Wafik Habib
Layali Malekat Alhob (Nights of Love Queen)
SIDE A
- Athab Al-Hawa (Torment of Love)
- Attaba
- Dabke Compilation
SIDE B
- Dabke Compilation 2
- Attaba
- Taht Al Dawali (Under the Vine Leaves)
Label
Shahba
Location Issued
Hama, Syria
Artist Origin
Lattakia, Syria
Credits
Keyboard: Talal Al-Daour
Oud: Thaer Al-Ali
Al-Amal records (Managed by: Malek Jdeed)
Layali Al-Ghab records
Malekat Al-Hob (Managed by: Farouk Naji & Anwar Assad)
More Info
One of the many tapes that showcase the collaboration between singer Wafik Habib and keyboardist Talal Al-Daour. The duo gradually rose to fame at the end of the nineties and the beginning of the millennium, and went from performing wedding parties in small Syrian villages, to each of them touring and performing around the world in the present day.
In his few known media statements, Al-Daour has said he considers himself one of the pioneers that spread Syrian shaabi music to a wider audience through his presentation and sound on the keyboard. He has also discussed that the difficulty in playing shaabi music lies in the constant need to improvise and conjure new melodies live during concerts.
The audio on Side B suffers from tape distortion. We have kept it here to serve as a document.