A cassette featuring the mijwez - the reeded instrument that most perfectly represents the heritage of the Houran in southern Syria by Khalil Rumman, or as he is called: the Mijwez Poet, from the city of Daraa. syriancassettearchives.org/tapes/inkhil-p…

On this album and in others, Al-Ahmad's ability to perform the Aleppo mawal is demonstrated with his strong and able voice. Despite that, he spent most of his life performing shaabi and dabke songs in clubs and parties. Visit: syriancassettearchives.org/tapes/makhtoba…

Ismail Al-Agha was born in Aleppo, where he began singing in the mid-nineties at a young age. He has sung dabke, mawal and attaba, and performed songs in the Kurdish language and the Iraqi dialect. Today, he resides in Sweden and performs concerts for the Syrian community there.

Tomorrow’s historical feel-bad full length Porest album re-drop just hits so wrong in every direction that ‘Bandcamp Friday’ will be praying for Saturday… porest.bandcamp.com

Now up @ Bandcamp - Porest’s full-length digital hot mess, "Mood Noose". Originally out on Resipiscent as a CD in 2005, the album recently asked if it could be made available in a less tactile digital format. Today, its wish has been granted. porest.bandcamp.com/album/mood-noo…

This Sunday we present a special fundraiser event for Turkey and Syria following the devastating impact of the recent earthquakes there. Syrian Cassette Archives (DJ) + Vincent moon (live cinema special) + Lara Baksu / Paul Cheneour (duo) cafeoto.co.uk/events/fundrai…

The tapes currently on display represent an astonishing cross-section of the country’s musical tradition p4k.in/bMIGr3q

mark gergis - early century sound recordings discrepant.bandcamp.com/album/early-ce… idk how this popped back up on my bc tl but praise be! i had forgotten it and it is *****

Now on Bandcamp: Porest (1976-77) - Featuring tapes by a 6 & 7 yr-old Porest. Rudimentary radio dramas, sound fx, pause-button radio & TV edits, original numbers & several spirited attempts at 20th c. musical favorites, manually pumped on a player piano. porest.bandcamp.com/album/porest-1…

The only Porest appearance of 2023 will occur in London this Saturday, the 28th of October as a small part of Vicki Bennett’s epic 3-day residency extravaganza at Cafe OTO. See you there! Tickets available at Café OTO cafeoto.co.uk/events/people-…

They said it couldn't be done, but tonight's show couldn't have been more successful. Thx to everyone involved, the audience & Peter Conheim @ H1-Dreamseer for an evening that has permanently changed the world. More to follow... #Kissinger #porest rb.gy/oz9hxx

A new podcast episode—an interview with Mark Gergis (Porest)—is now available. He takes us from Oakland in the '80s to Syria and Iraq in the 2000s to London in 2023, with much else in between. Sublime Frequencies Headpress whocaresanywaysf.wordpress.com/2024/01/04/wca…