Omar Souleyman

Omar Souleyman
For the Egyptian politician, see Omar Suleiman.

Omar Souleyman is an Arab musician from Ra's al-'Ayn, Syria, in the north eastern region of Syria.[1] He began his career in 1994, working with a number of musicians with whom he still performs, and around five hundred studio and live albums have been released under his name. (Eighty percent of those releases are recordings made at weddings and presented to the married couple, which are later copied and sold at local kiosks[2].) His music has reached a wider audience in recent years due to the American label Sublime Frequencies, from which he has been able to tour extensively and release three records. He appeared at the Glastonbury Festival in 2011, and performed during Chaos in Tejas in Austin, Texas in June 2011[3] . Souleyman has been chosen by Caribou to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival that they will co-curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England.[4] In 2011 he recorded three re mixes for Björk's Biophilia, all found on the second disc of her "Crystalline Series".

He performs traditional Middle Eastern songs in Kurdish and Arabic.

Discography

The following are compilation albums released under the Sublime Frequencies label:

  • 2006: Highway to Hassake
  • 2009: Dabke 2020
  • 2010: Jazeera Nights
External audio
Audio
"You Must Hear This: Bjork Picks Omar Souleyman, All Things Considered on National Public Radio, 2009-06-29
Videos
Omar Souleyman - Hamram in Brooklyn - June 2010

External links

References

  1. ^ omarsouleyman.com (official web site)
  2. ^ http://www.andymorganwrites.com/omar-souleyman-love-him-or-hate-him/
  3. ^ Levy, A. "Chaos in Tejas Preview: Omar Souleyman, The King of Syrian Techno". The Austinist. http://austinist.com/2011/05/18/omar_souleyman_the_king_of_syrian_t.php. Retrieved 4 September 2011. 
  4. ^ ATP Nightmare Before Christmas



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