Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Robab Dhol Naghma - Robab music from Afghanistan - Cassette published in Peshawar, Pakistan


Wonderful Robab and Dhol music from Afghanistan. Cassette published in Peshawar in Pakistan. Don't be irritated by the western instruments on the cover: this is pure Afghan music at its best.
I'm not able to decipher all the infos given on the cover. One thing I can decipher is the name Abdul Rauf. Probably the name of the Robab player. It would be very welcome if anyone could help

Side A (30:26)
Side B (30:26)



Many thanks again to Danny for sharing this cassette.
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14 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 February 2013 at 12:58

    Thanks a lot for this recording !!! i am a robab player and so all the recordings are very important for me !!! muchas gracias Danny and if you have others recordings of afghan music i say YES !!!
    bye
    A French Guy.

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  2. Unknown12 February 2013 at 17:14

    thanks for all this great music!

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  3. Mr Tear13 February 2013 at 11:01

    I can't wait to hear this one. Thanks for sharing.
    X

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  4. Mutha Klanger15 February 2013 at 21:56

    big thanks Tawfiq and Danny. can''t get enough of the rabab. there's some serious ghungroo action going on as well (i guess the cover sort of hints at this). anyone know about the dance side of things here? must go and Google for some info.

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  5. A.18 February 2013 at 14:23

    The cover is not very informative as it mainly contains the name of the publishers in differing calligraphy.

    It does mention that recording was made in the city of Quetta and is 'presented' (peishkash) by one Abdul Rauf Watanyaar.

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  6. Tawfiq18 February 2013 at 19:20

    Dear A.,
    thank you very much. Does "presented" mean produced by or does it refer to the musician?

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  7. A.18 February 2013 at 23:24

    Dear Tawfiq,

    my guess is that it refers to the producer. The studio is called Watan(;it. homeland), possibly eponymous with the producer Watanyaar(lit: lover of the homeland).

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  8. Tawfiq19 February 2013 at 08:03

    Dear A., thank you very much. Though the music is recorded in Quetta it is purely Afghan, right? I guess Logari, or?

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  10. A.22 February 2013 at 17:17

    Dear Tawfiq,

    yes, the music consist of Afghan tunes, pop, folk, etc. Logari is there, even Irano-Afghan pop songs like "Amena, chashm e tu jaame sharabe man ast". I haven't had a chance to listen to the entire recording yet so can't tell you if there are Hindi tunes and the like.

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  12. Unknown22 September 2018 at 08:37

    Hi Tawfiq
    Thank you for sharing these nearly lost treasures of afghan music. I collect afghan 78s by Radio Kabul and cassettes from Afghanistan aswell. If you are interested, please check out some of my afghan mixtapes here https://www.mixcloud.com/madsnimannjensen/the-lost-78s-45s-from-afghanistan/
    I do have duplicates of a few. Is there any chance you would want to trade for afghan tapes?
    Kind Regards
    Mads

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  13. Tawfiq23 September 2018 at 11:03

    Dear Mads,
    thank you very much for the link. Regarding your question: I don't sell any Afghan tapes. And I'm not interested in buying any 78 or 45 rpm records. Sorry. But I would be interested to know which tapes you have. Perhaps you can send cover scans of what you have. And perhaps we can exchange some recordings (but not the tapes themselves).
    Best
    Tawfiq

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  14. Unknown23 September 2018 at 11:19

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