Nov 10, 2007

Musical Fusion: East Meets West


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This is a rare video of the European group Embryo jamming in an outdoor space in 1978 Kabul.

On the Afghan side, there is the late Ustad Moahmmad Omar on rubab, the late Malang Negrabi on zerbaghali and the youngest of the Hashim brothers on tabla.

At the start, we see the Embroy band members speaking in German with music produce Abdul Wahab Madadi asking to being the program.

I also love the artist in the background being inspired by the music as he works on a massive canvas.

In the 1970s, when the hippie trail was hot, Western musicians stopped in Afghanistan and played and recorded with Afghan musicians.

Well we now have some moving pictures to prove what a fantastic fusion happened between Afghan and Western musicians.

Enjoy!
Farhad Azad


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