MALAYEEN

Discrepant proudly presents the vinyl edition of the debut album by 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's 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 seven 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 of key players of the Lebanese avant-garde. Special?vinyl one-time pressing of 500 copies.?TRACKLISTING?A1. Omar?A2. Samia?A3. Nadia (6:12)?B1. Najwa?B2. Fifi?B3. Dina?B4. Matar