Name: Khomsa
Brand: Anouar Brahem

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4541162

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-04-01

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602445411627

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

Artist

Anouar Brahem

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Jazz

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Anouar Brahem is a renowned oud player and composer, born on October 20, 1957 in Halfaouine, Tunisia. With his unique musical style, he seamlessly blends Arab classical music, folk music, and jazz. His compositions are a captivating fusion of diverse influences that create an enchanting and soul-stirring experience for listeners.

ECM Records, also known as "The Creative Label," is a German independent label that was co-founded by producer Manfred Eicher, Manfred Scheffner, and Karl Egger in Munich (Pasing) in 1969. With the label code LC 2516 / LC 02516, ECM stands for Edition of Contemporary Music and focuses on jazz and Western classical music. They showcase both acoustic and electronic artists who produce eclectic versions of contemporary music.

ECM's extensive catalog features a wide range of genres, from contemporary works by renowned composers like Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, and Philip Glass to experimental and electronic jazz from artists such as Nils Petter Molvær, Pat Metheny Group, and Jan Garbarek. Over the past 40+ years, ECM has released more than 1500 recordings that have been acclaimed for their exceptional music quality, creative production techniques, and outstanding sound.

Although an independent label, ECM titles are distributed by Universal Music Group (UMG) in the US, Japan, and throughout Europe. However, they have also collaborated with other distributors over the years. Notably during the period when Polydor distributed ECM products in Germany; [l447694] was used for pressing identified by a CP suffix on labels and runouts. Afterward,[l25946] became their primary distributor.

Reissue of Anouar Brahem’s 1995 album Khomsa featuring Richard Galliano, Jean Marc Larché and Bechir Selmi, alongside ECM mainstays Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen. Brahem is recognised as a masterly interpreter of the Tunisian and pan-Islamic music traditions and as an exceptional improviser, able to build on those traditions. Inside his home country, however, Anouar also has a long history of working with lm and theatre, and ‘Khomsa’ revisits and quite freely reworks material he had written over the preceding decade for these contexts. “These pieces”, he notes, “have remained within me as the image of a collection of sensations quick to vibrate.” They emphasize Brahem’s compositional skills as much as his soloistic abilities.

Khomsa

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