{"title":"Simsara Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimsara Records \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003eis an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e imprint of Simsara Music, an artist management and creative production operation known for the intimate infrastructure behind some of the most pioneering innovative Arabic music today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nozhet-el-nofous-lp","title":"Nozhet El Nofous (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased on June 3, 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e, Nancy Mounir’s debut album, Nozhet El Nofous, is a remarkable communion with ghosts. Moody, hypnotic, and sneakily catchy, the album – whose title means “Promenade of the Souls” in Arabic – explores microtonality, non-metered rhythms, and bold vulnerability through a musical dialogue between Mounir’s own arrangements and the sounds of archival recordings of once-famed singers from Egypt at the turn of the 20th century. Adding her own ambient arrangements over voices haunted with passion and desire as she creates a sound that is warmly familiar but utterly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\" id=\"package_description_0\"\u003enew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the album, Mounir slips into the gaps left by the lost frequencies of the aging recordings, finding space for counterpoint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\" id=\"package_description_0\"\u003e and harmony in a traditional sound built on monophony. Elegant melodies unfold in measured gestures as Mounir – who plays most of the instruments herself – revels in the plaintive intonations and brash lyrics of the departed singers. With layers enmeshed together, it’s at times hard to pin down when the past ends and the present begins, but beneath it all is a liberating attitude of defiance that feels timeless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNozhet El Nofous is brilliant in the way it explores the techniques and perspectives of a more freewheeling time period in Arabic music, before Arabic maqam (modal systems) and other musical foundations were standardized by the Middle East’s cultural power brokers in the early 1930s. As she summons a rich, atmospheric landscape of tone and texture, Mounir engages an older generation of musical rebels in a creative dialogue across time and space – and the results are stunning in their ambition and beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMixed by Adham Zidan. Mastered by Heba Kadry. Remastered for vinyl by Matt Bordin at Outside Inside Studio. Artwork by Egyptian filmmaker and photographer Ahmad Abdalla, with original typography and design by Salma Shamel. Lyrics translation by Katharine Halls. Co-produced with Simsara Records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes an 8-page booklet with lyrics in English and Arabic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing\u003c\/strong\u003e: 12\" black vinyl.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mint, sealed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFast shipping all-over Egypt.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Nancy Mounir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47766702817521,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/6878\/5393\/files\/a3815927736_10.jpg?v=1773839382"},{"product_id":"maryam-saleh-maurice-louca-tamer-abu-ghazaleh-lekhfa-lp","title":"Lekhfa الإخفا (LP)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"Description_reasons-to-buy-wrapper__0CthD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-is-open=\"true\" class=\"Content_description-wrapper__XbO9z\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Content_inner-wrapper__xBJ2L\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_truncated-text__yUXZD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_descriptionBody__bEN2t\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description-product\" class=\"Description_descriptionText__Lgv7A\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased September 22, 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e via Mostakell, \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003ea collaborative full-length from three names that have turned heads in alternative Arabic music through solo work and high-profile collaborations. The three share singing, playing, and arrangement across the record, building everything around the dystopian poetry of Mido Zoheir, credited by the trio as the album's fourth member and one of the most prominent Egyptian poets of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe title is the Egyptian colloquial pronunciation of الإخفاء, concealment, fitting for a record built on grit, beauty, and an off-kilter sound. Voices and instruments fold into each other throughout, with Zoheir's poems running through the structure. 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