Assa'd Khoury
Electronic Touches Belly Dance (LP)
FormatLPLabelWewantsoundsGenreFolk & Traditional
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Wewantsounds continues its Middle East reissue series with Assa'd Khoury's 1978 rarity, Electronic Touches Belly Dance. Reissued for the first time in nearly 50 years in partnership with Byblos Records founder Mozart Chahine, the album features Oriental classics reimagined through Khoury's pioneering electronic keyboards. This definitive edition includes original artwork, remastered audio, a new introduction by Ahmed Khalil (Dikraphone), and an exclusive interview with Chahine, the album's producer, conducted by Mario Choueiry (IMA)
Release notes
Issued with a double-sided interview/reissue credits insert. Runouts are hand-etched apart from [l430654] identifiers, which are laser-etched. On the back cover: إنتاج وتوزيع : موزار عبدالله شاهين شركة - بيبلوس التسجيل ستيريو: ستوديو شمرا ℗ 1978 Byblos © 2026 Wewantsounds Under license from Byblos Records, Beirut, Lebanon ℗ 1978 Mozart Chahine Beirut On the labels: ℗ 1978 Mozart A. Chahine Beirut Licensed from Byblos Records Made by Wewantsounds On the insert: ℗ 1978 Byblos Records Licnesed…
| A1 | لما بدا يتثنى = Lamma Bada Yatathanna | 4:06 | |
| A2 | يا شادي الألحان = Ya Shadil Alhan | 4:28 | |
| A3 | طلعت يا محلا نورها = Tele't Ya Mahla Nourha | 2:58 | |
| A4 | أهواك = Ahwak | 6:21 | |
| B1 | عنا جار = 'Ana Jar | 2:46 | |
| B2 | إسآل علي = Is'Al Alaya | 5:26 | |
| B3 | كجيل العين = Kahil El A'In | 5:46 | |
| B4 | الغابة = Al Gaba | 3:53 |
- جورج العين
- Engineer [مهندس الصوت]
- Mozart Chahine
- Interviewee [In Conversation With], Producer [Produced By]
- Mario Choueiry
- Interviewer [In Conversation With]
- Frédéric Alstadt
- Lacquer Cut By
- Ahmed Khalil
- Liner Notes [Introduction By]
- Dikraphone
- Liner Notes [Introduction By]
- جورج عشي
- Product Manager [مدير الإنتاج], Photography By [التصوير], Design [التصميم]
- See Why Audio
- Remastered By
- عبد الفتاح سكر
- Supervised By [الاشراف الموسيقى]
- سهيل ميدع
- Typography [خطوط]
