Turki Al Abed
Bnayyat Al Abbadi (Al Abbadi's Daughter)
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Label
Sawt Alfein and Dar Al Baydaa for artistic production & distribution
Location Issued
Deir Ez-Zur, Syria
Artist Origin
Al-Raqqa, Syria
Credits
Cover designed by the artistic division of Sawt 2000, Dar Al Badydaa and Abdul Hakim Al Maazi.
More Info
Turki Al-Abed is one of the few shaabi singers to have come from Raqqa. He sang at a number of weddings in the city during the early 2000s. This recording is an example of the archetypal live dabke sound from the period, driven primarily by a keyboard loaded with regionally-produced preset patches. Sessions like these were often recorded straight to cassette from the mixing board at top volume, and quickly made available for sale at cassette stalls.