{"id":90284,"date":"2021-10-19T15:01:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=90284"},"modified":"2021-10-19T15:01:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:01:57","slug":"wewantsounds-omar-khorshid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wewantsounds-omar-khorshid\/","title":{"rendered":"Wewantsounds reissues Egyptian rocker Omar Khorshid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Parisian label unveils Giant + Guitar<\/em>, a classic LP originally released on Voice of Lebanon.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

“Omar Khorshid<\/a> is the first crossover guitarist in the Arab world<\/em>. […] He is the pan-Arab heir of guitar electrification,<\/em>” Mario Choueiry, project manager at the Arab World Institute and collaborator of Wewantsounds<\/a>, explained during an interview<\/a> with PAM. Indeed, the guitarist is a music legend. Born in 1945 in Cairo, he pioneered an Egyptian brand of rock in the 1970s, a sound full of musical experiments, particularly when it came to the guitar. Following the reissue of his mythical album, With Love,<\/em> last February, Wewantsounds now turns to Giant + Guitar<\/em>. Recorded by renowned Lebanese sound engineer Nabil Moumtaz, the album features the sound of Khorshid’s unique electric guitar playing mixed with Arabic melodies over beautifully psychedelic arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project has been fully remastered and comes with the original Voice of Lebanon artwork, plus a two-page insert containing liner notes by Lebanese DJ and curator Ernesto Chahoud. This release follows the reissue of Khalik Hena<\/a><\/em>, an album by the Algerian-Lebanese diva Warda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giant + Guitar<\/em><\/a> by Omar Khorshid, out on November 26 via Wewantsounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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