Name: Al Bidayeh
Brand: Syriana

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

rwep15

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2010-07-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Syriana

Genre GB

Rest of World

Label GB

imagine ancient civilisations and middle eastern aspirations vying with film noir spy novels and cold war iconography - in musical form! syriana presents al bidayeh (the beginning), an ep that brings the cryptic middle eastern metropolis of damascus to the world. four tracks, four different takes: gharibb (stranger), a sung meditation on notions of home. road to damascus, with its call-and-response vocals and swelling strings. syriana, which nods to movie themes and fifties arabia, to great divas fairuz and abdel halim. sunday/randall and hopkirk deceased/peter's room, part improvisation, part sixties tv theme tune on qanun (arabic dulcimer), piano and guitar.

Al Bidayeh

Music GB