Electronic Touches Belly Dance

Wewantsounds continues its Middle East reissue series with Assa’d Khoury’s 1978 rarity, Electronic Touches Belly Dance. Reissued for the first time in nearly 50 years in partnership with Byblos Records founder Mozart Chahine, the album features Oriental classics reimagined through Khoury’s pioneering electronic keyboards.

This definitive edition includes original artwork, remastered audio, a new introduction by Ahmed Khalil (Dikraphone), and an exclusive interview with Chahine, the album’s producer, conducted by Mario Choueiry (IMA)

A1 لما بدا يتثنى = Lamma Bada Yatathanna
A2 يا شادي الألحان = Ya Shadil Alhan
A3 طلعت يا محلا نورها = Tele’t Ya Mahla Nourha
A4 أهواك = Ahwak
B1 عنا جار = ’Ana Jar
B2 إسآل علي = Is’Al Alaya
B3 كجيل العين = Kahil El A’In
B4 الغابة = Al Gaba