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    Posted: October 25 2024 at 05:41

RAHHATAN      Clint Eastwood meets Lawrence of Arabia with the faraway sounds of Rahhatan, so time again to sample the most exquisite  Middle Eastern delights on offer outside of a harem. You can almost smell the rich spices and camel dung wafting up through the Kasbah, but for added authenticity, you may wish to light up a hookah pipe whilst listening to the exotic music -  although I didn't inhale. Tongue

4 stars 1970: Rahhatan - Twilight Desert - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY3vF7KQIIU
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Quote Your fishy avatar is cringeworthy too
So is your whataboutism, Paul
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

No. I called out the cringeworthiness by critiquing your behavior. I'm reposting it for demonstrational purposes. I can take for granted your infantile and Eurocentric (maybe even borderline racist) comments about Bahrain. But this is too much.

Your fishy avatar is cringeworthy too, but I've learned to live with it, just about. Tongue
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No. I called out the cringeworthiness by critiquing your behavior. I'm reposting it for demonstrational purposes. I can take for granted your infantile and Eurocentric (maybe even borderline racist) comments about Bahrain. But this is too much.

Edited by Hrychu - October 21 2024 at 11:33
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^ You just doubled the cringeworthiness by reposting it. Tongue
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Man, this image is, like, in a shockingly bad taste. Did you have to attach it? xD Yeah, Libya, I know. But the music isn't even from Libya. It's "fictional" (and in this case fictional simply means machine generated algorithm fodder).

It's almost like you desperately needed an excuse to post a fuсking political carricature here. Wow. This is another level of cringe to be frank.
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I also did a separate Turkish list (along with Armenia and Georgia) back in 2022, found here:


...because, as with Israel, Turkey has plenty of bands compared to other countries in the Middle East.




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HABIBI HABBAS      Libya's finest export since the Gaddafi Duck cartoon series. Smile

4 stars 1976: Habibi Habbas - Funky Caravan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L_Foso6Lfs




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HODBINLER     Psychedelic Turkish rock legends Hodbinler with a fragrant album of Middle Eastern exotica that will charm your asp off! Tongue

4 stars 1999: Hodbinler - Anatolian Rock Legends -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_PDg5OIkxU


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Quote Osiris from the tiny desert kingdom of Bahrain
It was a tiny desert kingdom in the 1960's. But today, Bahrain is surprisingly pretty modern and urbanized. ;) I have a friend who's from Bahrain.
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UZAY TURIZM     A Space Rock band from Turkey, but you already guessed that anyway. Tongue

3 stars 1974: Uzay Turizm - Turkish Space Journey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEWdPLWIRc&t=6s
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CASVALLAH     A fictitious Middle Eastern band who are not from some desert sheikhdom but are actually from the urban sprawl of Los Angeles, so I'm guessing the "Mysterious Desert" of the album title is California's Mojave Desert, bearing in mind there are giant cacti pictured on the album cover, which you'd be hard-pressed to find in any Middle Eastern desert. Smile

4 stars 1977: Casvallah - Mysterious Desert - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zqj6My9P1s


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DERVISHAN      A band that's more ethnically diverse than Brixton, with a multi-national line-up of musicians from all around the world, including Iran, Turkey, the USA, France & Egypt, blending transformative textures of swirling Middle Eastern music into an exotic psychedelic stew (or so it says here in the album blurb). Smile



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OSIRIS     If you think music from the Middle East is no great sheikhs, then think again, because this is the musical equivalent of a black gold oil strike in a barren desert. Take a Closer Look and check out the incredible sound of Osiris from the tiny desert kingdom of Bahrain, where prog is as rare as a Bar Mitzvah in Saudi Arabia. Shalom. Smile



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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Any of these bands that actually sing in arabian? I'm always interested in bands from other parts of the world that sing in their own mother tongue.
*Arabic.

But the interesting thing about Arabic language is the fact its numerous dialects (yes, including the Maltese language) are so diverse, from what I've heard, that Arabic speakers who use different dialects might have troubles communicating. xD That's also one of the reason a semi-constructed standardized form called Modern Standard Arabic is used fo things like, newspapers, instruction manuals etc.
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Any of these bands that actually sing in arabian? I'm always interested in bands from other parts of the world that sing in their own mother tongue.
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Originally posted by Watanabe Watanabe wrote:

Svengali is a band based in Dubai, UAE, that has gained recognition in the local and international music scene. The band consists of members from various countries, such as Lebanon, Iraq, the UAE, and India. They released their sophomore album Sayonara in 2020, following the success of their first full-length album Theory of Mind, which reached No. 2 on Virgin Megastore's UAE album charts in 2015. 
Svengali plays metal, featuring progressive elements, doomsday drumming, tectonic guitars, and growled vocals. Their music focuses on positive themes and energy, aiming to convey messages of perseverance through difficult times.

What is "doomsday drumming"?
What's a "tectonic guitar"? 
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Couple people posted bands from Israel here.  Note: you should read the specifications at the top--I did not include Israeli bands with this post because I did an entire separate list which can be found here:



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I'm not sure if Ahvak was mentioned but one of my favourite avant albums was their sole release.
Realeaf from Israel are a psychedelic band that play melancholic music. "Possibly Not" just hits the spot with me.
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