Omar Souleyman

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Omar Souleyman at the Perth International Arts Festival (2011)

Omar Souleyman (عمر سليمان; * 1966 in Raʾs al-ʿAin , Syria ) is a popular Syrian Kurdish musician . He sings in both Syrian and Iraqi Arabic dialects and in Kurdish . His music can be assigned to the directions of Arabic or Kurdish folklore, world music , dabke and electronica . Souleyman now lives in Turkey .

Life and artistic career

Souleyman began his career as a musician in 1994. Since then he has released over 500 studio and live albums, most of which are recordings of weddings on cassettes , on which he has performed and given as gifts to the wedding couple and later copied and were sold.

In 2011 he performed at the Glastonbury Festival and in June 2011 at the Chaos in Tejas Festival in Austin, Texas . In August 2011 he performed at the Paredes de Coura in Portugal . He was selected by Caribou to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival in Minehead in December 2011 . In 2011 he also recorded three remixes for Björk's album Biophilia , all of which are on the second CD of their Crystalline Series for the single Crystalline .

In August 2013 he performed at the Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg and in December 2013 at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo .

In 2015 the album Bahdeni Nami was released on the label 'Monkeytown Records' by Modeselektor . Two songs on it were also produced by the Berlin producer duo. Other productions come from Gilles Peterson , Four Tet and Legowelt .

In 2020 the song Layle made it into the Flemish charts in Belgium through the remix by the German DJ Boys Noize .

In Germany he appeared in the Kampnagel Kulturfabrik Hamburg and in Berlin.

Subjects of his songs

Despite the war in Syria, Souleyman's songs are not about political issues. He mostly sings about love and weddings.

On the cover of his album "Wenu Wenu", Omar Souleyman is shown with a microphone in front of the official Syrian flag . Since the Syrian opposition rejects this flag and instead relies on an older flag with a green instead of a red stripe and three stars, it was interpreted as supporting the Assad regime.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2006: Highway to Hassake ( Sublime Frequencies )
  • 2009: Dabke 2020 (Sublime Frequencies)
  • 2010: Jazeera Nights (Sublime Frequencies)
  • 2011: Haflat Gharbia - The Western Concerts (Sublime Frequencies)
  • 2011: Leh Jani ( Sham Palace )
  • 2013: Wenu Wenu ( Ribbon Music )
  • 2015: Bahdeni Nami (Monkeytown Records)

Web links

Commons : Omar Souleyman  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Under a false flag: Omar Souleyman . In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . October 16, 2013, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed July 7, 2018]).
  2. ^ Andy Morgan: Omar Souleyman. Love him or hate him. January 10, 2011, accessed April 21, 2014 .
  3. ^ Art Levy: Chaos In Tejas Preview: Omar Souleyman, The King of Syrian Techno. In: austinist. May 18, 2011, accessed April 21, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Nightmare Before Christmas curated by Battles / Caribou / Les Savy Fav. All Tomorrow's Parties. Retrieved April 21, 2014 (English).
  5. ↑ Omar Souleyman. Nobel Peace Prize Concert. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 16, 2013 ; accessed on August 29, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Brief review of Bahdeni Nami . Popshot. Retrieved August 19, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Omar Souleyman - Layle (Boys Noize Remix). Retrieved May 8, 2020 .
  8. ^ Theater Kampnagel Hamburg: Omar Souleyman: Concert / Support: The Jujujus. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Omar Souleyman. In: Festsaal Kreuzberg. Retrieved on July 10, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Souleyman, Omar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Raʾs al-ʿAin , Syria