Funky Pop 6

From the Finders Keepers website:

"Commonly, ignorantly but understandably lumped in with its wealthy not-too-distant cousin, Bollywood, Lollywood was inspired by, but often overshadowed by its posh and well-traveled relative. Following the simplistic Bombay + Hollywood = Bollywood name game (that would in later years spawn Nollywood in Nigeria), Lollywood’s Lahore based film industry was a profitable and vibrant one that found great success in the modest boundaries of its own country but was seldom savoured outside Pakistan. However, the hugely important musical business spawned a bi-product that was viewed as a potential earner for international entertainment industry, EMI, which allowed talented musicians to create ambitious music with world class mediums at there disposal, which throughout the 60s and 70s ranged from fuzz-guitars, space-echo machines and American and European synthesizers, but, due to the composers indigenous roots, rarely a drum-kit. Here you’ll find fuzzy, scuzzy, twang-happy, spaced-out and funked up urdu-grooves complete with harmonium melodies and driven by some of the most random factor, freakish, finger-numbing, percussion that the South East Asian mainstream has ever had to offer. Above all, Lollywood soundtracks sound RAW! Re-imagine some of the most action packed Bollywood productions (which Lollywooders actively did) then fire the make-up department, take away the special effects budget and then improvise. The lack of gloss on a dusty Pakistani mini-LP makes for truly experimental Eastern Pop music.

So, it’s time to meet the culprits. The names on the back of the records that’ll keep you gambling on Ghazals and taking punts on Pakistani pulp-balladry. As an introduction, in place of R.D. Burman and Asha Bhole, we have Mr. M. Ashraf and his long-term female collaborator, Nahid Akhtar. This duo would provide Pakistan with it’s Gainsbourg / Birkin or it’s Morricone / Dell’Orso for over 20 years, recording squillions of cut-and-paste sonic collages and moog-fuelled desperate love / hate / chase / chill / kill / songs mixing onomatopoeic Urdu lyrics with unexpected bursts of user friendly English language (which often elongates the running time passed the 5 minute mark) and throwing in the odd motif from a Barry White or Donna Summer hit. We also have legends like Noor Jehan, a national treasure and household name in Pakistan whose discography of film songs have deprived the vaults of EMI Pakistan of floor space for half a century."

Dama Dam Mast Qalandar (The Sound Of Wonder) – M. Ashraf feat Ahmed Rushdi

Karye Pyar – Tafo feat Nahid Akhtar

Assa'd Khoury - Al Ghaba

Sunday Sample #166:Zafer Dilek - İntizar (1973)

Simple micro style approach - same tempo, grabbed a few choice loops and strapped some drums to it, effects/filters and a few extra samples where I could cram them in. :)

Zafer's Escape - Arm Fall Off (SSC#166 Z-Man Dilek Flip)

Charanjit Singh - Raga Kalavati

FKR049
Various Artists
Disco Dildar
LP/CD/cassette

Never one to merely scrape the surface of a niche genre the Finders Keepers bloodhound digs deeper still into the core of the Indian subcontinent exhuming a concise party pack of opulent, off-centre Pakistani party targets driven by the pounding drum box rhythms of some of Lollywood pops most notorious studio scientists.

Disco Dildar features rare plugged-in proxy pop from some of the country’s lesser-known teen flicks spanning the late 1970s and 80s featuring drum heavy disco guesstimates built around multilingual lyrics celebrating Saturday nights, Disco Dildars and Hindustani Hogmanays.

These original synth-dripped 45 EPs are not from the front of the pile, nor the quirky result of some token musical tourism. The music found here once soundtracked rebellious all-nighters and hotel bar rendezvous from films of which your parents might have not approved hence their scarce obtainability. Again the Sounds Of Wonder team who bought you Thai Dai, Life Is Dance, Ilectro, Bollywood Bloodbath and others share equal doses of the excitement, wonderment and bewilderment that comes when first needle-dropping these elusive gems.

Featuring the cut and paste, electronics and fuzz tones of flightless super heroes such as Tafo, Ashraf, Rana and Ahmed, whilst voiced by Mehnaz, Runa Laila and Queen Noor Jehan, it is plain to hear why the work of these DIY cosmic composers have eclipsed the collectable desirability of filmic fruits igniting dance floors and providing sample fodder of the wider continent for Wu-Tangular producers in their stride. This workshop funk redefines both DIY and disco revealing a whole new side to world music and marks Pakistani pop cultures transformation from disposable and indefinable to indispensable. Form a circle Disco Dildar is now in rotation.

http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/shop/disco-dildar/


M.Ashraf & Noor Jehan - Disco Dildaar Mera

Henri Debs & Paul Blamar - Moin Cé On Maléré

Unouzbeck & Venturi présents Houmous Pour Tous.
This guys join forces and bring to our label this super record with two tracks reach of ethnic energy and amazing exotic vibes.
Out soon on 12" record.

Houmous Pour Tous - Mumbay Disco Sensation

[Disco Music] Elias Rahbani & His Orchestra - Liza... Liza

Free DL 

Swinging Mrs. Robinson - Tomahawk RMX / Free DL !

Brian Protheroe - Pinball (Ashley Beedle Tripped Rework)

kozmonotosman-osman pehlivan

On The Phone With...

Mambo n°7000

Abderahmane Bachammar, Ahmed Hattab
Disques Flores
Bologhine , Alger

"Orchestral" - Turkish Blend / Yacine & Malik (1975)

Sico Horepse Sirtaki - Plak kaydı (Plaklık Orange)

We found this rare Arabic childeren‘s birthday song that has a nice reggae vibe.

DiscoArab.com

Koko Zay - Ahla Eid Milad (ᵔᴥᵔ) كوكو زي - احلى عيد ميلاد

Al Massrieen, an Egyptian '80 band that was also experimenting with new synthsounds. Check out this unique Arabic arpeggiator vibe!

DiscoArab.com

Hatgeni Tani

Al Massrieen - Hatgeni Tani (1980)

Free Download

Livingstone & Canosis - Walk On The Wild Side

Esaad Younes - Wezet Barakat

DiscoArab.com

This cassette has so many good songs on it, it was very hard to choose which one I should post, but I choose this one ’cause it hits hard from the start and the attitude of the singers is awesome. This group is composed out of five siblings. When the group stopped , the male singer, Ezat abou el Ouf, became more famous because he got into a lot of Egyptian movies and soaps. He often played the bad guy! In the song I really adore the bridge where Ezat Abou el Ouf startes going ‘ya leily ya einy …’, that part is the best blend between western disco vibes and the Arabic traditional influences I found untill now. So dreamy, so disco! Did I already say I was born too late, would have loved to get down and boogie to this one in 80’s Cairo.

Fariek 4 M - Ya Ahl El Maghna (ᵔᴥᵔ) // الفور ام - يا أهل المنفى

Been blogging, music sharing, etc. for a while now (see blog under this name) & DJing since 1982. I like all kinds of music.

Most of my playlists are not organized & just hold songs I'm interested in, many of which I haven't listened to yet. The "freeform current listening" playlist is as it says & will be updated regularly. Many of my reposts were unintentional, they were just random tracks I was trying to add to a playlist using my phone & I've got clumsy fingers.

Funky Pop 6

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