• A square vinyl record sleeve for Bouzouk Matar Mohammed, featuring a black background with a bright blue border, red and yellow geometric flower motif, and white Arabic text, photographed on a plain light gray background.

Matar Muhammed

Bouzouk Matar Mohammed Style

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SLEEVE
VG+
MEDIA
  • NM-
YEAr
  • Unsure (1972)
COUNTRY
France
extras
  • Reissue
IF YOU LIKE
  • Folk, World, & Country
  • Ziad Rahbani
  • Middle Eastern Music
  • Mohammad Abdul Karim
  • Munir Bashir
  • Omar Khorshid

Released in 1972 on the Lebanese Société Libanaise du Disque label Matar Mohammed – Bouzouk Matar Mohammed Style is a dazzling, high-energy showcase of Levantine long-necked lute virtuosity. Born into a Dom (Romani) musical family along the Syrian-Lebanese border, Matar Mohamed single-handedly elevated the buzuq from a rustic folk instrument into a commanding solo voice. Backed by driving derbouka percussion and groovy 1970s electric bass, Mohammed tears through beloved Levantine standards like "Bint El Chalabiah," "Zourouny," and "Tol'it Ya Mahla Nourha". His lightning-fast plectrum runs, crystalline metallic timbre, and fearless fusion of traditional Arabic maqam with jazz and flamenco flourishes make this LP an exhilarating, infectious bridge between classical virtuosity and Beirut's golden-era nightclub grooves.