Hamdi Benani Maalouf Algeria

Sublime Frequencies finally unleashes it’s ESSENTIAL compilation from 1970’s Egypt. Modal instrumental tracks from Baligh Hamdi - one of the most important Arabic composers of the 20th Century (writing for legends Umm Kalthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Sabah, Warda, and many others). Features his legendary group the “Diamond Orchestra” with Omar Khorshid on guitar, Magdi al-Husseini on organ, Samir Sourour on saxophone, and Faruq Salama on accordion. All of these musicians were discovered and recruited by Hamdi to interpret his vision of a modernized, hybrid Arabic music. Under Hamdi’s direction, this orchestra charted a new melodic direction and created a new musical language. This compilation is culled from a specific era of Hamdi’s long career, a decade where he fully realized an international music which incorporated beat driven Eastern tinged jazz, theremin draped orchestral noir, tracks that feature searing guitar solos from none other than Omar Khorshid, and a selection of buzzing, sitar driven, Indo-Arabic tracks establishing a meeting of mid-east and eastern psychedelic exotica, and a vision that created some of the hippest music coming out of the Middle East from the late 1960’s and throughout the 1970’s.

"FIRST NOEL" is a Christmas album including 25 of the greatest classics as well as three exclusive new tracks Ibrahim composed especially for the very first Christmas of his son, and in honor of his grandma Odette's last one, past year. The Christmas memories he has are full of wonderful moments, so he insisted on recording this album staying true to the magic of these instants.

Ibrahim selected his most important concerts to offer them to his public in the form of several objects. 10 years, a thousand concerts and dozens of countries crossed later, it was important for him to keep a lasting track!

One Man and His Cow (original title: La Vache - The Cow) is a 2016 French comedy film directed by Mohamed Hamidi.
The Lebanese, Paris based trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf is a versatile musician who creates with charm and musical power wonderful solo albums like ‘Ullusions‘, ‘Wind‘ (music for the silent film ‘La Proie du Vent‘ 1926 by René Clair) and his three CD box ‘Dia‘. The use of electronics, solid jazz and trumpet section with four trumpets on ‘Illusions‘ makes him a pioneer who put the trumpet in a broader perspective.

New album from Ibrahim Maalouf. Guest appearances include De la Soul and Gergory Porter. "I'm a nomad," says international trumpet superstar Ibrahim Maalouf. "I've never believed in borders or boundaries because at the end of the day, the most exciting thing to me is the way our differences can come together to create new art, new stories, new generations. When we collaborate, we can change the world." That notion lies at the heart of Maalouf's extraordinary new album, Capacity To Love, which finds the Lebanese-born, French-raised instrumental mastermind teaming up with a host of hip-hop and R&B artists (including Flatbush Zombies' Erick The Architect, De La Soul, and D Smoke) for his most bold and innovative collection yet.

The 10 studio albums of Ibrahim Maalouf 2007-2020 grouped together in a collector's box in Limited and Numbered Edition. « Diasporas » (2007), « Diachronism » (2009), « Diagnostic » (2011), « Wind » (2012), « Illusions » (2013), « Kalthoum » (2015), « Red & Black Light » (2015), « Levantine Symphony n°1 » (2018), « S3NS » (2019), « 40 Melodies » (2020).