Berlin-based DJ/Selector ESHKOUN JAY takes over the airwaves here at Radio is a Foreign Country with a an excellent selection of North African, Middle Eastern, and Eurasian vinyls and cassettes.

ESHKOUN JAY is an international DJ who has been living in Berlin for some years now. He has been manning the decks and spinning vibes since 1999. Vinyl & Cassette Enthusiast, Music Selector Founder @beatonfeet1 with an excellent collection of North African, Middle Eastern vinyls, cassettes, and multi-cultural Beats, electronic, disco, and Afro.

PHOTO CREDIT: Tijani Àdìgún Sitou (1978)

ESHKOUN JAY (RIAFC 052)

Modern traditional, dance & pop music from The Mediterranean, Middle East, North & East Africa & Asia (60s-70s-80s)

Tracklist:

Om Kalsoum - Hakam Aleena Al Hawa (intro) (Egypt)
Ahmed Wahbi - Matoual Dellil (Algeria)
Saloua - Kif Rayi Hamelni (Algeria)
Samira Taoufik - Ya Khouy (Lebanon)
Salama - يا أهل الهواء (Syria?)
Toni Frangieh & Setrak Sarkassian - Rakset El Kheyal (Lebanon)
Layla Nazmi - Ah Ya Leil (Egypt)
Huda Ruhana - Habibi Behebb Ettesh (Lebanon)
Abu Bakr Salem Belfaqih - Qul Li Mataa Qul Li (Yemenite Saudi-Arabia)
Manolis Barberakis - Kale Mana Den Boro (Greece)
Unknown Turkish session band - Romen Havasi (Turkey)
Nikos Kelesidis - Tulum (Greece)
Christos Rabidis - To Sarada Ena (Greece)
Giorgoulis Saskalidis - Organiko (Greece)
Athanasios Charos - To Pathiariko Tsifteteli (Greece)
Hany Mehanna - Ayam Al Marah (Egypt)
Orkes Melayu Purnama - Ke Salabinta (Indonesia)
Karim Shahab-Ud-Din - Lucky seven, unlucky thirteen (Pakistan)
V. Balsara - Pardesiyon Se Na (India)
Amar El Sheriyi - Ah! Mennak (Egypt)
Figen Han - Haydi Bastirrr (Turkey)
Kostas Soukas - Ta Merakia Mou (Greece)
Vassilis Soukas - Tsifteteli Me Klarino Nº 1 (part 4) (Greece)
Veseli Romi - Robot (Serbia)
Tony Scott & the Indonesian All-Stars - Djanger Bali (US - Indonesia)
Petro-Loukas Chalkias - Solo Pogonisio (Greece)
Pagona Athanisiou - I Borios Ipiros (Greece)
Habtamu Shiferaw - Deniew Deneba (Ethiopia)
Hirut Bekele - Yebakela Abeba (Ethiopia)
Ouiness - Chouaya Hob (Morocco)
Ismaeel Hasan Eldaen - Edini Redak (Sudan)
Boutaiba Sghir - Malgré Tout (Algeria)
Athanasios Charos - To Arapiko Tsifteteli (Greece)
Baligh Hamdy - Souma (Egypt)

Picture: Umm Kulthum having a small party with a traditional group of Moroccan singers and dancers (Morocco, 1967)

Souma Mix

The World of Souma

Following on from his previous mix 
EASTERN NOTES (TPS 039)
Guest Selector WoMu Vin is back with EASTERN NOTES VOl II

More amazing sounds recorded on vinyl.
North African, Arabian Peninsula, Yemenite, Persian, Lebanese, Syrian and Iraqi music.
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TPS  046 - EASTERN NOTES  Vol II - Selections by WoMu Vin

TPS 051 - YEMENITE VOICES  - Selections and words by WoMu Vin
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"Yemenite Voices" is a selection of vinyl recordings (with the exception of 1 cassette track) of both legendary and rather obscure Yemenite artists. The tracks are in several Yemenite styles and range from early traditional recordings to more modern/orchestrated ones, spanning 4 decades (50s to 80s) in total; open your ears and hearts and you will hopefully enjoy most of them! 

It is worth noting that the reason for using Yemenite (يماني in Arabic) for the title, over Yemeni (يمني in Arabic), is that Yemeni generally refers to nationals of modern-day Yemen while Yemenite is the more inclusive term which includes anyone whose ancestors are from Yemen and identifies as being culturally Yemenite, regardless of where they were born or live.

TPS 051 - YEMENITE VOICES - Selections by WoMu Vin

TPS 053 - KARIŞIK LOKUM KUTUSU - Turkish record Selections by WoMu Vin

"Karışık Lokum Kutusu" translates to "A box of assorted Turkish delights", which I thought would be a fitting name to describe the variety of tracks in this all-vinyl mix recorded from OG Turkish records from the 70s and 80s, with a variety of styles including (but not limited to) modern takes on Anatolian folk, funk-infused pop and Arabesque. The mix features several artists including Arif Sağ, Zafer Dilek, Yıldıray Çınar and Hakkı Bulut, all of whom were highly influential in reinterpreting and modernising the music they performed and produced for other artists.

I am dedicating this mix to the dearly missed Mads Nimann Jensen (Instagram @madsnimann) whom we lost a year ago to the day (October 13th) as a result of terminal cancer. In losing Mads we lost a legendary collector, but more importantly, a legendary human being (anyone who has ever been in contact with him will know exactly what I mean by that).

TPS 053 -  KARIŞIK LOKUM KUTUSU - Turkish record Selections by WoMu Vin

"Son Sistem Tsiftetelli Vol.1 (1933-1969)” by Souma Records is the first part of a selection of Greek and Turkish tsiftetéli – or çiftetelli – songs and instrumentals, some in Greek Rebetiko and Laikó style, others in the oriental folk tradition of Greece and Asia Minor led by Roma musicians.

For Greeks dancing tsiftetéli is a social thing, sometimes performed by couples. During the 60s and 70s in Greece and the US, live Laikó bands and oriental ensembles were often accompanied by a belly dancer, although this was not the case when the style first crept into the Greek repertoire when the repatriated musicians from Asia Minor expressed their pain and loss through this music. Mainly during the 60s the gloomy lyrics disappeared from the tsiftetéli and it morphed into a beguiling dance. Modern belly dancers hardly ever dance to tsiftetéli anymore but prefer instead the typical dance routines (raks sharqi) from the Middle East. The magic of tsiftetéli lies within its hypnotic grooves, intoxicating melodic scales and the extreme musicianship of the performers.
 
The term tsiftetéli derives from the turkish word çifte-telli, which means ‘double-stringed’ (diplóchordo in Greek) and refers to an authentic violin technique (cfr tracks 4,11,16 & 17) of running two strings through the same nut slot of the instrument creating tautophony (two strings playing at the same pitch) or tuning them an octave apart. This spaced-out effect generates a more oriental and sensual feel.

All tracks are recorded from Fred Kramer's (Souma Records, BE) collection of shellac and vinyl records he excavated over the last 10 years in Greece, Egypt and the US.

Tracklist in the comments below. 

Check out more from Souma Records here:: https://soumarecords.bandcamp.com/ and here: https://soundcloud.com/soumarecords

Son Sistem Tsiftetelli Vol.1 (1933-1969) - Fred Kramer (Souma Records) (RIAFC100)

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Mixed & Edited By Eshkounjay From My Collection
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Eshkounjay International Flight #12

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TPS 056 - 
Synthesized folklore from Ethiopian 80s -
የሲንቴሲዘር ባህላዊ ሙዚቃ በኢትዮጵያ 80ዎቹ

Selections by DJ  Mitmitta, 
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Recorded live at Kruttverket, Oslo, Norway 09-06-23

Traditional Ethiopian music infused with synthesizers all taken from original cassette tapes from the 80s

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TPS 056 - SYNTHESIZED FOLKORE FROM ETHIOPIAN 80s - Selections by DJ Mitmitta

A musical trip around the world through Mali, South Africa, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Iran, Pakistan, India, Armenia, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Thailand and Singapore.

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Eshkounjay From My Collection
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