Fairuz-Wahdon

The year 1978 was a turning point in Fairuz's career. During the first part of the 1970s, the Lebanese Diva became an international star, giving sold-out concerts all over the world. Artistically, she had established a fruitful collaboration with her husband Assi Rahbani who, with his brother Elias (alias the Rahbani Brothers) had written most of the singer's great classics. In 1978, Assi, victim of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1972, is weakened and needs to take a step back and their collaboration ends (as well as their personal relationship). Their son Ziad, a 22-year-old young musician and producer, then took over the artistic reins of his mother's career and began to work on a first joint album, Wahdon ("alone"), which he produced, composed and directed. Wahdon crystallizes this key moment in Fairuz's career, which sees her move from the traditional arrangements of oriental music to more modern sounds. The first side of Wahdon testifies to the more traditional aspect of the singer with hypnotic songs such as "Habaitak Ta Neseet Al Naoum" ("I loved you so much that I lost sleep over it") or "Ana Indi Haneen" ("I Am Nostalgic"), served by superb traditional arrangements with oriental strings and percussion.

The second side of the album is a whole different story. Recorded in Athens in the EMI studio at the same time as Abu Ali, the two long tracks that make it up are in funk and disco mode, making this album a highly sought-after vinyl for DJs and diggers around the world. In particular "Al Bostah" ("The Bus"), a title telling the story of a woman in love remembering a bus trip with her lover in stifling heat, and which is carried by a hypnotic arabic funk rhythm, while that slower, jazzy "Wahdon" showcases Fairuz's superb voice. These titles shocked some of the diva's fans at the time, but have since stood the test of time and become cult titles.

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You also export your product catalog on Ebay with Iziflux The year 1978 was a turning point in Fairuz's career. During the first part of the 1970s, the Lebanese Diva became an international star, giving sold-out concerts all over the world. Artistically, she had established a fruitful collaboration with her husband Assi Rahbani who, with his brother Elias (alias the Rahbani Brothers) had written most of the singer's great classics. In 1978, Assi, victim of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1972, is weakened and needs to take a step back and their collaboration ends (as well as their personal relationship). Their son Ziad, a 22-year-old young musician and producer, then took over the artistic reins of his mother's career and began to work on a first joint album, Wahdon ("alone"), which he produced, composed and directed. Wahdon crystallizes this key moment