies | Item No: 341867
Vinyl 2LP | 2013 / US – Original | New
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In 2005, Sublime Frequencies released Choubi Choubi: Folk and Pop Sounds from Iraq, and in the ensuing years it has become one of the most beloved and venerable titles in their catalog. Now almost 10 years later, this highly-anticipated second volume is finally here. Compiler and producer MARK GERGIS has once again put forth a revelatory and poignant collection of Iraq's national folk music. The musical style most prominently focused on in this volume is the infamous Iraqi choubi, (pronounced choe-bee), with its distinct driving rhythm that feature fiddles, double-reed instruments, bass, keyboards, and oud over its signature beat. Choubi is Iraq's version of the regionally popular dabke, another celebratory Levantine folkloric style of rhythm and line dance. What really defines the Iraqi choubi sound are the crisp, rapid-fire machine-gun style percussive rhythms set atop the main beat. To the uninitiated, they sound almost electronic. Sometimes they are, but more often this is the work of the khishba—a unique hand-drum of nomadic origin, which appears across the board in many styles of Iraqi music today, with extensions of it also heard in Syrian and Kuwaiti music. Among other styles featured in this volume are Iraq's legendary brand of mawal—an ornamental vocal improvisation that sets the tone of a song, regardless of the style, and the outstanding Iraqi hecha, with its lumbering and determined rhythm pulsing beneath sad, antagonized vocals. The tracks on this collection were produced during the Saddam era—between the 1980s and early-2000s. Limited edition 2LP set in a heavy gatefold jacket with beautiful artwork and liner notes by Mark Gergis.
Item Details
Item No: 341867
Artist: V.A.
Title: Choubi Choubi Volume 2 - Folk And Pop Sounds Of Iraq
Label: Sublime Frequencies
Catalog No: SF 085 LP
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Original
Release Date: 2013
Genre: Rock & Indie
Style: Folk
Available since: 2013-11-14
Condition: New
Price: $ 36.61
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Sajida Obeid - Hala Ya Nour Einy (Sweetheart, The Light Of My Eyes)
A2 Unknown Artist - Ma Yefareqna El Zaman (Time Can't Come Between Us)
A3 Obeid Ensemble - Instrumental Choubi Segment
A4 Akram Al Ramal - Ya Makhtheen Al Welif (Oh, Those Who Take My Love)
A5 Salah Abdel Ghafour - Al Asmar (The Brunette)
A6 Iraqi Children's Song - Ya Zakariyya
B1 Unknown Artist - Khil Wa Khalileh (A Man & A Woman)
B2 Adiba Azezine - Ya Makhthat Al Welif (Oh, Those Who Take My Love)
B3 Habib Al Drouly - A'shka (Girl In Love) B4.
C1 Sajida Obeid - Mesafrah (Traveler)
C2 Obeid - Mawal Introduction
C3 Souha Abdel Amir - Kolli Ala Al Makshouf (Be Honest With Me)
C4 Salah Abdel Ghafour - Oyouna Shamiyat (Her Beautiful Eyes)
C5 Kathim Al Saher - Helwa Ya Em Oyoun Al Soud (Pretty, With Black Eyes)
D1 Salah Abdel Ghafour - Yil'ab Choubi (Play Choubi On My Wounds)
D2 Sobeha Thiab - Ataba & Choubi
D3 Ahmad Al Indibat - Bye, Bye, Bye
D4 Khodeir Hady - Watad (The Stake)
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